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The Education Show was held at Hall 11 & 12 NEC for three days commencing Thursday 28th finishing Saturday 1st March at 1600. It is show that provides...
You are so right in your comments Ray! Recently a friend of mine telephoned Peels wharf asking about mooring sites on the BCN, the answer was that they were't...
I was recently with friends in Birmingham and we walked from Gast st to Cambrian wharf to visit the BW information centre. I was expecting to find "everything...
I think the (very) recent case of the Waterscape webmaster listing the "out of hours" stoppage and security farce around the Labour Party Confrence ONLY on the...
My distributor (CWS) has tried on a number of occasions to make contact with BW at Peels Wharf, not only to offer my media but other waterway gifts, books and...
Laurence/Ray I suggest you ensure copies of today's emails are sent to 1. Simon Salem, Director of communications etc at BW Watford for him to address the...
Here's a true story - remember I am a purre and unsullied ex-newspaper man! Boating Festival in the Black Country was planning have a horse boat demo complete...
I visited the BW shop in Gas st a few years ago a few times. If you could attract anyones attention to serve you they used to have a good BW BCN Black country...
... st ... expecting ... more ... what ... as ... were ... little ... infrastructure of this wonderful system is in such insensitive hands. The overseas...
I would suggest writing to Peter Moore at the West Midlands BW office as he seems to have a lot to do with leisure business development and might be a good...
The DVD's / Videos and some giftware in that shop were on sale or return from myself. They couldnt even keep track of the stock, let alone manage to sell it...
During Roger Herringtons tenure as general manager a rather good booklet was published as a BCN guide. It listed canal societes and associated companies as...
Having read the comments posted over the last few days this lack of knowledge by BW staff clearly demonstrates that the BCN is not being marketed properly. It...
Regarding Education I have a feeling that amongst the canal enthusiast community there are people with skills to decide the levels of what can be said of a...
In Reply to Max Sinclair, There was a BW shop but that closed. Things move on. Second City have a shop but they have, quite naturally, commercial interests at...
There ARE some very knowledgable and passionate people within BW so I don't think it's fair to tar everyone with the same brush. Some staff knowledge could be...
I am researching aspects of the history of railway company owned canals and narrowboats: Can anyone tell me when and how the significant share of the BCN that ...
From: Deborah Figueiredo ... I agree with Debrorah that there are many BW people with a tremendous commitment to BW, past and present. The issue highlighted...
Here is a link to an article: http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp? sectioncode=297&storycode=3108520&c=1 This is the text in case that doesnt work: MIPIM...
This practice has been going on for a while. I don't think that "Ty-Phoo Wharf" ever existed originally when the tea wharehouse was in use; but now we have...
BW staff knowledge of the system Regarding Staff Knowledge and Neils comments Old Turn/ Deep Cutting nomenclature. The BCN double junctions did have two names...
... This is how I took it...and it does find a "home" for the two names....but I have no desire to re-write history! Nick Atty with his well researched...
The British Trade and Travel Fair was held at NEC again on the 11th & 12th March 2008. This show is always a good meeting point with those who influence the...
It was called "Typhoo". I quote former boat lady Lily Flowers: "When you went out of Warwick wharf, that shallow lock, there’s a bridge and you went under...
I agree with Hugh, so far as the boat people were concerned. Wharves were very often known by the commodity dealt with or manufactured there. For instance...
In 1845 the London & North Western Railway Company undertook to guarantee the dividends of the BCN at 4%. The canal remained in the ownership of the...
