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BCNS WORK PARTY – 11TH JANUARY 2025 – ****** Please note that this event has had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions – to be rearranged ******

Smethwick Chutes , United Kingdom

****** Please note that this event has had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions - to be rearranged to a future Work Party date****** A BCNS Work Party is normally scheduled for the second Saturday in a calendar month The planned work for January is to tackle the growth at Sandwell Park Colliery Wharf Site (aka 'Smethwick Chutes'). ...

BCNS WORK PARTY – 8TH FEBRUARY 2025

Titford Pump House Engine Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom

A BCNS Work Party is normally scheduled for the second Saturday in a calendar month. This month's Work Party will be to clear the former Toll Island at Bromford Stop and the offside vegetation nearby. Workboat leaves Pump House, Engine Street, Oldbury. (B69 4NL) 8am Join at the Pump House, the Oldbury flight or meet on-site at Bromford Toll Island. (Bottom lock Spon ...

BCNS CANCELLED WORK PARTY – 8TH MARCH 2025

Titford Pump House Engine Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom

A BCNS Work Party is normally scheduled for the second Saturday in a calendar month However, this weekend is the week before the IWA Big Clean-Up Event in the Tipton area, it has been decided not to hold a Work Party on Saturday 8th March 2025. The next BCNS Work Party is scheduled for  Saturday 12th April 2025. For more ...

Recording oral histories of people involved in canal restorations 1950 – 1990

Dudley Canal Trust 501 Birmingham New Road Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SB, Dudley, United Kingdom

The Society has been contacted by the Inheritage group, who, in working with CRT, are seeking to capture an oral history of those who were involved in canal restorations locally between 1950 and 1990. The aim is to record this important period in the history of Britain's canals by talking to people who worked on restoration projects. If you were ...

WRG Birmingham Canals Clean-up 15-16th March 2025

The Annual Birmingham Canals Clean-up weekend is a great opportunity to have fun and meet new people while clearing shopping trolleys, tyres, bicycles and even more exciting treasures from the canal! It is hoped this annual effort on the BCN will help keep the less well used parts of the BCN and Black Country network from getting choked up with ...