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Navvies is published by Waterway Recovery Group, Unit 16B, First Floor, Chiltern Court, Asheridge Road, Chesham HP5 2PX and is available to all interested in promoting the restoration and conservation of inland waterways by voluntary effort in Great Britain. Articles may be reproduced in allied magazines provided that the source is acknowledged. WRG may not agree with opinions expressed in this magazine, but encourages publication as a matter of interest. Nothing printed may be construed as policy or an official announcement unless so stated - otherwise WRG and IWA accept no liability for any matter in this magazine.

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Cover: Steam launch Ictus carries the VIPs at the reopening of the latest restored section of the English length of the Montgomery Canal from Gronwen Bridge to Crickheath. See our Montgomery feature on pages 22-30. (picture: Graham Deakin) Back cover top: Aerial view of work getting under way on rebuilding Schoolhouse Bridge, also on the Montgomery Canal.

Bottom: Volunteers on the Wendover Family Camp - see report on pages 8-9. (George Eycott)