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Last Updated: Saturday, 23 October, 2004, 06:48 GMT 07:48 UK
Volunteers to restore old canal
Volunteers are to spend five weeks restoring a neglected Lincs waterway.

The Grantham Canal Restoration Society is planning to clear more than a mile of the waterway of dense undergrowth.

About 200 people are expected to lend a hand in the society's Autumn Restoration Programme and work should be completed by the end of November.

Thirty volunteers, who will be staying at a village hall, are starting work on Saturday on removing tree stumps in the canal bed at Cropwell Bishop.

The society says their efforts will improve biodiversity along the canal corridor.




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11 Jun 04  |  Lincolnshire


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