At the National Waterways Festival on the Thames at Beale Park over the August Bank Holiday, officials of the Waterway Recovery Group are congratulated by TV personality John Craven on achieving the halfway mark in their "Right Tools for the Job" Appeal - with the help of the £250 SCARS was giving them.

In view from the left: "Mr Mac" (David McCarthy), a frequent visitor to the Sankey with WRG, our Chairman, Cynthia and Colin Greenall, John Craven, Mike Palmer (Chair of WRG) and Dr Liz Williamson.

In this issue:

Chairman's Roundup
Restoration Roundup
Membership Matters
News from Elsewhere
Danger on the Line: Part 2
The Falkirk Wheel: Folly to Fame
Map of the Sankey Canal
Warrington Canal History Threatened
Sankey Canal Progress - and link to LL?
"The Life of Riley"
Restoration Photos

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