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Northampton Branch Newsletter - February 2017
Likely beneficiaries identified
DISTRIBUTING JOHN’S LEGACY Meetings have already been held by Northampton Branch Committee to consider the distribution of the sizeable legacy left to the waterways movement by John Faulkner following his death in December 2015. John, a member of the Branch since the late 1960s and a Branch Committee member for over 20 years, gifted more than £125,000 in three equal shares of £41,870 – one share to the Branch, another for wat erway projects in Northamptonshire and other areas of the UK, and a third share to the IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group. However, Branch Chairman Bernard Morton, says it is too soon to give specific figures. “ At this early stage, there are many background details to be examined about the projects we are proposing to support, although we can announce a number of likely benefi ciaries,” he explained.
New Nene footbridge at Thrapston These include the Buckingham Canal Society, the Sea Cadets based at Becket’s Park in Northampton, and financial assistance towards the Environment Agency’s plans to build a footbridge over the River Nene with a greater clearance than the existing bridge to ease navigation below Islip Lock at Thrapston. On the Northampton Arm there will be a community project involving several local schools to produce a mosaic trail along the whole length of the Arm. Also, on the Arm, the plan is to provide interpretation panels at either end, at Gayton Junction and at Lock 17 at Far Cotton, with the latter panel to feature information about the historic crane now sited nearby. Continued on page 13 The IWA was founded in 1946 to campaign for the retention, restoration and development of Britain’s navigable waterways and for their fullest commercial and recreational use. The IWA is a registered Charity (no. 212342), whose work is supported by members’ subscriptions.