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Navvies 238: December 2009 - January 2010 containing...
Editorial sign the petition - or don't 4-5
Coming soon Chelmer camp, Barn Dance, Easter camp, BCN Cleanup 6-7
Camp reports Chesterfield, Mon & Brec and Grand Western canals 8-17
WRGBC what's our boat club up to? 18-19
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 20-22
Survey best and worst dig sites revealed 23
Progress a roundup of restoration progress on projects around the country 24-26
Reunion report from the Montgomery 40th anniversary weekend 27-30
40 years on Mike Day looks back 31-33
National IWA Festival camp report 34-35
News leaders needed - and interviewees 36
Noticeboard how many more kids? 37
Infill Deirdre, dogs and diggers 38-39
Navvies 237: October - November 2009 containing...
Editorial Martin is appealing 4
WAS introducing Waterways Action Squad 5
Coming soon Christmas digs, the Barn Dance, the Cleanup 6-7
Camp reports Cotswold, Mon & Brec and Wilts & Berks canals 8-17
WRGBC what's our boat club up to? 18-19
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 20-22
Letters Redhill, the Gipping and the Mont 23
Progress a roundup of restoration progress on projects around the country 24-28
Camp reports the Hereford & Gloucester and the Ipswich & Stowmarket 29-33
North West what's a paperchase? 34
News WRG EM and WRGWear 35
Noticeboard who's getting married? 36
Infill with Deirdre, Jane and John 37-39
Navvies 236: August - September 2009 containing...
Editorial Good news, bad news 4-5
Coming soon the National, Slough Festival, Autumn camps, Reunion and Xmas 6-7
Camp reports the Basingstoke and the Ipswich & Stowmarket 8-14
London WRG mop up after the flood 15-16
Directory WRG and canal socieities 17-19
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 20-22
Letters on dogs and digging 23
Progress a roundup of restoration progress on projects around the country 24-27
Camp reports the Cotswolds and the Mont - including the A to Z of stone walls 28-35
The Survey What's your favourite site - and the result of the WRG Heroes survey 36
Noticeboard who's getting married? 37
Infill with Dear Deirdre and goats 38-39
Navvies 235: June - July 2009 containing...
Chairman BW, the future, and us 4-6
Coming soon lots more canal camps plus the October reunion on the Mont 7-9
Camp report Easter at Steppingstones 10-13
Cleanup report from the BCN 14-15
WRG Boat Club hits the Fens 16-17
Logistics The Age of Shovelry 18-19
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 20-22
Letters dogs, the BCN, dogs, Standedge Tunnel... and dogs... 23-25
Progress a roundup of restoration progress on projects around the country 26-31
London WRG on the Chelmer 32-33
The Survey WRG luxuries and heroes 34
Navvies News stop van thefts 35
Noticeboard who's moving house? 36
Infill with Jane & John plus Deirdre 37-39
Navvies 234: April - May 2009 containing...
Editorial new canals need boats 4
Chairman Come to the Mont in October 5
Coming soon training, Cavalcade, Wey & Arun opening and lots of canal camps 6-8
WRGBC news from our boat club 9
WRG NW on the Lichfield 10-11
Theft protect your site plant 12-13
User Groups a farce 14-15
Your Navvies how your copy of this magazine comes to you 16-17
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 18-20
Letters H&S, mortar and dogs 21
Progress a roundup of restoration progress on projects around the country 22-30
Navvies News how to do gift aid 31-32
Noticeboard who?s moving house? 33
Infill the return of Dear Deirdre 34-35
Navvies 233: February - March 2009 containing...
Chairman on mice, videos and diggers 4
Coming soon training and lots more 5-9
Camp reports from the Wilts & Berks, Wilts & Berks and Wilts & Berks 10-14
London WRG on the Basingstoke 15-16
WRG BITM on the Grantham 17
WRGWear buy your WRG logo clothing 18
Directory WRG and canal societies 19-21
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 22-24
Letters rude acronyms, H&S and babies 25
Progress restoration roundup 26-30
Xmas dig report form the Wilts & Berks 31-33
WRG Northwest a year in the life 34-35
KESCRG Basingstoke and W&B 36-37
Navvies News free Burcos! 38-40
Noticeboard who's having kids now? 41
Infill introducing Jane and John 42-43
Navvies 232: December 2008 - January 2009 containing...
Chairman MKP looks back and forward 4-5
Coming soon Xmas Camp and Cleanup 6-8
Bonfire Bash report from the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation 9-13
Canal Camp Report October on the Grand Western Canal 14-15
WRGBC WRG Boat Club AGM report 16-17
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 18-20
Letters Bonfire Bash and weddings 21
Progress Gipping, Wey & Arun, Mont, Lichfield, Wendover and MB&B 22-26
London WRG on the Cotswolds 27-28
SatNav let technology lead you to your canal camp accommodation 29
Navvies News Desert Island Digs 30-32
Noticeboard wanna buy a boat share? 33
Infill volunteering makes you sexy! 34-35
Navvies 231: October - November 2008 containing...
Chairman is MKP a grumpy old navvy? 4-5
Coming soon Christmas/New Year digs 6-8
Camp reports from the Wilts & Berks, Mon & Brec, Montgomery (twice), Lord Rolle and Cotswold (twice) Canals 9-22
Droitwich Barge Lock start to finish: a twelve-page Navvies special feature 23-34
Letters on festivals, toilets and awards 35
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 36-38
WCBS preserving wooden boats 39-41
More camp reports Basingstoke 42-45
Festival camps GW and National 46-49
KESCRG bricklaying and bhajis 50
WRGBC WRG boat club news 51
Navvies news lost property and stuff 52
Noticeboard everyone's getting married! 53
Infill 'Dear Deirdre' is back! 54-55
Navvies 230: August - September 2008 containing...
