Author: Bernie Jones

The regular Friday and Saturday work parties at Wappenshall saw the team hard at work on 17th October removing the remainder of the timber formwork from the retaining wall base, de-nailing it and removing...

Some fantastic drone footage taken by member Steve McClelland can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

After our very successful concrete pour last Saturday (when the weather was kinder) we returned today (2nd October) in squally showers. The rainwater that would have gone into the mud that is now covered...

Last Friday 25th September the boats’ restoration team managed to do a great deal more on the “butty” Berkhamstead.

Would members please note that this coming Saturday, 26th September, we will be pouring over 28 cubic metres of concrete into the East Basin. This will involve a concrete pump vehicle and several ready-mix...

There was a slight change of plan last week with the restoration of our historic boats, as the work party day had to be changed to Thursday instead of the usual Friday. But a...

We are grateful to IWA for funding a course entitled “Towers for Users” on 19th September. This was held in Wednesbury and started at 0800 Hrs, which meant a very early start for Marion,...

The team have made very good progress with the work to restore the historic pair of Woolwich Class boats, now moored at Norbury Junction.

On the 2nd September the restoration team, led by Trustees David Ray and Phil Jones, started the restoration of nb Bainton and Berkhamstead at Norbury Wharf. We are indebted to CRT for providing mooring...

The (rather depleted) team of William, John and myself managed to achieve quite a bit of progress today. All five concrete slab shutterings were put in place with the liner under them and all...