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Lock keepers - key facts and news
12/10/2011 - Thames lock keepers issue (again)
15/8/10 - Defra plan to sell off nature reserves risks 'austerity countryside' (Guardian)
11/5/09 - Talks aim to solve lock keepers' pay dispute (Oxford Times)
8/12/08 - Martin Salter MP - Press release on lock keepers (1Mb)
4/12/08 - EA backs down on Thames lock-house sales (383kB)
25/10/08 - Thames lock house sell-off will cost lives (Martin Salter MP)
18/10/08 - Letter on weir keeping from Harry Purchase (MBM)
8/10/08 - Thames Guardian article
30/9/08 - Letter to Thames Guardian (from F Pilditch)
26/9/08 - Taking lock keepers homes weakens flood protection (Telegraph)
22/9/08 - Do we need to wring cash from our rivers (Telegraph)
7/9/08 - GMB workers say NO to EA proposals leading to weakening of flood defences.
2/9/08- DIY lock keeping (MBM article + response)
28/8/08 - The best of Private Eye (on lock keepers)
12/8/08 - Government response to lock keeper petition
The Environment Agency plans to liquidate lock keepers
Link to e-petition (now closed) on Prime Ministers website
Petition closed 15/7/2008 - see 2,798 signature list in alphabetical order
Link to lock keepers 'Save our Service' web site
Support 'Save our Service' fund raising
Are you being victimised or intimidated by the Environment Agency?
Meet the Environment Agency (link)
7/9/08 - GMB workers say NO to EA proposals leading to weakening of flood defences.
12/8/08 - Government response to lock keeper petition
7/8/08 - New e-petition to save lock keepers (link)
20/7/08 - Fight for lock keepers homes continues (Maidenhead Adv)
19/7/08 - Actor takes lead in campaign (Staines Leader - lock keepers) 484kB
18/7/08 - Letter about lock keepers EDM from office of Adam Afriyie MP
16/7/08 - 2,798 signatures on e-petition
11/7/08 - Politicians wade into Thames fight (MBM)
10/7/08 - Letter from Theresa May about lock keepers
10/7/08 - Letter from Defra about lock keepers
10/7/08 - David Suchet on lock keepers (dated 28/6/08)
8/7/08 - 'Drum Major' boating accident - August 1998 (link to MAIB report)
6/7/08 - Thames waterway changes (R Runcie briefing note)
4/7/08 - Riverwatch (Staines News)
4/7/08 - over 2,600 signatures on e-petition
2/7/08 - SOS protest - Henley - Saturday 6 July - from 10.00am.
2/7/08 - Round one to lock campaign (Henley Standard)
28/6/08 - Letter from Andrew Graham (EA) about lock keepers (550kB)
25/6/08 - SOS protest - Maidenhead - Saturday 28th June - 1.30pm.
25/6/08 - Penton Hook Lock Cottage - a watercolour by Sydney Foley
24/6/08 - Lock keepers' cottage sale halted (BBC)
24/6/08 - Wives unite in support of lock keepers (Henley Standard)
21/6/08 - Lock keepers homes - Cabinet Minister hears plight (Maidenhead Advertiser)
21/6/08 - Lock keepers wives unite (Henley Standard)
21/6/08 - Letter about lock keepers (Teresa May MP)
19/6/08 - Defra training and EA manpower (Hansard)
19/6/08 - Letters about lock keepers dated 30 May and 4 June
18/6/2006 - Letter to Adam Afriyie MP about lock keepers from Peter of Wraysbury
18/6/08 - Boaters dice with death on Thames (Surrey Herald 11/6/08)
15/6/08 - More interesting letters about lock keepers (535kb)
13/6/08 - EA batty plan (Private Eye)
13/6/08 - Lock keeper support meeting - Henley - Saturday 14th June (Martin Salter MP)
13/6/08 - Letters from River Thames Society about lock keepers (570kb)
13/6/08 - Hobbs heroes (Henley Standard)
13/6/08 - Interesting letters about lock keepers (550kb)
12/6/08 - Save our Service - meeting about lock keepers in Henley on Saturday
12/6/08 - Lock keepers play vital role - Shiplake PC (Henley Standard)
12/6/08 - Question about lock keepers to Leader of House of Commons (Paul Goodman 5/6/08)
12/6/08 - Milestone = 2,000 signatures on e-petition
10/6/08 - Drama of woman's river rescue (Maidenhead Adv)
9/6/08 - Boat problem - e-mail from a Thames side resident