Chairman is MKP in a hole digging mud, or slinging it at British Waterways... 4-5
Coming soon autumn and winter Canal Camps and Christmas digs 6-7
Camp reports from the Chesterfield Canal and the Ipswich & Stowmarket 8-14
WRGBC The Boat Club goes to Saul 15
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 16-18
Directory WRG and canal societies 19-21
Letters on Cookers and Campers 22
Progress roundup of what?s happening around the restoration projects 23-26
London WRG the dig that never was 27
Navvies news a new cooker, a lesson in Welsh and some unusual ice-cream! 28
Noticeboard job vacancies in WRG 29
Infill dangerous animals on the cut 30-31
Navvies 229: June - July 2008 containing...
Chairman translators wanted! 4-5
WRGWear buy your WRG logo clothing 6
Coming soon canal camps preview 7-9
Little Venice Cavalcade report 10-11
Camp report Easter on the W&B 12-15
Cleanup report from the BCN 16-19
Training weekend report and pics 20-21
Diary canal camps and weekend digs 22-24
Letters Barn Dance and pressure washing 25
Progress including Dig Deep update 26-32
Beginners guide to canal history 33
Obituaries two WRG stalwarts 34-35
London WRG on the Thames & Severn 36-37
Digital tachographs how to use them 38
WRGBC Boat Club news 39
Navvies news another new van! 40
Noticeboard sponsor the WRGbikes! 41
Infill introducing WRG?s agony aunt 42-43
Navvies 228: April - May 2008 containing...
Chairman MKP gets on his bike 4-5
Coming soon Training, Little Venice, Saul and Grand Western festivals, Summer Camps 6-10
London WRG on the Chelmer & Blackwater and the Wendover Arm 11-14
Forestry WRGFT on chainsawing 15-16
2028 8-page preview of Navvies 348! 17-24
Beginners Guide Wot is a canal? 25
Diary camp and working party dates 26-28
Letters Thanks for the Barn Dance 29
Logistics Keep the food crates clean! 30
Progress restoration news roundup 31-34
Obituary RIP Jonathan 'Tay' Taylor 35
WRGBC Boat Club news 36-37
Noticeboard Save your stamps for WRG! 38
Infill Sheep and National Festival leaders 39
Navvies 227: February - March 2008 containing...
Chairman Droitwich needs you! 4
Coming soon Training, Cleanup, Easter 5-7
Camp reports W&B, Grantham St Ives 8-14
Dig report latest newts from Droitwich 15-17
KL15 Bungle's still fixing his crane... 18-19
Logistics Paperwork matters! 20-21
Diary camp and working party dates 22-24
Directory canal society and WRG contacts 25-27
Letters how it all began 28-29
Progress restoration news roundup 30-33
Print how your Navvies gets to you 34-35
NorthWest roundup and dig report 36-39
WRGBC Boat Club news 40
News and the missing back page captions 41
Noticeboard Save your stamps for WRG! 42
Infill mice, dogs and trailers 43
Navvies 226: December 2007 - January 2008 containing...
Editorial Help the Droitwich Appeal 4
Chairman Camps '08 and wine tasting 5
Coming soon Barn Dance and BCN Cleanup 6
Bonfire Bash on the Wilts & Berks 7-11
Camp reports on the Cotswolds, Wilts & Berks and Grand Western canals 12-19
Diary camp and working party dates 20-22
Vans A chance to own a bit of WRG history! 23
Letters Chichester again! 24-25
Progress Restoration news roundup 26-30
Plant The crane starts going together! 31-33
Dig report LWRG on the Mon & Brec 34-35
WRGBC Boat Club news 36
Camp report September on the W&B 37
Noticeboard Save your stamps for WRG! 38
Infill introducing WRGieotypes! 39
Navvies 225: October - November 2007 containing...
Editorial Chichester disagreements 4-5
Chairman he hasn't sent it yet so who knows? 6
Coming soon Autumn and Xmas digs 7-9
Camp Reports Grand Western, Chesterfield, Stowmarket, Mon & Brec 10-18
WRGBC Boat Club AGM report 19
Diary camp and working party dates 20-22
Letters Chichester; St Ives, Lapal 23-27
Camp Report Wilts & Berks 28-29
Obituary farewell to two old navvies 30-31
Newland A furnace in Furness needs help 32
Plant Bungle's still fixing his crane 33-34
Progress L&H, Wey & Arun, Ouse 35-36
News Sale of the century (which one?) 37
Noticeboard It's sprogging time! 38
Infill moose and noose! 39
Navvies 224: August - September 2007 containing...
Chairman 2008 and all that 4-5
What's next? National Festival, Bonfire Bash, Autumn and Christmas camps 6-9
Camp Reports Lord Rolle and the Mont 10-17
Festival Reports LV Grantham 18-22
Directory WRG and canal societies 23-25
Diary camp and working party dates 26-28
Letters Chichester; the Training weekend 29-30
Progress and Dig Deep update 31-38
Cook Report from the Wilts & Berks 39-41
KESCRG 30th anniversary feature including a dig report from the Sussex Ouse 42-47
WRGBC trains and boats and (flood)plains 48
Noticeboard Serbia here we come! 49
Infill help eight navvies get to the pub! 50
Navvies 223: June - July 2007 containing...
