The recent correspondence regarding Henry Hodgkinson deserves a postcript regarding the origin of the photographs in the Albums. At the end of the published...
The West Midlands Group has published on the RCHS Website www.rchs.org.uk on the West Midlands Group Reports page details of our visit to Bittell on June...
Every time I pass the Horseleyfields dock at Wolverhampton I look across the line of buildings, now business units, but once part of the carriers wharf and...
... The sad truth about this building and site is that Wolverhampton council own it and are doing nothing to protect or promote use there. The person to...
Meteor has been found. It is at Common Barn Farm, Packington near Tamworth. Butters John Bee are handling the sale for the insolvency commissioners and can be...
Is this in the area occupied by/formerly occupied by Wulfruna coal co. I believe it still has some remains of both an open wooden coal boat and a larger...
... No this is the area known as limekiln wharf which is a arm and wharfage branching off the Wyrley just after the stop place at the junction. It is at an...
The boat dock is also on the Wharf developed by the Wyrley & Essington Canal Company, when it was a separate entity to the BCN and the stop lock there had...
Thanks Laurence I know the area you mean now, its been a fair few years since I was past there and I can remember seeing a few boats down there many years ago....
Thursday 6th August, The BCN walk was this year centred around a short section of the BCN at Wolverhampton. The canalside quarter has deteriorated in recent...
This is a question I have asked before on various sites hopefully someone here could help, is there an existing photograph/photographs of the yard including...
Dominic Gauden sent me the message below: He has since informed me that the site will probably be open until October. Graham Whorton If anyone is interested...
Hi, If you look in Max Sinclairs photos in the photo section there are one or two of the yard. Our collection has some too. The Drydock was filled in and the...
... I visited the site today and was amazed at the amount clearly visible. I took some photos but without a map to tell me what the footings of buildings are...
The observation that contractors have exposed part of the Gibsons Arm is probably the last chance for recording a section of a private branch built for Thomas...
I took the trouble to have a look at the excavated remains beside the Gibsons Arm. It would seem a portion on the right was part of the wharf for unloading...
I can remember most of what you describe although obviously the drydock had gone a while before I was born, it is the two main gantrys I was interested in we...
Martin Ludgate has put togther a well balanced article detailing the recent observations made about Henry Hodgkinson in the September issue of Canal Boat. He...
A tribute to a great boatman, some of you may remember him on "Severn dolphin" when on the BCN in the 1970's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2kUAPSP8E...
My wife and I have just had a wonderfull 2 week holiday on my inlaws boat cruising the BCN. We started off on the Staff and Worcs and went up the Wolverhampton...
Following Peter Davies' account sent in to CanalscapeBCN of his trip around the BCN. You may have missed the BCN Explorer Cruise which took place from 11th to...
Brenda,  Thanks for email about the Explorer Cruise, pleased to hear that every thing went well.  I know it is a bit early put our names down for next...
Thank you Brenda, good to see a boat being properly worked. max Max Sinclair ... From: lhpvideo <lhpvideo@...> Subject: [CanalScapeBCN] "Tribute to...
We live at ockerhill moorings I would like to find out more about this place. Some one told me that the workshop was closed down in 1955 or so and basically...
... The Ocker Hill moorings are not the site of the works. The works were on the higher Ocker Hill branch which was on the 473ft kevel branching off the Old...
It has been announced on local radio and in the Birmingham Evening Mail, that there was a fire at the Grade II listed maltings at Langley last night. It was a...
