CanalScape – BCN Protecting the Waterway heritage through recognition. Dear Colleagues, Following the Smethwick coal chutes incident it has become very clear...
There was an item on BBC News this lunch time saying that Birmingham Council had made a compulsory purchase order on the canalside house part way down the...
A planning application has been submitted to extend the Railway station car park. Apparently this may be infringing over the BCN main line canal. Planning...
Vaughan Welch has sent the following letter to Wolverhampton City Council: 16th May 2006 Costas Georghiou Regeneration & Transportation Planning and Highways...
Hello all As marketing & communications manager at British Waterways' West Midlands office, I thought I would let you know that the Historic Building Record...
The membership of CanalScape is currently made up of either British Waterways, association, society or private members. We NEED some members from ALL the local...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the CanalScapeBCN group: The BCN contains remarkable heritage, some of which is yet to widely...
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May 18, 2006 5:57 pm
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The following message was sent to me this morning, any one with further info on this structure please contact the lady concerned. Dear Sir, ... me. I ... ...
Why doesn't this person contact the BCLM!! They would have all the info on this. ... -- All the very best Brenda The BCN Society, a Company Limited by...
Two new albums posted to photo section. Wolverhampton shows the disgusting state of the now unique and complete Railway interchange basin at Monmore Green as...
Laurence, Firstly, can I introduce myself. I'm a professional archaeologist specialising in the industrial period, currently doing research at the University...
Dear Colleagues The programme of works for dismantling the coal chutes in Smethwick can now be viewed in the 'Files' section of this site. British Waterways ...
Dear All there is a short video sequence on the bbc's website which has an interview with the archaeology team responsible for recording the chutes. This can...
Subject: Re: Sandwell Coal Bunker Laurence, there is no problem with the posting of the letter to Canals and Rivers to the Canalscape Website. There are other...
Dear All A revised programme for dismantling of the coal chutes has been uploaded to the file section of CanalScapeBCN. The programme has been brought forward...
Dear All I am currently carrying out a heritage audit of Rushall Locks 2, 3 and 4. The purpose of this study is to inform and guide the specifications for...
The locks at Rushall are to the later standard BCN design, similar to those which existed on the Bentley. In the days of the BW Icknield Port office (Resevoir...
Laurence mentions the by-passes that close the bottom gates. These are also installed on the Perry Barr flight, and a couple of years ago we experimented...
Dear All a press release relating to the coal chutes dismantling was issued yesterday. please see copy of this release below. Dismantling of Coal Chutes...
Laurence The website seems to be doing its job as a clearing house briefing vehicle for the BCN, well done! Unfortunately I am in London on Friday but hope to...
In just 2 hours the 1937 Coal hopper fell to the demolition hammer. The appalling state of the bunker was obvious in the speed and little amount of effort...
The Railway / Canal interchange basin at Monmore Green is not being maintained by English Welsh & Scottish Railways. Nick Hogben, senior enviromental officer...
Dear All The cast iron towpath bridge over the Old Main Line at Bromford Junction is due to be repaired in July / August. I am trying to ascertain whether the...
There are many aspects of local waterways where heritage issues are relevant. At Christmas Birmingham people lamented the closure of the Tower Ballroom...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CanalScapeBCN group. File : /BCN...
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Jun 22, 2006 7:10 am
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If you are interested in all or some of the items mentioned in Ray's list you may like to join the BCNS walk led by Ray around this area, he is particularly...
For those who pass through Wolverhampton by train, few can fail to notice the demolition contractors that are now tearing down the structure of the Crane...