Chairman if he sends it in in time 4-5
What's next? Canal Camps preview 6-7
Logistics How to pack catering kit 8-9
Camp Report Easter on the W&B 10-12
KESCRG lifting, shifting and wedding! 13-15
WRG South West at two years old 14-15
WRGBC taking your boat to St Ives 16-17
Diary camp and working party dates 18-20
Letters BW, wedding, Cotswolds, stamps 21-23
Progress roundup of the latest news 24-29
KL15 Bungle's still rebuilding his crane 30-31
News new canals and tick-bites 32-34
Noticeboard save your stamps for WRG 35
Backfill a novel way to fill a lock 36
Navvies 222: April - May 2007 containing...
Editorial Martin has a rant about BW 4
Chairman if he sends it in in time 5
What's next? training and Cavalcade 6-7
What's next? Canal Camps preview 8-9
Cleanup Report from the BCN 10-11
Logistics Whose kit is it anyway? 12-13
WRG South West at two years old 14-15
WRGBC Boat Club news 16
Outdoor Show WRG meets Bill Oddie 17
Diary camp and working party dates 18-20
Letters What do you think of Navvies? 21-23
Progress roundup of the latest news 24-29
BITM at Latton and Wendover 30-32
News and book auction results 33-34
Noticeboard save your stamps for WRG 35
Backfill What's Bungle up to now? 36
Navvies 221: February - March 2007 containing...
Coming soon Barn Dance, BCN Cleanup, Leader Training Day, Easter camp, Training Weekend, and World Canals Conference 5-7
Xmas digging on the Basingstoke 8-10
Camp Reports Chesterfield and Wilts & Berks New Year Camps 11-15
Directory of WRG and canal societies 16-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Letters Camp reports: are they crap or what? 21
Progress roundup from all over the country - plus the latest from the Dig Deep Initiative and the Wooden Canal Boat Society 22-27
Essex WRG at Foxton Incline 28-29
Stamp Bank save your recyclables! 30
Navvies News Save our Waterways! 31-32
Noticeboard 33
Backfill An IWA National Festival carol! 34
Navvies 220: December 2007 - January 2007 containing...
Chairman's Comment 3
Coming soon Christmas Camp, Barn Dance, BCN Cleanup and training weekend 4-6
WRGBC WRG Boat Club report 7
Camp Report October on the Grantham 8-11
Bonfire Bash November on the Grantham 12-15
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 16-18
Letters is Navvies too cheap? 19
Progress a roundup of progress from the Wey & Arun in the south to the Manchester Bolton & Bury in the North - and a tale of a struggle against bureaucracy on the Stowmarket 20-25
Groups News in photos from the WRG and other regional work party groups 26-27
Navvies News and a book auction 28-30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill more wacky picture captions 32
Navvies 219: October - November 2006 containing...
Editorial 3-4
Coming soon the Bonfire Bash and Christmas work parties and camps 5-7
Camp Reports from the Wilts & Berks, Wey & Arun, Mon & Brec and the National 8-19
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 20-22
Camp Reports from the IWA Diamond Jubilee project at Abingdon on the Wilts & Berks 23-26
Abingdon a report on the Jubilee project 27-29
Progress Sankey, Sussex Ouse, MB&B, Lapal, Mont, Wendover and Wey & Arun 30-33
Dig report Defra on the Grantham 34
Letters to the editor 35
WRGBC latest from the WRG boat club 36
Navvies News and a book auction 37-38
Noticeboard 39
Infill A boatload of Moose's what? 40
Navvies 218: August - September 2006 containing...
Chairman's comment 4-5
Coming soon National Festival, Autumn Camp, Bonfire Bash... and Christmas! 6-7
Camp Reports from the first ever camp on Lord Rolle's Canal, the start of work at Abingdon, the Wilts & Berks and the Trailboat Festival 8-15
Directory of WRG and Canal Societies 16-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Progress roundup of the latest news from restoration projects around the country 21-27
Dig Deep update co-ordinated canal restoration in the south 28-29
WRGBC WRG's own boat club 30
Letters the late great Bill Crockett 31
Navvies News do you want to cook for 140? 32
Noticeboard 33
Infill Everybody's free to wear a hard hat 34
Navvies 217: June - July 2006 containing...
Chairman's comment 4-5
Camps preview the second half of the summer Canal Camps programme 6-9
Camp Reports Easter on the Lichfield and the Wilts & Berks, plus Canalway Cavalcade 10-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Progress roundup of the latest news from restoration projects around the country 21-25
Camp Report from the National Campaign Rally on the Basingstoke Canal 26-27
Logistics accommodation bucket abuse! 28-29
And now it can be told how it all started - with piano-smashing 30
WRGBC WRG's own boat club 31
Obituary the late great Bill Crockett 32
Letters the mysterious Blaenau Navigation 33
Navvies News do you want to cook for 140? 34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill A strange story from the USA 36
Navvies 216: April - May 2006 containing...
Chairman's comment 3-5
Camps preview the first half of the summer Canal Camps programme 6-7
Coming soon Saul Festival, Canalway Cavalcade and a WRGSW Grand Western dig 8-9
Cleanup we found a coffin in the BCN! 10-13
WRGBC News from WRG's own boatclub 14-15
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 16-18
Letters and Navvies Bookshop online 19
Dig Deep Update (and whinge) about co-ordinated canal restoration work 20-21
Progress update from the Wey & Arun 22
Plant rebuilding a KL15 crane 23-25
BITM dig report from the Grantham Canal 26-27
Green camping sustainable WRGies 28
Navvies News including WRGNW news 29-30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill how to abuse a toaster 32
Navvies 215: February - March 2006 containing...
