Using Photos from the BCNS Archive collections, Philip Wild, the BCNS Archivist, will highlight how the BCN has changed during the latter part of the 20th Century.
Julian Souter from the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society will talk about the history of the Canal construction.
Andy Tidy, BCNS Social Secretary, with illustrations, will talk about how coal was transported from the Cannock Coalfields at Hednesford to Saltley in Birmingham.
The BCN Society have teamed up with the Funds Britain’s Waterway Campaign to jointly organise an Icicle Cruise to Walsall Town Arm over the weekend of the 20th/21st March 2026. The cruise will follow a similar format to previous years and will allow us to belatedly celebrate the re-opening of the canal after the spill incident, and sample the new ...
Phil Clayton, BCNS Vice President, will talk about this famous breach on the BCN at Dudley Port, which occurred in September 1899
