Huddersfield Examiner - Tag - canals

Wildlife boost to local waterways

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PEOPLE using the canals in Huddersfield have contributed to a major survey of British wildlife.

Young farmer begins amphibious bike challenge

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

YOUNG farmer Kelly Armitage from Salendine Nook has set off on her mission to travel to Torquay on an amphibious bike. She aims to spend four days cycling along the canals of England to get to her destination at the annual Young Farmers convention. The 24-year-old left Tunnel End at Marsden yesterday morning as one of a team of 15. The Yorkshire Young Farmers’ Clubs members hope to raise £2,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Obituary: John Maynard

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ONE of the men who battled to re-open the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has died.

Walk raises cash for cancer ward

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

RELATIVES of a Huddersfield-born woman walked 54 miles along canal towpaths from Halifax to Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground to raise more than £1,000 for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary’s oncology unit.

Foreign plants warning

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

FOREIGN plants and animals are choking our rivers, canals and towpaths, says British Waterways.

Wide views of Narrow Canal

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A new book extolling the virtues of Huddersfield Narrow Canal is at the top of the best-selling lists. ANDREW BALDWIN reports

Children warned on water

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

YOUNGSTERS are being warned to stay away from waterways this summer.