Social Events Talks Programme 2024/25

The Social Secretary and Meetings organiser, Andy Tidy, has arranged the following programme of talks for the 2024/25 season.  Thursday 5th September 2024   David Jones  – The Stafford Navigation  Thursday 3rd October 2024        Paul Niblett – “William Morris Cars”.  Thursday 7th November 2024    Graham Worton  – Dudley Geologist  Thursday 2nd January 2025       …

NCS workgroup on the Titford Canal during the July 2019 BCNS and National Citizen Service weekend

Report: BCNS and National Citizen Service weekends

BCNS hosted an induction and a work party for eleven 16 year olds from the National Citizen Service over the last 2 weekends. They were all from the Smethwick area but had little or no knowledge of the canals around them. The induction takes place at the Pump House and is an introduction for the teenagers about the canals and …

The Young and Old Mavericks at the Pump House

As a pre-empt to the Boonyeds Tour later in the year Billy Spake Mon and Bren Hawthorne will return to the Titford Pump House, Langley on Saturday April 22 to host the first evening of the year in collaboration with BCN Society. They will showcase young and more mature performers from the Maverick acoustic night including James Broadfoot and John …

BCN Society annual walk with Ray Shill – August 7th 2014

The walk will be from Deakin’s Avenue to Rocky Lane.   Come and join author and historian Ray Shill to learn more about the BCN.  The meeting point of this walk is Deakins Avenue and Lock 12 on the Tame Valley Canal at 19:00 It is our purpose to follow the Tame Valley Canal the canal to Salford Junction and …