5/6/08 - David Cameron fights sale of lock keepers' houses in the Thames Valley
5/6/08 - Save the lockhouses - Ian Taylor MP
5/6/08 - Early Day Motion - 66 signatures to date
5/6/08 - Letter from Defra to Freddie Pilditch about lock keepers
5/6/08 - Letter from Ewan Larcombe to Dr Leinster about lock houses
3/6/08 - Early Day Motion - 34 signatures to date
1/6/08 - Yet another EA HQ in Bristol<< £10m of our money !!!!!>>
30/5/08 - Weir-d news (Private Eye)
30/5/08 - Fallen tree in Thames - River chiefs accused (Windsor Express)
30/5/08 - Various communications about river management
30/5/08 - Link to BBC Radio 4 programme on lock keepers
29/5/08 - 'EA will count cost of moving lock keepers' (Maid Adv)
29/5/08 - 'Lock properties must not be sold' (Maid Adv)
29/5/08 - River lock camera plan criticised
29/5/08 - Meeting in keeper's cottages row
29/5/08 - Memories of a retired lock keeper
27/5/08 - 'Save our Service' fighting fund
26/5/08 - High winds blow tree into Thames (BBC)
24/5/08 - Has your MP signed the Early Day Motion about lock keepers?
23/5/08 - Lock keepers and Early Day Motion (BBC)
23/5/08 - Letter about lock keepers to Eileen McKeever and her response
23/5/08 - over 700 signatures on e-petition @ 22/5/08
22/5/08 - Losing lock keepers will put lives at risk (Reading Chronicle)
22/5/08 - List of e-petition signatures
22/5/08 - Lock keepers - Link to Inland Waterways Association
22/5/08 - Letter - lock keepers from Peter Quarmby (Area Manager - South East - Thames Region) (630kB)
21/5/08 - Letter about 'Save our Service'
21/5/08 - Open letter to H Benn
19/5/08 - 'Sales of the riverbank' (Private Eye) 500kB
18/5/08 - Lock keepers - another letter - John Dalton
18/5/08 - Lock keepers - another letter - Graham Paterson
17/5/08 - Link to dedicated web site for lock keepers supporters - www.saveourservice.org
16/5/08 - Early Day Motion Tabled on Thames Lock Houses Sell-off (IWA Press release)
16/5/08 - Sales of the riverbank (Private Eye)
15/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - D and N Bradbury
15/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Peter Finch (The Times)
15/05/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Jana and Mangala
15/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Harry Purchase
15/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Graham Paterson
15/5/08 - EFRA Report on flooding 'overlooked' - (letter)
14/5/08 - 7,000 families still homeless (Daily Mail)
14/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - John Cattemull
13/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Gordon Spice
13/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - J and A Gowans
13/5/08 - Lock keepers - letter - Freddie Pilditch
13/5/08 - Lock keepers - letters - Maidenhead Advertiser - 8/5/08 (215 kB jpg)
12/5/08 - House of Commons - Early Day Motion - Loss of lock keepers homes
12/5/08 - Lock keepers - 'Save Our Service' ( e-mail address)
9/5/08 - Save our rivers (letter from John Dalton in The Times)
8/5/08 - Letter about disposal of Lock keepers homes (G.Bolton)
8/5/08 - Don't sell lock cottages (The Inland Waterways Association)
7/5/08 - Thames lock keepers - Unison Press Release
6/5/08 - Thames lock-keepers' homes sold for Environment Agency funds (Times on line)
1/5/08 - Memo to flood wardens about lock keepers (with link to Parliament)
29/4/08 - EA threat to Lock Keepers' Houses - Discussion Areas - The Royal Windsor Forum (link)
27/4/08 - EA are sly and devious (Ewan Larcombe)
27/4/08 - Cookham Lock under threat (article from Cookham web site)
27/4/08 - 'EA lock keeper plans are recipe for disaster' (letter from Kim at Cookham)
24/4/08 - Lock keepers to lose homes (Abingdon Herald)
23/4/08 - Environment Agency to liquidate Lock Keepers (Press release)
23/4/08 - Lock keepers cottages to be sold (BBC News)
Dedicated web site for lock keepers supporters - www.saveourservice.org