Editorial Will Martin never call MPs liars again? 3
Chairman's comment 4-5
Camps news including an Easter Camps preview and plans for a leaders seminar 6-7
Camp reports from the Wilts & Berks and Cromford canals and the National Festival 8-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Cleanup Book now for the BCN bash 21
Directory of WRG and canal societies 22-23
Dig Report KESCRG & London WRG on the Wilts & Berks for Christmas 24-25
KESCRG update and Chichester report 26-27
WRG FT report from the Forestry Team 28
Tenko David Johnson: an appreciation 29-31
Boat Club WRGBC News 30
Appeal for a new Graham Palmer stone 31
Progress on the Wey & Arun Canal 32
Navvies News including Boat Club news 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill more daft definitions and crazy captions 36
Navvies 214: December 2005 - January 2006 containing...
Editorial What future for the Basingstoke? 3
Chairman’s comment 4-5
Coming Soon the Christmas Camp and next year's BCN Cleanup weekend 6-7
Camp reports from the Grand Western and Wilts & Berks canals 8-13
Foxton Finale WRG Forestry finish clearing the Inclined Plane 14-15
Diary Canal Camp and working parly dates 18-20
Camps 2006 full schedule 21
Progress the Dig Deep projects 22-23
Essex WRG on the Chelmer 24-25
Bonfire Bash report from wettest Wales 26-28
Safety 2WD dumpers and Stihl saw discs 29
Boat Club WRGBC News 30
Appeal for a new Graham Palmer stone 31
Barn Dance buy your tickets now! 32
Navvies News Save you Xmas stamps! 33-34
Noticeboard and job ads! 35
Backfill the Falkirk Wheel and toasters! 36
Navvies 213: October-November 2005 containing...
Editorial Runcorn Locks? Where's that? 3-4
Chairman's comment 5
Coming soon the Race Night, the October Camp, the Bonfire Bash and Christmas 6-7
Camp reports from the Wilts & Berks, Wey & Arun and Hereford & Gloucester canals 8-17
Diary Canal Camp and working parry dates 18-20
Letters to the editor 21-23
WRG SW are a year old! 24-25
More camp reports The Mon & Brec and the Wilts & Berks again 26-31
Logistics on toaster abuse 32
WRG BC news from the WRG boat club 33
Navvies news and Sits. Vac. 34
Noticeboard do you want a dinghy? 35
Backfill the National Water Maze Museum? 36
Navvies 212: August-September 2005 containing...
Chairman’s Comment MKP leads a camp 4-5
Coming soon book now for the Bonfire Bash6-7
Camp reports from Saul and Sleaford 8-15
Directory of WRG and canal societies 16-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates18-20
Letters to the editor 21-22
Concreting reinforcing codes revealed! 23
David Hutchings Another appreciation 24-25
Camp report NWPG on the Wey & Arun 26-28
Logistics new tape measures and levels!29-30
KESCRG on the Lichfield Canal 31
Plant Bungle’s got a brand new plant trailer 32
Navvies news and Sits. Vac. 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill a novel use for the Tardis is suggested 36
Navvies 211: June-July 2005 containing...
Chairman's Comment MKP goes digging! 4-5
Camp Report Easter at Froghall 6-8
Camp preview the rest of the summer 9-11
Camp Report BITM on the Wendover 12-15
Cavalcade Little Venice report and pics 16-19
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 20-22
Letters to the editor 23-24
Training report from the training weekend 25
David Hutchings An appreciation 26-27
The first one? A 44 year old camp report 28-30
Concreting and reinforcing explained 31
Photographs of this yearís camps wanted 32-33
Logistics Don't send back stuff you didn't get! 34
Trailers how to pack one 35
Minibuses how to pass the minibus test 36-37
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 38
Noticeboard 39
Backfill how many laptops does Bungle need? 40
Navvies 210: April-May 2005 containing...
Chairman's Comment a tirade from MKP 4-5
Cleanup report from the BCN 6-9
Camp preview looking forward to summer 10-11
Training book now for the training weekend 12
Cavalcade Little Venice needs volunteers 13
Foxton the Plane Truth from WRG FT 14-16
Logistics Jen threatens to whinge next time 17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Letters Tirfors and the New Year Camp 21
Progress Dig Deep update 22-23
Wooden Boats WCBS open a shop 24
Forestry WRG FT on safety and training 25-26
And now it can be told Droitwich crimewave! 27
Groups BITM and London WRG 28
Obituaries 29
Plant Bungle's Crane and Sammy 30-32
Barndance report 33
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill late arrivals at the waterways ball 36
Navvies 209: February-March 2005 containing...
Chairman's
Comment MKP 3-5
Cleanup Last chance to book for the BCN 6
Cavalcade Little Venice needs volunteers 7
Camp reports New Year on the Cromford and the Wilts & Berks 8-12
Lavender Boat a report from the Burton Bog Boat crew 13-15
Directory WRG and canal society contacts 16-17
Diary Canal Camp and working party dates 18-20
Letters snoring and the New Year Camp 21
A Montgomery Parable 22
Foxton report from a Forestry Camp 23-25
Dig Report London WRG and KESCRG Xmas party dig on the Lichfield 26-28
Health & Safety vibration hazards 29
Logistics and the kit/van schedule 30-31
Navvies News with Boat Club report 32-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill WRG Plant: the movie 36
Navvies 208: December 2004-January 2005 containing...
