Waterway Wonder – Following on from two excellent talks by James Long of CRT and Paul Hindle, chair of MBBCS, this week we were treated to a fascinating talk by Russ Hedley of Nature Talks and Walks (https://www.naturetalksandwalks.co.uk/) who told us about the wonderful wildlife you can find on waterways. Russ told us that canals […]
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The Hidden Canal soundwalk – a unique collaboration between the MBBCS and Salford based arts group “Walk the Plank” has resulted in an innovative enticement to explore the initial 3 miles of the Salford Branch of the canal. When Salford born musician Ewan Maccoll wrote “Dirty Old Town” he included the line “Dream a dream
May 2024 saw the Middlewood Locks Fest take place that celebrated the re-opening to navigation of the Middlewood Locks section of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury. And it’s fair to say that the inaugural Middlewood Locks Fest was a roaring success! Plenty of sunshine and a positively buzzing crowd made for a fantastic day. More
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The Oldfield Wharf development (previously branded as the historically more accurate Outwood Wharf) was granted planning permission in 2018. Unfortunately our suggestion that the brick northern bridge parapet with stone capping should be retained and preserved along with any features of the bridge was not adopted. However one of the conditions attached to that planning
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In 2023, we worked with Rob Langdon of the Canal & River Trust who put together an excellent online storymap describing many of the features of the canal environment on the summit level between Hall Lane in Little Lever and Radcliffe and beyond.
The Towpath Guide has just been updated. It now has colour photos and maps throughout, and although the format is essentially unchanged there have been updates to virtually every paragraph. Since the last revision in 2013 pubs have closed, firms have changed their names or closed, and much towpath detail has also needed to be
The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society has responded to the various iterations of the proposal by H2O Urban LLP to erect a residential development of 204 residential apartments at Upper Wharf Street in Ordsall, Salford. We first submitted a response to the planning application in December 2023, focusing on a primary message around: Development
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We wanted to share our thanks to Stephanie Wyatt from environmental charity, Groundwork Greater Manchester and Johnny Delap from creative agency, Far n Beyond for some recent pro-bono work they undertook for the society. Stephanie ran a workshop (pictured) with us related to our marketing strategy and worked with treasurer Steve to develop our new
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In his open talk on Tuesday 19th March, committee member David shared some of the exciting developments happening on the canal, including:
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