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  2. Robert Aickman - Wikipedia

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    Robert Fordyce Aickman (27 June 1914 – 26 February 1981) was an English writer and conservationist.As a conservationist, he co-founded the Inland Waterways Association, a group which has preserved from destruction and restored England's inland canal system.

  3. Waterland (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Tom Crick, fifty-two years old, has been history master for some thirty years in a secondary school in Greenwich.As the world sets its clocks according to Greenwich Mean Time, this is a place where time begins.

  4. Pick of the Litter (film) - Wikipedia

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    The movie had a positive reception from critics, scoring 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 67 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. The Critics Consensus reads, " Pick of the Litter has all the fluffy adorableness audiences expect from a puppy documentary, along with a story that's as edifying as it is heartwarming."

  5. Seven Wonders of the Waterways - Wikipedia

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    In 1946, the Inland Waterways Association was formed to campaign for the conservation of navigable waterways in the United Kingdom. [4] Robert Aickman, one of the co-founders of the association, proposed the list in his book Know Your Waterways as a method of highlighting significant feats of engineering on the canal network, as well as bringing attention to those at risk of becoming derelict.

  6. Marine debris - Wikipedia

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    Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean.Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack.

  7. Nine-year-old litter picker writes second book

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  8. Nicholson Guides - Wikipedia

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    With the rise of leisure boating in the early 1970s, British Waterways commissioned Nicholson to write a series of guides to their waterways, in a similar style to the Thames book. In order to research them, a boat was chartered, Paul Atterbury and Andrew Darwin were asked to write the material, and a student was hired to drive the boat.

  9. 'Black Country canals are full of litter' - AOL

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