Author: Bernie Jones

If you would like to join this meeting via zoom, please contact Steve Bean sbean@sncanal.org.uk for the zoom link. Here is the Agenda: Agenda of the 142nd Trustees’ Meeting of the Shrewsbury and Newport...

Great progress today with our Historic Boats project, with the first of them, nb Berkhampstead, going into dry dock at Norbury Wharf Ltd for bottom blacking. Would you like to help this week? Then...

The concrete pour planned for Saturday 26th June unfortunately cannot now go ahead. This is because of the cement shortage and our supplier, PEZ Concreting, simply can’t get what is required to do the...

Agenda of the 141st Trustees’ Meeting of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust – Thursday 20th May 2021 at 1930 Hrs Preliminaries, present and apologies. Minutes of Previous Meeting Approval of The Report and...

Despite the inclement May weather, a good turnout of our wonderful volunteers meant that a huge amount of progress was made this week. Not only was the difficult inclined section of the East Basin’s...

Member Steve McClelland has been hard at it taking more amazing drone footage. This time it is of the newly cleared section of the Shrewsbury Canal alongside the Pelham Road between Upton Magna and...

At a couple of recent Shrewsbury Support Group work parties it was a race against the clock to get these bare root hedging whips planted. With such dry weather, it was absolutely necessary to...

Member Steve McClelland took his drone down to Wappenshall Wharf recently and took these amazing still shots of the work that has been done to lay the base slabs and nearly complete the retaining...

A great couple of days at Wappenshall last Friday and Saturday saw another top and lower section of the retaining wall concreted and all the spoil removed from the lock chamber and under the...

Here are two short videos made for us by students Magnus and Corey from Telford College that will hopefully tempt you to join our happy band of volunteers. Please click on the link below...