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From: "Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Across the Estuary was: Parging down the G.U. 
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>
> Excellent - when my sister and I went on a Thames trip boat the
> Waterman giving the commentary mentioned he had only seen the bridge
> go up a couple of times in 10 years! I think he should go boating
> more!!
>

Last year at the Mayor's Thames Festival, Tower Bridge was opening about 
every half hour, because a sailing barge was running trips downriver. It was 
interesting at first, then as the day wore on it became just background!

Dorothy 


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