Author: Bernie Jones

Dear friends and contacts of Mary de Saulles, sadly, as her sons, it falls to us to tell you that Mary passed away in the early hours of 17th June. She died peacefully at...

https://www.waterwavesmedia.org/ is the place to listen to great music, request your favourite tracks and listen to interesting interviews about our local canal system, including the Shrewsbury & Newport. This is the Trust’s very own...

Our historic pair of 1936 Woolwich Class boats are in need of restoration. The estimated cost is £100,000. Bainton and Berkhamstead are on their way to Norbury Wharf where they will be restored. The...

Thank you to all members of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust for supporting us as we navigate our way through these uncertain times. COVID-19 has forced a cessation of SNCT’s operations including the...

Some disappointing news from organiser, Barry Witts: I am sorry to have to say that this year’s C-fest has had to be called off. We have pencilled in a date for next year. We...

Agenda for the 135th Trustees’ Meeting of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust to be held as a virtual meeting via Amazon Chime on Thursday, 21st May 2020, commencing at 19:30. As it has...

For anyone who is feeling fed up with the Coronavirus “lock down” and can’t get out to see the canals we all love, here is a video that might cheer you up. You might...

The SNCT Team of Julia Olsen and Trustees David Ray, Stephen Kearney and Phil Jones battled through some awful dreary weather yesterday to get the two historic narrowboats, Bainton and Berkhamstead, to the half...

On a sunny morning yesterday, the SNCT team began the preparations needed to steer a pair of historic working boats, donated in Trust by Roger White, back to Norbury Junction on the Shropshire Union...

In an amazing gesture of support the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust has been gifted a pair of historic working boats by their owner, Roger White – who knew almost nothing of the Trust’s...