Keep Kiddies Dry from the Rain
Sneak preview of our new merchandise...these amazing kiddies umbrellas soon to be available from Eddy Case and they are a bargain at £5.99
Society Social Meetings Programme 2015 Finalised
Our society social meetings programme for 2015 has been finalised. Meetings take place on the second Tuesday of every month (except for August and December) at the Wilmot Arms, 49 Derby Road, Borrowash, Derby, DE72 3HA. This year we have a range of guest speakers including Eric Boultbee from Ecclesbourne Valley Railway and Ian Morgan [...]
Society AGM Tuesday 28th October
Dear Member, This is the official invitation to our Society AGM to be held at the Wilmot Arms in Derby Road, Borrowash DE72 3HA from 8pm on 28th October. Please find attached our Agenda and copies of last year’s minutes. Copies of the accounts to March will be available at the venue. Please note that [...]
New Derby Arm Mugs
The Society have launched an additional range of mugs for sale, priced at only £4.50 each, there are two different designs on sale. To purchase these new mugs, please contact Eddy at, eddycase69@hotmail.co.uk
Sandiacre Lock
Last Sunday (26th January) an intrepid group of Society members took the display stall to Sandiacre to coincide with the Canal and River Trust open day where the public were invited to climb down in to the drained Sandiacre Lock on the Erewash Canal. We set up our display in atrocious conditions on the line [...]
Demolition of Derby
The popular speaker Derek Palmer returns to give further insights of the various buildings that were demolished across Derby to allow more modern structures to be built. It was called "progress". Derek is the former 'Clerk of Works' for Derby City Council, fortunately he had the foresight to photograph many of the buildings he was [...]
Spirit of Chellaston 6th July
On Saturday 6th July our exhibition stand will be attending the Spirit of Chellaston event at Chellaston School. The event is open from 11:00 to 16:00. It is some years since we have attended an event in Chellaston so we hope to see as many local members as possible along with lots of non-members so [...]
Derbyshire County Show 2013 – Report
The Trust attended the county show at Elvaston on a wet and windy Sunday 23rd June. In spite of the whether the day again proved successful for us with a number of new members joining on the day with some expressing interest in joining us on the work parties. Merchandise sales were steady but that [...]
Guided Walk Report
This year our annual walk was held on the 25th June 2013 and was entitled "From the Moon to the City Centre" which was a walk of approximately 4 miles starting from outside the Moon Hotel Station Road Spondon and finishing at the Alexandra Hotel Siddals Road Derby. The walk attracted 97 participants the majority [...]
Raise money by recycling!
Raise Money by recycling! We are currently raising funds for The Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust by recycling used inkjet cartridges and your help would be greatly appreciated. We will receive up to £1 for each original empty inkjet cartridge donated kindly by you, friends, family or colleagues. Simply bring your recycling items to one [...]