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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:39 pm 
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The title might give away my age!

The Ashby canal has a leak on the new bit.

Have a look at https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/canal-bank-breaches-leaving-water-4748850

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Who is Lisa.

That's some hole in the canal though.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:22 pm 
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Lancastrian wrote:
Who is Lisa.

That's some hole in the canal though.


There was a song from my childhood called a hole in my bucket sung by Harry Belafonte featuring a conversation between Henry and Lisa about a hole in Henry's bucket.

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Yes I do remember it and the conversion, now that you mention it.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:48 pm 
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There is a good picture of the hole in the tow path here.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/gallery/giant-hole-appears-along-canal-4754857

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