The waterways were represented in the Queen's Birthday Honours list by a good cross section of activists.rnJohn Fletcher, former national chairman of the Inland Waterways Association was recognised with an OBE for his services to the waterways.rnJohn is also chairman of the Manchester Bolton & BuryrnCanal Society, since the death of the former chairman, his late wife Margaret, in May 2006. The IWA said their tenacity and lobbying was key in the recent multi-million pound restoration of the Middlewood section.
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