Chairman's Comment MKP, the armchair supporter 3-4
Auction Lots of canal books for sale 5-7
Cleanup Book now for the BCN in March... 8
Barn Dance ...and the Thames in Feb... 9
Camp reports Wilts & Berks, Grand Western, Basingstoke and
Lancaster 10-19
Diary camps and working parties 20-22
Letters on South East waterways, Land Rovers and tits... 23-24
Logistics please be kind to brick-kits! 25
Bonfire Bash report from the Grantham 26-27
WRG South West a brand new WRG regional group is launched 28-29
And now it can be told almost a nice surprise for BW at Marple in
1969... 30
Camp report the Grandtham Canal 31-33
BITM quiz answers and winners 34-35
Dig Report work starts on the Hollinwood 36
Navvies News with Boat Club report 37-38
Noticeboard for ’HLA’ read ‘SAD’ 39
Backfill 20% of Womble for sale! 40
Navvies 207: October-November 2004 containing...
Chairman's Comment What’s involved in running Canal Camps 3-4
Chairman Do we need BW to manage us? 5-6
Appeal The final report 7
Bonfire Bash latest info and booking form 8-9
Camp reports Wilts & Berks, Wey & Arun, Lancaster, Mon & Brec and Froghall 10-21
Diary camps and working parties 22-24
Letters on camps the National, apostrophes, Adge Cutler and Californian postage 25-26
Camps a report from the National Festival, and an appeal for leaders for next year’s camps 27-31
Logistics One of our Tirfors is missing! 32-33
London WRG a year in the life 34-36
Wendover a tale of two vicars 37-38
BITM on the Basingstoke 39
Navvies News and Boat Club report 41
Noticeboard the return of the barn dance 42
Backfill WRG striptease picture! 43-44
Navvies 206: August-September
2004 containing...
Editorial Camps cancelled and uncancelled,
the Bonfire Bash and BW priorities 3-5
Appeal update finale at Burton? 6-7
Bonfire Bash Grantham preview 8-9
Bookshop biggest auction yet of old canal
books 10-13
Forestry how to chop down trees without
breaking the law 14-15
Directory WRG and canal societies 16-17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters Kent & East Sussex waterways 21-23
Camp report Saul Festival camp 24-25
KESCRG Wendover and AGM report 26-28
BITM what they’ve been up to since 2003 29-31
Plant Bungle’s shotblasting his crane 32
Navvies News 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Navvies 205: June - July 2004 containing...
Chairman MKP on camps, the Appeal and new blood wanted 4-5
Appeal update we’re nearly there! 6-7
Camp Reports from the Hereford & Gloucester, the Wilts & Berks and somewhere
else 8-11
WRG Wear strappy tops and vests 12
Quiz win £10 off a Canal Camp! 13
Auction More canal books for sale 14-15
Marple a memorial signpost 16
Logistics please clean your tools! 17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters on unloved waterways 21-22
Training weekend report and pics 23
Preview of some of all of this summer’s
Canal Camps - please book now! 24-27
Cavalcde report from Little Venice 28-31
Plant Bungle’s still rebuilding his crane! 32
Navvies News 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill 36
Navvies 204: April - May 2004 containing...
Chairman MKP on camps, minibuses, BW, Driver
Authorisation and awards 4-5
Appeal update we’re gettin there! 6-7
Camp Reports from the Basingstoke and the Wilts & Berks 8-15
Training the 2004 training weekend 16
WRG Wear get your strappy tops now! 17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters to the editor 21
Preview of some of the summer camps22-23
Logistics brings you ‘Changing Minds’ and ‘Cluedo’ 24
Auction winning bids from last time 25
Cleanup report from the BCN 26-29
Mr Mac celebrates his 80th birthday 30
Navvies News volunteers wanted for WOW, Boat Club News and unloved
canals 31-32
Noticeboard 33
Infill MKP exposed! 34-35
Navvies 203: February - March 2004 containing...
Chairman Mike talks Driver Authorisation 4-5
Logistics and Van Movements 6-7
Camp Reports from the Mon & Brec and the Wilts & Berks 8-12
Cleanup Book now for the BCN 13
Diary camps and working parties 14-16
Driver Authorisation scheme relaunch: a 4-page supplement 17-20
Letters to the editor 21
Progress Dig Deep and elsewhere 22-25
Dig Report London WRG and KESCRG Xmas dig at Froghall 26-27
Directory WRG and canal society working party contacts 28-29
Bookshop auction of canal books 30-32
Navvies news including the Training Weekend, Canalway Cavalcade and Boat Club News 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill play WRG Anorak Bingo! 36
Navvies 202: December 2003 - January 2004 containing...
Appeal All the news on The Right Tool for the Right Job Appeal including the Barn Dance and the Hog Roast 4-8
WRG Wear coming soon - WRG Bears 9
Camp Reports from the Chichester and the Lancaster 10-14
Obituary Brian Haskins 15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters on the Chard Canal, the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Welsh weather 19-21
Plant Bungle’s still rebuilding his crane 22
Logistics Jen’s plans for ‘04 23
Progress on the Wendover 24
Cleanup on the BCN in March 25
Bonfire Bash Report from the Basingstoke Canal 26-28
Navvies news Foxton Inclined Plane wins the Lottery! 29-30
Noticeboard who’s moving house? 31
Backfill a giant-size Christmas cartoon 32
Navvies 201: October - November 2003 containing...
