ON behalf of the Inland Waterways Association and all canal users, I would like, through your pages, to thank everyone who came to help clean up the canal area around Grimshaw Park Road bridge on Saturday, March 27.

Unsightly litter was picked up and submerged rubbish (mostly shopping trolleys and bikes) was pulled from the water. The area looks a lot better now. You made a difference.

Thank you.

MADELINE DEAN, Inland Waterways Association, Lancashire Branch.