Comments on: Dockfield – going through Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes… http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1907 Celebrating Shipley and its waterways Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: lee weston http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1907#comment-66132 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:32:00 +0000 http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1907#comment-66132 The sign makes a claim to private rights, but it’s clear from our interviews with local residents that the canal always used to be seen as a community asset. People fished in it, swam in it, you name it… One interviewee memorably referred to it as “the Leeds-Liverpool Lido”…

Regarding the above comment, the fishing rights on the canal are controlled by Saltaire Angling Association who pay a considerable amount of money to the Canal & Rivers Trust. There is no such thing as free fishing on the canal.

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