Chairman’s page 4-5
Appeal news The Right Tool for the Right Job 6
Camp Reports from the Mon & Brec, Wilts & Berks, Basingstoke and the
National Waterways Festival at Beale Park 7-16
Canal Camps in Colour four pages of colour photographs of ‘what we did
on our hols’ 17-20
Logistics Restoration, the TV programme 21
Diary camps and working parties 22-24
Letters the National, the Basingstoke and a fate worse than
brick-cleaning 25
Dig Deep progress update 26-27
WRG wear WRG logo clothing 28-29
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 29-30
Navvies news including the Bonfire Bash and Christmas Camps 31-33
Noticeboard 34
Infill which is like Backfill but inside! 35
Navvies
200: August-September 2003 containing...
Editorial on dumper safety 3
Chairman’s page 4
Appeal news The Right Tool for the Right Job 5
Camp Reports from Saul Festival, the Grand Western, Wey & Arun and
Mon & Brec 6-15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters on the Chard Canal, the Delaware Division Canal and probability
theory 19-23
Logistics some whinges; some good news 24
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 25
Directory WRG and canal societies 26-27
Plant Bungle moves a crane 28
Navvies news the Waterway Science Group, a walk along the Andover Canal
and the return of the London WRG Tube map T-shirt 29-30
Noticeboard moving house, selling stuff, getting engaged and leaving
things in vans 31
Backfill alligators in the cut! 32
Navvies
199: June - July 2003 containing...
Chairman MKP looks forward to summer 3
Appeal news The Right Tool for the Right Job 4-5
Aston report from the reopening weekend 6-8
Rapid Recycling an unlikely tale from Warks. 9
Training weekend report 10-11
WRG NorthWest on the Mon & Brec 12-13
Cavalcade report from Little Venice 14-15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters more on American canals 19-20
Logistics Red Swarf! 21
Dolly building a new spoon-dredger 22-23
Dig Deep looking for new worksites 24-25
Holllinwood A future restoration project? 26-28
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 29
Bits & Pieces and Bungle’s crane 30
Noticeboard who’s got married??? 31
Backfill splat the WRGie! 32
Navvies
198: April - May 2003 containing...
Editorial 3
Chairman Aston Locks are open! 4-5
Appeal news The Right Tool for the Right Job 6
Training book now for the training weekend 7
Camp Report February on the Mont 8-9
Cleanup reporting from the BCN 10-13
Operation Ironville Cromford dig report 14-15
Froghall WRG NW on the Caldon 16-17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters more on Bradley Locks 21-22
Plant Bungle’s still taking the KL15 apart 23
WRGBC WRG Boat Club news 24
Aberdare A little-known South Wales canal 25
Ohio and Erie ...and one in the USA... 26-27
Trent-Severn ...and even one in Canada! 28
Logistics Red Hand Day 29
Camps preview summer Canal Camps 30
London WRG 31
Bankside at last - the serial returns 32-33
Bits & Pieces 34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill recipes for disaster 36
Navvies 197:
February - March 2003 containing...
Editorial 3
Chairman Come to the Aston Opening! 4
KESCRG planning for Little Venice 5
Appeal news help us raise £75000 to get the Right Tool for the Right
Job 6-7
Camp reports from the Basingstoke, the Wilts & Berks and the
Cotswolds 8-15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters we need two new canal societies 19-20
Plant Bungle’s found the oldest living KL15 21
Directory WRG and canal society contacts 22-23
NorthWest Mr Mac on paper chases 24-25
Coming soon book now for the BCN... ...and the Mont Aston Locks
Reopening 26-27
Logistics and the 2003 kit schedules 28-29
Bits & Pieces wot no KESCRG camp? 30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill stuck in the middle with you 32
Navvies 196:
December 2002 - January 2003 containing...
Editorial 3
Chairman 4
Training more courses in the spring 5
Camp Reports from the Grand Western, Huddersfield festival and Grantham
6-11
Bonfire Bash report from South Wales 12-13
BITM a year in the life of a WRG group 14-16
Appeal we need to raise 75 grand! 17
Directory WRG and canal society contacts 18-19
Diary camps and working parties 20-22
Letters and WRG Boat Club News 23-24
Logistics a song about toasters 25
Progress work on the Wilts & Berks, Wey & Arun and Basingstoke
26-29
Bookshop another auction of canal books 30-32
Plant Bungle moves a KL15 crane 33
Tunnel Vision a story by Jon Sims 34-35
Cleanup book now for the BCN cleanup 36
WRGBC Boat Club news 37
Bits & Pieces wot no KESCRG camp? 38
Noticeboard 39
Backfill what happened to Alan's phone? 40
Navvies 195:
October - November 2002 containing...
Chairman Aston Locks are opening! 4-5
Somerset Coal Canal report on the restoration of Midford Aqueduct 6-8
Cromford Canal sponsored walk report 9-11
Bugsworth progress report 12
Letters to the editor 13-16
Newcastle some little-known canals 17
Boat Club win an award at Huddersfield 18-19
Diary canal camps and working parties 20-22
Photofeature "A year in the life" 23-26
Camp reports from the Grand Western, Mon & Brec, Cotswolds, Mont,
Wilts & Berks, Ispwich and Sleaford 27-40
Logistics with Little Wolf 41
Coming soon autumn and winter events 42-43
Bits & Pieces 44
Noticeboard 45
Infill 'Recipes for disaster' 46
Navvies 194:
August - September 2002 containing...
