Photo by Phil Barlow. New from Canal & River Trust, published Nov 6, 2019: Working in partnership with the European Regional Development Fund, Highways England, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and volunteers from the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, the dredging will see a long reach excavator hauling out mud and silt from the bottom of the Pools. As well as improving …
Published 2 November 2019 “The BCN in Pictures”, our book of historical photographs of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, was first published in 1973. At the time the canals, not just in and around Birmingham, were in a rather sorry state. For the 250th anniversary we have published this new and completely revised edition. A lot has happened since the opening …
The BCN is now 250 years old, the BCN Society 52 years, and the BCNS website is a few years old. We do our best to make the BCN a better place, so it was about time to do the same for our website. “Black satanic mills” does not describe the BCN of today. The BCN of today is, in …
Some said it was madness. Others warned of spending a week in the weed hatch – or worse. But my recent experience of a Birmingham Canals Society Explorer Cruise actually resulted in one of the most enjoyable weeks I have had for some time. Yes, time was spent in the weed hatch for everyone – in my case picking up …
You may be aware of our Facebook page, now we are on Twitter as well! As you might have guessed, the address is Twitter/bcnsociety, so you can reach us via @bcnsociety, or mention us via #bcnsociety on Twitter. We would like to keep the many Twitter users updated about our events, about what’s going on, about anything BCN really, including new …
On September 20, when staff and executives of SMT Volvo GB spent a (paid) day away from their normal work, for the Exec Volunteer Day 2019, to do something for the community, this time cleaning up a part of the BCN above and below Factory Locks. The event was organised by Cllr Chris Morgan, the organiser of the annual Big …
Received quite an unusual email last week. Click on the photo to zoom an, and open the link – very unusual! Maybe you can help? Do you think some of the BCNS members would be interested in donating any unusable boat rope to a good cause?We have recently approached by Shepreth Wildlife Park looking for old used rope for their …
The BCN society has its first rally in Brownhills over the weekend of the 18/19th May 2019. The event was based along the extensive canal frontage to Silver Street with stalls and trading boats plus historic craft and over 40 visiting narrowboats. The location was not without its challenges with double yellow lines and a new fence making access to the …
BCNS are delighted to announce that we have a new webmaster who has taken control of both the BCNS websites and now merged them into one – bcnsociety.com. For a limited time only any search of bcnsociety.co.uk will auto divert to the .com site and eventually the link will die and the .co.uk site will cease to exist. Work on the site is continuing …
The young people from “The Challenge” worked with us again this summer. As usual, it was good fun – and hopefully and introduction to the canals for the young people. Thank you guys for joining us for a work party. (By the way – we don’t claim to be the Birmingham Canal Navigations – the certificate simply didn’t have the …
