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Photographs Geoff Wilkinson
Remember the unlikely narrow-boat holiday Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart took in North Wales last summer? Should they choose to repeat the experience this year, they ought to head a little further north, up the Manchester Ship Canal in the direction of Halton, an isolated, frayed-at-the-edges area of Runcorn, in Cheshire.See the full content of this document
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Meet Norma's Happy Crew ; for 24 Years Norma Hornby has Run a Remarkable Canal-Boat Charity, Which Gives Disadvantaged Youngsters a Chance to Make a Success of Their Lives. She Is a Perfect Example of the Type of Inspiring Woman We Are Looking for to Enter the 2005 You/Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year Award
There they will find the Canal Boat Adventure Project, tirelessly headed for the past 24 years by Norma Hornby, runner-up in last year's YOU/Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year Award. Living testimony to the beneficial effects of messing about on the river, Norma's achievements among the area's disadvantaged children would win anyone's admiration, let alone that of a famously philanthropic Hollywo...
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