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News of Tooley’ Boatyard

News of Tooley’ Boatyard

  • National Historic Ships UK

    Jacob presenting National Historic Ships UK

    Delighted to tell you that National Historic Ships UK have awarded us a grant of £500 towards Hardy docking, surveying, mapping the hull planks, prioritising which need replacing first + some caulking and hull work.…

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  • Unlocked!

    Work Boats at Banbury Lock

    Finally, Banbury Lock is open after being closed since the beginning of January. Lock 29 on the Oxford Canal in Banbury has been closed since early January for essential repairs. The Canal & River Trust…

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  • Jewellery from the Stars

    Meteorite and jewellery

    We have been having fun in the forge recently where we have been forging a nickel iron meteorite into jewellery! It fell in Sweden in 1906 but it is actually around 4.2 billion years old…

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  • Tim West

    Tim West with Barry Morse

    We were very sorry to hear of the death of Timothy West, actor and canal champion, on November 13th aged 90. He was working till the last, with his last TV appearance aired on Wednesday…

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  • Storm Bert Leave its Mark

    Storm dock

    As with everybody else, we at Tooley’s Boatyard have been suffering with the water levels from “Storm Bert”. On Sunday we came the closest since 2007 to flooding. The towpaths went under water, and the…

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  • Prize Draw Nov 24

    hardy-in -banbury-featured

    Our Hardy prize draw closed this afternoon. We raised £434, 73% of our target of £600. BUT… actually we reached both our target of £600 AND our stretch target of £800 because we have received…

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