Roger mentions above that famous day when Ken Tranter who might have been Mayor at the time, I cant quite remember accurately if he was, got in the river for a clean up with long serving Ian and another chap. It was in the section near the bowling green and it did attract media attention...
Ive trawled back to find the pictures.. from 2007 I believe. I have more but here's two..
Ken above plus other chap with a Halfords BOGOF offer..rescued from the deep!
Ken, Ian, and the other chap again, unfortunately I dont remember his name....systematically cleaning it piece by piece...