3 days of events Over 130 bags of litter removed Groups involved:- SCARs Keep Widnes Tidy StHelens Angling Association Aren’t people great! St Helens Borough Council Warrington Borough Council Halton Council @CRTContactUs @CRTSteveH St Helens Star Warrington Guardian Weekly News

This is the difference made today at Hulme lock. We need more members so that we can do more work like this and move on to the bigger jobs If you’re free please come to the Sankey Canal Restoration Society AGM, sign up as a member, just £15 / year. Let us know how you can help.

Sankey Canal So true it warms the heart so very very pleased 😁

Over the last two weekends SCARs members have been working with StHelens Angling Association in StHelens to clear rubbish from the lenons stretch of the canal. Around 40 bags have been taken out. Thanks to everyone for their time. It’s all good now. Here’s before and after.

The big Dam clean up. facebook.com/events/s/the-b…

Having spoken to a number of different local #StHelens businesses regarding how their businesses are going during these tough times this message becomes all more important! #ShopLocal #StHelens #Newton #Rainhill #Rainford #Earlestown

Unfortunately due to the current situation this months AGM has been delayed until a more suitable time, we will announce a new date once confirmed.

I’m sure I don’t need to say this but just in case, all Sankey Canal Restoration Societies work parties are cancelled until the crisis has passed For now remember to get some sunshine whenever you can, sunshine boosts your vitamin D levels which in turn boosts your immune system

Not common locally but be careful around this if you see any. Let your local council know where it is.

There are thousand of friends of the canal over on face book, with thousands of images of our canal facebook.com/groups/1278430…

More friends and pictures facebook.com/groups/7703653…

We also have friends of the wildlife on our canal. facebook.com/groups/3834358…

#purplebootsphotochallenge Sarah Dunwood - Lover of purple things 💜 A picture depicting VOGUE The trend during the current isolation period is for rainbows, we are also staying at home to flatten the curve of new cases. Here is a photo of a natural flattish rainbow. No rainbows where harmed in this.

Morning. #StHelens

The SCARs committee has tonight held its first virtual committee meeting, we’re forming plans ready to get going again once it’s possible.

To mark #VEDay we share this first hand account the celebrations in St Helens. As Victory in Europe was announced in 1945, local resident Grace Armstrong Sherwood wrote about what she saw. Here are her words.. youtu.be/TkpVDBtFr7g 🇬🇧✌️🕊️📽️ #StHelensArchive #VEDay75 #VE75

Morning! Today's shot #whenwesailagain is another featuring Dutton Viaduct and its sandstone arches. A train speeds along the #WCML while the Danny meanders towards the Cheshire hamlet of Pickerings at 3mph. Tim Dunn Visit Chester & Cheshire Cheshire Life Network Rail National Historic Ships UK

Good morning hope you are all #stayingsafe today we have the Danny back in 2017 arriving in Royal Albert Dock Liverpool with passengers having done a dock cruise and been to view a cunardline Queen Cruise Liverpool #whenwesailagain @MerseyMaritime Mersey Maritime Cammell Laird

400ft Britain 🇬🇧 The Sankey Canal🦆🦆🦆 #sthelens #sankeycanal #canal #waterway #sthelenscanal #aerialphotogarphy #dronephotography #drone #dronehour #ducks #justaddwater Canal & River Trust North West Sankey Canal @the_sankey Beautiful Liverpool City Region

Favourite path in #StHelens Borough, episode 46: #Rainford Linear Park, along the former railway line. Well into a 20 miler in preparation for #BeatingtheBounds next Sunday.