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Mort's Riverwatch

An occasional look at the ebb and flow of the Thames

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Month: November 2010

Recent developments

Marina makes waves

28/11/201002/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

Steve Gray is a man on a mission. He has been the operations manager at Shepperton Marina in Felix Lane, Shepperton for the past seven years and much of his time has been devoted to the project of expanding the marina by adding new mooring pontoons on two of the currently unused lakes on the site.

Recent developments

Voted best, and worst

21/11/201002/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

I recently revealed that the River Thames had won a prestigious international conservation award – the Thiess prize – as the world’s best cared-for river because of the way the quality of the water has been improved over the past fifty years or so.

History

Flowing with facts

15/11/201002/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

I just love statistics and facts. I’m afraid I’m one of those real nerds who enjoys sitting down with an encyclopedia or a reference book and just soaking up interesting information about – well – virtually anything at all really.

History

Tanks for the memory

07/11/201002/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

It never ceases to amaze me what you good people can dig up when it comes to the history of the Thames in Surrey and Middlesex.

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To contact Mort, email him at mortsmith32@gmail.com or call him on 01787 226974. He’s always pleased to hear from old friends who provided such a wealth of information and great stories for Riverwatch.

These columns appeared in the Surrey Herald.

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