Editorial what are we restoring them for? 2-3
Chairman 4
Camp Reports Wilts & Berks, Grand Western, Cotswolds, Wilts &
Berks again and Cotswolds again 5-14
Logistics waiting for a trailer 15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters and WRG Boat Club News 19-22
Dredging how the professionals do it 23
Coming soon Autumn and Christmas camps and major weekend work parties
24-25
Progress in pictures 26-27
WRGFT the forestry team 28
Bits & Pieces including Logistics 30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill 32
Navvies 193:
June - July 2002 containing...
Editorial send in some Camp Reports 3
WRGFT more from the Forestry Team 4-5
Camp Report Easter at Droitwich 6-9
Lichfield canal walk and race night report 10-11
Training weekend report 12-13
London WRG at Droitwich 14-15
Directory of WRG and canal societies 16-17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters and WRG Boat Club News 21-25
Feature the Caldon Canal 26-29
Canalway Cavalcade Little Venice report 30-31
Progress photos from the Cotswolds, H&G, Rochdale and Wilts &
Berks 32-33
Bits & Pieces including Logistics 34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill 36
Navvies 192:
April - May 2002 containing...
Editorial whinging boaters! 3-4
Chairman BW are the good guys now! 5
WRGWear sartorial elegance for WRGies 6
'Best described as basic' accommodation 7
Cleanup report from the Walsall 8-11
Camps 2002 canal camps preview 12-15
Bankside another episode of the serial 16
Logistics meets 'Blue Peter' 17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters to the editor 21-25
Progress on the Wilts & Berks, Basingstoke, Wey & Arun and
Cotswolds 26-28
Coming soon Training and Cavalcade 29
Forestry WRG FT talk about pruning 30-32
WRG BC our own boat club 33
Bits & Pieces with the June Jubilee Camp 34
Noticeboard horseboaters wanted! 35
Backfill bridge-lifters anonymous... 36
Navvies 191:
February - March 2002 containing...
Editorial It's Good News Week! 3-5
Chairman The importance of being trained 6-7
Photos wanted for next year's brochure 8-9
WRG NorthWest is 25 years old! 10-11
Cromford a new worksite soon? 12-13
Logistics and the kit schedules 14-15
Cleanup book now for the Walsall... 16
Stamp bank stamps and recyclables wanted 17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters to the editor 21-24
Camps Christmas on the Wilts & Berks; New Year on the Basingstoke
25-27
Get Trained with IWA, WRG and BW 28-29
Accommodation hovels we have known 30
Coming soon events at Lichfield and Lapal 31
Bankside the serial returns again 32
Bits & Pieces and the WRG Boat Club 33-34
Noticeboard 35
Backfill MKP Fabrications! 36
Navvies 190:
December 2001 - January 2002 containing...
Editorial what's Navvies worth? 3
Chairman trying to plan for 2002 4
WRG NorthWest is 25 years old! 5
Anderton feature article on Britain's last vertical boat-lift, and a
report on 21 WRGies abseiling down it for restoration funds 6-11
Basingstoke Bonfire Bash report 12-14
Early days 40 years ago at Woking 15
Bookshop auction of canal books 16-17
Directory of WRG and canal societies 18-19
Diary camps and working parties 20-22
Letters to the editor 23-27
WRG wear luminous WRG T-shirts! 28-29
Camps Basingstoke and Lichfield 30-33
Ludwigs Canal an old canal and a new one in Bavaria 34-35
Bits & Pieces and the WRG Boat Club 36-37
Noticeboard 38
Backfill including 'Albert and the lock' 39-40
Navvies 189:
October - November 2001 containing...
Editorial more anti-restoration press? 3-4
Chairman MKP asks 'how was it for you?' 5
Camp reports Droitwich, Melton & Oakham, Sleaford, Ipswich &
Stowmarket, Droitwich again, Wendover, Basingstoke 6-17
WRG Wear the latest designer dig-wear 18-19
Logistics trailer? what trailer? 20
WRG BC news from our boat club 21
Diary canal camps and weekend work 22-24
Letters to the editor 25-28
More Camp reports Droitwich again, the 'National', and Droitwich again
29-34
KESCRG get a trailer and plan a party 35
Progress the Dig Deep projects and Droitwich 36-38
Bankside return of the popular seriel 39
Publicity report from Milton Keynes 40
Bits & Pieces 41-42
Noticeboard 43
Backfill have you been on too many camps? 44
Navvies 188:
August - September 2001 containing...
Editorial Good news or bad news? 3-5
Chairman Where's MKP gone? 6
Mr Mac MBE 7
Camp reports Wilts & Berks, Droitwich, Cotswolds and Melton &
Oakham 8-14
WRG publicity wants your photographs 15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters What do you think of 'Navvies'? 19-21
Northwest Mr Mac looks back 25 years 22-23
BITM on the Sleaford Navigation 24-25
Essex WRG at Droitwich 26
Progress remember Over? 27
Logistics big teapots wanted! 28
Bits & Pieces and Boat Club news 29-30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill 32
Navvies 187:
June - July 2001 containing...
Chairman what's MKP on about? 3-4
Training weekend report 5
Canal Camps preview the very latest news 6-7
Cavalcade report from Little Venice 8-9
Camp Report Easter at Droitwich 10-11
Bookshop auction of canal books 12-13
Directory of WRG and canal societies 14-15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters to or from the editor? 19
Progress Dig Deep 20
Brick-cleaning by machine! 21
Dig reports NWPG, BITM, LWRG 22-25
Logistics whose kit is it anyway? 26
Anderton Abseil Martin's for the high jump! 27
Bankside discovers tachographs 28-29
Bits & Pieces 30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill 32
Also with this Navvies was the Drivers'
Supplement, covering tachographs/driver hours
etc
Navvies 186:
April - May 2001 containing...
