Spot the Difference at Borrowash Just some finishing touches needed to tidy up the Borrowash Bottom Lock, following the visit of the IWA / WRG volunteers at the end of July 2019. The transition below shows the difference from a few years ago, to what it looks like now. With the recent rain, 'all [...]
Traffic Chaos at Sandiacre Derbyshire County Council’s Highways Department has a problem; and it’s asked for the DSCT to help. In mid June thieves held up a local Coop, stole cigarettes, etc and then set alight their get away vehicle under a canal bridge over the infilled Derby and Sandiacre canal in Sandiacre. The [...]
D&SC Trust AGM 2019 On the 10th July 2019, the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust held its first AGM to open to its members, following a change to the constitution earlier this year. Hosted at the Royal Oak public house, Ockbrook, the AGM was well received by the members. The Trust chairman, Chris Madge, [...]
Chairman's Update - July 2019 Dear Members of the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter, I suppose the big news of the month is the horrific fire that was set alight under the bridge at Sandiacre. A lot of damage was done to the structure of the [...]
The WRGies are coming! less than two weeks to go! The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Water's Recovery Group (WRG) will be join the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust again this year for a week of continued restoration of Borrowash Bottom Lock. The WRGies will be on site from 20th July to 27th July, please [...]
D&SC Trust AGM 2019 There will be an Annual General Meeting of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust to be held at The Royal Oak, Green Lane, Ockbrook, DE72 3SE, at 7.30pm on the 10th July 2019 in the main hall. This meeting will be open to all members of the Trust and Society to [...]
Working with the Community Back in April 2019, 10 trees were planted within the beech hedges along the Draycott Golden Mile, supplied by a local resident, Alun Price in conjunction with a major power supplier. These go along with the 420 trees and shrubs that we have planted this year following support from the [...]
Check out the Calendar for more details of the Gin Festival on the 29th June (this Saturday!)
Paintings brighten up the Canal Cottages Two of our working parties has cleared the land on the off side of the canal just outside the Canal Cottages at Draycott, and erected two wonderful paintings associated with the village's theme of the canal for this year! I am sure you will all appreciate the work done [...]
Derby Electric River Boat Phone App is Complete The University of Derby has successfully completed a package of work to write a smart phone app which synchronises an audio commentary with a series of geofences. The work was financed by the European Regional Development Fund and commissioned by the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust. [...]
