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Manchester and Stockport Canal Society |
4/02/2008
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Fancy a walk. Taken place. Click here for report.
The society is organising a walk of the canal line (or as near as possible) on the 20th march 2004. Why not come and join us to promote the interest in restoring the Stockport Branch of the Ashton Canal.
It is intended that we should meet at the Stockport end of the canal at 9:30 am in
the lay-
The walk of approximately 5 miles will allow us to follow the original line of the canal and to appreciate first hand the problems of restoring the canal.
If you are interested please e-
Its important that we know how many are interested to enable suitable transport to be arranged for short journey to Clayton (Stockport Junction). It will be necessary to make a small charge to cover the cost of the bus. This cost will be £3.00 per person.
For anyone requiring lunch, the Landlady of the Navigation pub has kindly agreed to put on sandwiches. The cost for food is not included in the seat price.
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and be transported by bus to the junction with the Ashton
Canal from where we will walk back to Stockport along the line of the canal arriving
back at approximately 1:00 pm.|
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Stockport Environmental Fair, Saturday 2nd October 2004
The society will be attending this fair and exhibiting its new display stand which
will display a brief history of the canal and how it can contribute to improving
the local Manchester/Stockport environment. The fair is in the town hall ball room
and is open between 12 - Watch out for the report on the fair under our news page.
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Locations for the Society Display Stand 2004/05
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Start Date
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Duration
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1st Dec 04
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Stockport Central Library Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3RS T. 0161 474 4530 F. 0161 474 7750 E. localheritagelibrary@stockport.gov.uk
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Until 31st Dec 04
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5th Jan 05
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Gorton Library Garratt Way Gorton MANCHESTER M18 8HE Telephone: 0161 223 0775 Fax: 0161 230 8375 Email: gorton@libraries.manchester.gov.uk
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Until 30th Jan 05
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1st Feb 05
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Reddish Library Gorton Road Reddish Stockport SK5 6UG T. 0161 432 2568 E. reddish.library@stockport.gov.uk
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Until 28th Feb 05
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1st March 05
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Clayton Libary 2 Clayton Street Clayton MANCHESTER M11 4HA T: 0161 223 2065
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Until 31st March 05
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Bugsworth Basin Easter Weekend The society display stand will be at Bugswoth Basin for the official reopening of this historic site over the Easter Weekend.
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Locations for the Society Display Stand During 2006
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Start Date
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Location
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Duration
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7th Jan 06
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Stockport Central Library Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3RS T. 0161 474 4530 F. 0161 474 7750 E. localheritagelibrary@stockport.gov.uk
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Until 5th Feb 06
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6th Feb 06
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Reddish Library Gorton Road Reddish Stockport SK5 6UG T. 0161 432 2568 E. reddish.library@stockport.gov.uk
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6th March 06
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7th March 06
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Gorton Library Garratt Way Gorton MANCHESTER M18 8HE Telephone: 0161 223 0775 Fax: 0161 230 8375 Email: gorton@libraries.manchester.gov.uk
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Until 3rd April 06
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Locations for the Society Display Stand 2007
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Start Date
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Location
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Duration
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6th January 2007
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Reddish Library Gorton Road Reddish Stockport SK5 6UG T. 0161 432 2568 E. reddish.library@stockport.gov.uk
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Until 31th January 2007
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3rd February 2007 |
Gorton Library Garratt Way Gorton MANCHESTER M18 8HE T: 0161 223 0775 Fax: 0161 230 8375 Email: gorton@libraries.manchester.gov.uk |
Until 28th February 2007 |
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2nd April 2007 |
Stockport Central Library Wellington Rd South Stockport, SK1 3RS T: 0845 644 4307
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Until 30th April 2007 |
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May 2007 |
Houldsworth Mill Retail Floor Broadstone Road Reddish Stockport
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Until 31th May 2007 |
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1st July 2007 |
Marple Lock’s Festival Visit http://www.marple- For details. |
1st July 2007 |
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7th August 2007 |
Reddish Library Gorton Road Reddish Stockport SK5 6UG T. 0161 432 2568 E. reddish.library@stockport.gov.uk
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4th September 2007 |
The society is organising a walk of the canal line from Openshaw to Broadstone Mill
on Saturday 11th November 2006. The walkers to meet at 10:30am at the Broadstone
Mill car park from where we will have to share some cars to take us to the junction
of the canal line with the Ashton Canal for 11:00 am start. Some cars to be left
at the Broadstone Mill to provide transport back to the start to recover vehicles
parked there. The walk should take between 2 to 3 hours.
Our society stand will be on display at the Marple Lock Festival on the 1st July 2007.
We look forward to seeing as many members as possible.
See you there.
For details go to http://www.marple-
Our society has arranged a guided walk of the Holingwood Canal on the 15th September 2007. We will meet at the Daisy Nook cafe at 10:30 am. We will walk with our Holingwood Canal Society guide for about 1.5 hours before lunch. Lunch will be at Daisy Nook. Bring a packed lunch or if preferred you can use the cafe. Another part of the canal will be walked after lunch finishing at about 4:30 at the car park. Anyone interested should contact Peter Scott at scottsclp@aol.com
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Locations for the Society Display Stand 2008
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Start Date
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Location
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Duration
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4th February 2008 |
Stockport Central Library Wellington Rd South Stockport, SK1 3RS T: 0845 644 4307 |
Until 28th February 2008 |
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1st March 2008
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Reddish Library Gorton Road Reddish Stockport SK5 6UG T. 0161 432 2568 E. reddish.library@stockport.gov.uk
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Until 31th January 2008
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