Chairman Book on a Canal Camp! Join the IWA! Jump off the
Anderton Lift!! 4-5
Camps preview more on this summer's Canal Camps 6-9
Training the 2001 training weekend 10
Vans and how to look after them 11-13
Logistics Who ate all the Burcos? 14-15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters and WRG Boat Club news 19
Progress at Bugsworth Basin 20-21
Dig reports from the Basingstoke,
Wilts & Berks and Lichfield canals 22-25
Bankside a feature-length episode! What have you done to deserve this?
26-28
Bits & Pieces more training opportunities 29-30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill 32
Navvies 185:
February - March 2001 containing...
Chairman Next year's Camps 4-5
Camp reports Christmas at Dauntsey and on the Basingstole 6-9
Camps preview what's in store for 2001 10-12
Coming soon Clean up your Pants 13
Coming soon Canalway Cavalcade 14
Coming soon training and lots more 15
Diary camps and working parties 16-18
Letters to the editor 19-20
WRGBC our own boat club 21
Dig reports London WRG, KESCRG and the East Anglian Waterways
Association 22-25
WRGwear T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats... 26-27
Logistics and the kit schedule for 2001 28-29
Bits & Pieces 30
Noticeboard 31
Backfill St Martin what? 32
Navvies 184:
December 2000 - January 2001 containing...
Chairman Next year's Camps 4
London WRG and KESCRG 5
Camp reports Cotswold and Basingstole 6-9
BITM at Lichfield and the Wey & Arun 10-11
Feedback improving our camps 12
Logistics 13
Bankside Oh no, not another episode! 14-15
Directory of WRG and Canal Societies 16-17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters to the editor 21
WADS calling all thespians 22
Progress including Dig Deep & WCBS 23-27
WRGBC our own boat club 28-29
Bits & Pieces with books and sits. vac. 30-32
Noticeboard 33
Last Ditch a cartoon double-spread! 34-35
Backfill not another 'Pant' joke? 36
Navvies 183:
October - November 2000 containing...
Camp report Let's get it Over with! 4
WRGWear Buy your WRG Tshirts & vests 5
Camp reports Waltham Abbey, Mont, Wilts & Berks... and more Over...
6-13
KESCRG the 'Navvy who came to dinner' 14-16
Logistics sent your trailer-packing pics? 17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
WRG Works! reporting from Pant, Over and Lichfield plus 4 pages of
colour photos 21-28
Letters to the editor 29-31
Past present and future of WRH 32-37
BITM at Lichfield 38-39
Bookshop auction of canal books 40-41
BITM again on the Stover Canal 42-43
Bits & Pieces including the Boat Club 44
Noticeboard 45
Infill more bad jokes about pants 46-47
Navvies
182: August - September 2000 containing...
Chairman 'Waterways for tomorrow' 4-5
WRGWorks! more on our 30th birthday 6-7
Waltham Abbey not the festival, the canals! 8-9
Little Venice Canalway Cavalcade report 10-13
Bankside the (un)popular serial returns 14
Dig Report from Over (where else?!?) 15
Progress England, Ireland and Over 16-17
Diary camps and working parties 18-20
Letters to the editor 21-22
Logistics how to put a griddle in a trailer 23
Camp reports the Sleaford, Droitwich and Dearne & Dove Canals 24-31
Training weekend report and pictures 22-33
Bits and pieces and coming events 34
Noticeboard stamps wanted! 35
Backfill excuses for bricklayers 36
Navvies
181: June - July 2000 containing...
Chairman with info on the training weekend 3-4
Cleanup report from the Dudley No 2 Canal 5
WRGWorks! our 30th birthday celebration 6-7
wrgOver Latest news on the H&G project 8
Camp reports H&G and Cotswolds 9-11
Bookshop auction of old canal books 12-13
Directory of WRG and canal societies 14-15
Diary camp and working party dates 16-18
Letters to the editor 19
Progress the Dig Deep projects 20
Work party reports the Mont and the Louth, plus news from the WRG Boat
Club 21-23
Kevin Angus an appreciation 24-25
Looking back remember the early 90s? 26-27
Logistics pack your trailer! 28-29
The 'National' plans for Waltham Abbey 30
Noticeboard West Felton on the Web! 31
Backfill Mrs. Smeaton answers your queries 32
Navvies
179: February-March 2000 containing...
Editorial The H&G needs you! 3
Chairman The H&G needs you! 4
London WRG when they're not at Over... 5
wrgOver The H&G really needs you! 6-7
KESCRG on the Basingstoke, the H&G and at the forthcoming Canalway
Cavalcade 8-11
wrgBITM at Dauntsey on the Wilts & Berks 12-13
Dig Deep Co-ordinated canal restoration 14-15
Essex WRG reporting from Foxham 16
Bankside the (n)ever-popular serial 17
Diary lots of working party dates 18-20
Letters to the editor 21-22
Cleanup coming soon on the BCN 13
Camp reports Christmas camps on the Cotswolds and at Dauntsey 24-27
Northwest with SCARS on the Sankey 28-29
Bookshop canal books for sale 30-31
Logistics Lumphammer Lou takes over 32-33
Bits & Pieces beer and jazz at Droitwich 34
Noticeboard the restoration e-mail list 35
Backfill MKP sorts out the water supply 36
