Registered Charity No. 702429
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The Magazine of the Lichfield & Hatherton
Canals Restoration Trust
Issue No. 35 - SPRING 2003
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Registered Charity No. 702429 |
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GRAND PRIZE DRAW
Our annual Draw is a successful fund-raiser with a bonus for the lucky winners!
We are very grateful for the generous donation of prizes to support our cause.
STAR PRIZE FOR 2003 . . .
Week-end cruise on a 4 or 6-berth narrowboat, donated by Teddesley Boat Co. which can be taken during 2004 by arrangement with the boatyard at Penkridge on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
AND MANY OTHER PRIZES INCLUDING . . .
Tickets at £1.00 per book of 4 can be obtained from our stand at any of the major boat rallies and shows this season, or from the promoter, Bob Williams, telephone 01543 671427 or email bob.williams@lhcrt.org.uk
A BLACK BOTTOM and PAINTED STERN !
STREETHAY WHARF, LICHFIELD have again kindly donated a free boat "make-under"(?) worth about £350.
The winner will be drawn on 1st November 2003, but can take until 1st May 2005 to have the work done at Streethay Wharf on the Coventry Canal at Lichfield. | 
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To test subject knowledge, Newsletter No.1 included a specially set Canal Cross-word. To commemorate ten years of CBW publication, that same puzzle is re-produced below as a Competition - no cheating please if you have No.1!
Closing date for this competition was 31st May 2003 but it is included here for interest. The answers and winners name are in the next issue.
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| 3.(and 19 down) FMC canal carrying company. (7,6,3) | 1. Dredger boat… with no depth. (6) | |
| 2. Old boatman’s resting place…for barbecue beef? (8) | ||
| 6.Slicing canal engineering feature. (7) | ||
| 8.Ancient Arab’s finger jewellery… to tie a boat to? (8) | 4. Breezy girl who can be brassy.(8) | |
| 5. Boatman’s cabins required more of this! (4) | ||
| 10.“Leogy” canal. (5) | 7. Track beside canal. (7) | |
| 12. French push… to dig with. (6) | 9. A “new” read – many are written about boating too. (5) | |
| 15.“Joker” boat, named after that Fellow? (6) | ||
| 11. Pioneering canal engineer – who sounds a bit like a dog’s mottled coat! (8) | ||
| 16.Black road liquid cargo. (3) | ||
| 17.Early boat engine, often confused with vintage champagne. (8) | 13. Security device… to get a boat along on a gradient? (4) | |
| 20.Water bowl or water fowl? (7) | 14. Socialising like this is hard slog! (9) | |
| 21.The Canal Rescue Volunteers. (1,1,1) | 18. To do serious boating, you must be an early one of these type of locks. (5) | |
| 22.A charity you can rely on. (5) | ||
| 23.Telford’s new, straight, canal. (10,5) | 19. see 3 across. (7) |
Bob Williams, Finance Director
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