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Did you know that the Lancaster Canal has the longest lock-free stretch of man-made waterway in the country? Either side of that ancient city, from Preston to the south to Tewitfield north the engineers followed a natural contour, allowing for 41 miles of carefree cruising through some beautiful Lancastrian countryside.

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Famous Lancaster people:

Albert Seward
J L Austin
Laurence Binyon
Sir Richard Owen

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Brit Quote:
There is no real wealth but the labor of man. - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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On this day:
Dick Whittington Elected Mayor of London - 1397, World adopts Greenwich Meantime - 1884, Paddington Bear is Published - 1958
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