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Title: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 24, 2016, 13:14:48 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35885172):
Quote Tandem bike and tin bath among dumped river items (http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/1934/production/_88925460_safeandtyre-wigan-2015.jpg) A safe and a tyre emerge from a drained canal lock A tandem bike, a tin bath and military ammunition were among the items dumped in canals and rivers last winter. They were just some of the more bizarre objects recovered in a four-month survey of rubbish in waterways, carried out by the Canal and River Trust. The charity said clearing discarded rubbish from canals and rivers in England and Wales costs it ^1m a year. This could be spent on improving habitats for wildlife and ensuring waterways are kept clear, it said. Last winter's survey found a typical canal lock the size of a tennis court contained a bicycle, a shopping trolley, a traffic cone, four tyres, 67 glass bottles, 150 plastic bags, 23 cans and three windlasses, or lock keys. They join more unusual items found in waterways over the past five years, including a 16ft dead python, a bag of bullets, a camper van, a safe and a pizza delivery bike complete with a pizza. Other items include a headless Paddington Bear, a bus stop sign, a bubble machine, a hearing aid, a darts medal and a World War Two hand grenade. The charity, which looks after more than 2,000 miles of waterways, said tyres and other rubbish contain pollutants which can poison fish and wildlife, or leave creatures trapped. (http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/174DC/production/_88925459_1b20aa73-592b-4cde-b6bb-61e9afad86c2.jpg) A Barclays bicycle removed from an east London canal Peter Birch, national environment manager for the Canal and River Trust, said: "I'm constantly surprised at what people throw into the canal and the quantity of litter that we retrieve. Dealing with the problem is a big task and the money could be better spent enhancing the canals for people and wildlife to enjoy for years to come." The trust is urging people to think twice about polluting their local canal or river with old plastic bags and litter, and consider volunteering to clear rubbish. (http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/40EE/production/_88922661_abb3635a-e9ae-4036-b00b-a154147b8dc1.jpg) Police officers inspect a firearm on the canal bank When the trust was launched in 2012 it was granted a ^460m property endowment and a ^800m guarantee of government funding to be distributed annually over 15 years. Other funding comes from boating and moorings, utilities, grants and charitable donations. It carried out the four-month winter survey as part of a ^45m restoration and repairs programme. (http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/62B7/production/_88917252_carspulledoutofriveravon-2015.jpg) A car is lifted out of the water Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: grahame on March 24, 2016, 15:05:29 They're trying to grow shopping trollies in the river in Trowbridge at the moment - judging by what I saw there last week ;-)
Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: paul7575 on March 24, 2016, 15:36:06 I wonder if they'll ever find a damaged TPWS grid? It's what comes to mind whenever I read the words shopping trolley. ;D
Paul Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: grahame on March 24, 2016, 17:44:36 I wonder if they'll ever find a damaged TPWS grid? It's what comes to mind whenever I read the words shopping trolley. ;D Paul You have me thinking ... .... I wonder if it was ... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/trowbridgetrolley.jpg) No ... I think it's trolleys they're growing Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: Kernow Otter on March 24, 2016, 17:56:09 No Kittens ?
Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 25, 2016, 00:42:09 I wonder if they'll ever find a damaged TPWS grid? It's what comes to mind whenever I read the words shopping trolley. ;D Thanks, Paul. ;) For any of our perhaps more recent members / readers of the Coffee Shop forum, here is an explanation of what might otherwise seem to be an 'in-joke': see http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=11558.msg187185#msg187185 :D Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: paul7575 on March 25, 2016, 12:50:51 The 'sleeping' Railway Eye blog still has the original BTP 'wanted poster'; it appeared there following the original discussion in this forum, and thanks to them leaving their site live as an archive you can still see it in all its glory:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZIki7YXUWV4/TESNBKINo4I/AAAAAAAABko/HFCcsZ79cdA/s1600/BTP+website+19-07-10.jpg) http://railwayeye.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/train-police-shopping-trolley-warning.html Paul Title: Re: Inland waterways - items dumped in locks, canals and rivers Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 25, 2016, 22:11:05 Many thanks for posting that absolute classic item, Paul! ;) :D ;D
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