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		19:30 to around 21:30	
	
					
	
		Social Evening Presentation – 5 March 2026 – Philip Wild – Illustrating changes in parts of the BCN during the latter part of the 20th Century	

				

				
			

		

	



											

	
	
		
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		Friday, March 13, from 08:00 to around Sunday, March 15, from 17:00	
	
					
	
		Birmingham Canals Clean-up 13-15th March 2026	

				

				
			
		
	


											

	
	
		
			Mar		
		
			20		
	


	
		
			

				
					
		
		Friday, March 20, from 08:00 to around Saturday, March 21, from 17:00	
	
					
	
		BCN Society / Fund Britain’s Waterways Joint Icicle Cruise to Walsall	

				

				
			
		
	


											

	
	
		
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		19:30 to around 21:30	
	
					
	
		Social Evening Presentation – 2 April 2026 – Phil Clayton – Rattlechain Brickworks Breach	

				

				
			
		
	


											

	
	
		
			Apr		
		
			18		
	


	
		
			

				
					
		
		11:15 to around 16:30	
	
					
	
		Canal History Workshop	

				

				
			
		
	


									

				
	
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