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Mort's Riverwatch

An occasional look at the ebb and flow of the Thames

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Month: December 2012

Archiemedean screws
Nature Recent developments

Watt on earth are they thinking?

16/12/201221/05/2013Mort SmithComments(2)

Way back in June of this year, I first wrote about plans to install electricity generators at Sunbury Weir and I have to admit that I was rather hoping that the proposal had sunk without trace. Obviously not so.

Truss's Island
Recent developments

Please don’t leave us hung out to dry

09/12/201206/04/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

Flood diversion work is already under way but will sufficient funds be allocated for 20-year project?

Betty and Tommy Barr relive their river memories
History Local people

Secrets of gates’ long life revealed

02/12/201206/04/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

One of the true joys of writing this column is meeting so many lovely people who have great tales to tell about their memories of living and working by our stretch of the Thames.

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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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