Bringing the Uttoxeter Canal Back to Life

Sat, 13/03/2021 - 01:16

Steve Wood, Chairman of the Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust, tells how the canal came to be built, why it closed less than 40 years later, and progress made by volunteers who started restoring the canal in 2002. Recording of Zoom talk, 12th March 2021.

The planning application in Froghall which threatens to permanently block and end the Uttoxeter canal restoration is described towards the end of the talk, starting around 58:15. To find out more, please see this page. We need your support by responding to the application before 23rd March, please.

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