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| Many interesting items have been published in the Canal Society's newsletter Basingstoke Canal News over the years. Much of it reveals the tremendous amount of work the Society has undertaken in order to save the canal and start its restoration.
Here is a selection culled from the archives -
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| The Campaign to save the canal
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| Before: The First Campaign to Save the Canal
'Teddy' Edwards relates what occurred at the time of the 1949 auction. [more]
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| How it started
The Canal Society was formed in 1966, following a letter published in a local newspaper by a resident of Brookwood, concerned about the state of the derelict canal at the end of his garden. [more]
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| Surrey County Council's Press statement
In February 1972, SCC issued a Press statement announcing its aim to apply for a compulsory purchase order. [more]
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| The Public Inquiry
held in Farnborough in October 1973 before the granting of the compulsory purchase orders. [more]
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| Compulsory Purchase Orders
were granted by Parliament in 1975 allowing the canal's restoration to proceed on an official basis for the first time. [more]
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| Conservationists seek curb on boating
Nature conservationists seek to restrict navigation. [more]
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| Naturalists press for Boating Limit
Moves by naturalists to enforce severe restrictions on the use of the canal. [more]
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| The Fight for Navigation
A response to the naturalists. [more]
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| The canal's ecology
Liverpool University biologists produce a report. [more]
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| A time to take stock
Philip Riley looks at current problems and the need for renewed effort. [more]
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| The NCC's "Consents"
A list of "Consents" applying to "Potentially Damaging Operations" when the canal becomes an SSSI in September 1989. [more]
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| Widespread opposition to NCC's proposals
The Joint Management Committee of the canal slammed the NCC's SSSI proposals. [more]
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