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30 January 20218 February 2021

St David’s Day Walk. Cancellation

It is with regret, that due to the current pandemic restrictions, we have decided to cancel the St. David’s Day Walk this year.

We shall continue to monitor the situation with regard to other events in our diary and advise of any further alterations as and when they occur. We appreciate your support and look forward to the day when we can meet socially again.

1 January 20211 January 2021

Montgomery Canal Triathlon 2021 Postponement

The Committee of the Friends of the Montgomery Canal has taken the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 Triathlon further to now take place on Saturday 4th September.

This is in view of the continued spread of the coronavirus and ongoing uncertainty about Government restrictions which may be in place next Spring.

3 November 20203 November 2020

Volunteers complete preparations for School House Bridge

There was dramatic progress when volunteers returned to complete their preparations for the reconstruction of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal south of Crickheath, near Oswestry.

After the crops were harvested, the restoration team were able to access the final field by the bridge site thanks to generous agreement from the farmer. The field was fenced and the track to bypass the construction site was completed.

27 October 20206 November 2020

Building Company supports the restoration of Schoolhouse Bridge

A local building business has offered much needed support to the appeal to rebuild the road bridge over the Montgomery Canal near Oswestry.

Mr Griffiths of Tudor Griffiths Group has agreed to supply building materials for the new bridge at Crickheath near Pant in Shropshire at cost, which will mean that funds raised towards the restoration of the bridge will go much further.

7 October 20207 October 2020

Canal & River Trust publishes review of canals and transatlantic slavery

An initial review of academic literature about canals and transatlantic slavery has been published by waterways and wellbeing charity the Canal & River Trust.

Some people who made their wealth through the slave trade invested those profits in canal building, and some canals were built specifically to carry goods derived from the exploitation of slaves tobacco, cotton and sugar for example. The Black Lives Matter movement has spurred on the Canal & River Trust to start exploring these issues and make them more widely known.