Just released on double DVD are 9 BW films, dating from the 1930's to the 1970's, colour and black and white, 230 minutes total. Some BCN content. See the ebay...
An on site inspection has been made of the site today Mon 12th March of the Smethwick coal chutes. Clearance of the concrete bunkers has been very well done...
SURVEY OF THE SANDWELL COAL BUNKERS. The visit to the coal bunker wharf is consistent with what I recall from a walk I made along the track bed in 1966....
Regarding Fred Grove The victory for Fred Grove was much deserved. However even this victory had its complications, only the house was exempted, the...
The Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust is offering a rare opportunity to walk part of the line of the Lichfield Canal on Sunday 22nd April 2007,...
Join the BCN Campaign 2007. A traditional boaters gathering and barbecue at Anglesey Basin on 5/6th May followed by a BCN Explorer Cruise 7-11 May terminating...
Worcester & Birmingham Canal Company Tardebigge Engine House The Birmingham Post April 7th 2007 carried a sales advert by Andrew Grant regarding a number of...
As many of you will be aware there is a lot of rumour mongering going on about this site,it need to be stopped and facts explained. I have been in touch with...
The rumours of the Tipton site not being advertised and made available to the Waterways and interested parties are now put to rest. The advertisment from...
Laurence: When they marketed the property, did BW get in touch with Dudley Canal Trust or IWA, both of whom have objected at the planning stage? (I know a lot ...
TIPTON GAUGING HOUSE If a new canal use for the Gauging House can be secured, there are many historical facts, which might add to the visitor attraction of the...
Some Further Notes on Tipton Gauging House My note of yesterday, 20th April made a brief mention of the reasons for the existence of the Tipton Gauging...
TIPTON GAUGING HOUSE British Waterways (BW) would like to clarify its position regarding the future of the Tipton Gauging House. We recognise there is much...
Subject: [CanalScapeBCN] Re: Tipton Gauging House I must thank Tony Harvey for clarifying the British Waterways position concerning the decision of how to deal...
News phoned in from Vaughan Welch 6.30Pm 25th april. Sandwell council rejected the listing building application to convert the gauging station into 4...
The Round House and Fiddle and Bone: British Waterways briefing note 1 May 2007
Following the marketing of the Round House and Fiddle and Bone and discussions...
Today three members of Canalscape-BCN took a Grand Union motor boat unladen from Broad St BW depot to Norton Canes Docks on the Cannock Extension canal. The...
The distinctive stable block as mentioned in the recent detailed email from Tony Harvey- deserve further comment regarding the historical information. It...
British Waterways are currently undertaking major conservation repairs at Bromford Junction on the Grade II listed Horseley Iron Works bridges located at the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the CanalScapeBCN group: BW are renovating the hovel on the Spon Lane flight, they are making as little...
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Thanks for this, Elizabeth. Can you clarify one aspect? Is it suggested that the (inappropriate) roof should be and be replaced by one more in keeping - or be...
To clarify the proposed works to the hovel at Spon Lane Lock 3: It is not the intention to replace the existing roof with a new roof. There are several factors...
Please find photos of this site taken today in album "Sankeys Wharf" in photos section. This latest delolition is a sad blow to the industrial canalscape of...
Joseph Sankey, Bankfield Ironworks Laurence Hogg has mentioned the demolition of the former Sankey Works, which in their present form is a tribute to the...
