A new partnership initiative calls for volunteers to share expertise
The waterways of Birmingham and the West Midlands have have stood
firm through 200 years of change and development - from their
industrial heyday to the 21st century.
Now is the time to ensure that what remains, stays in place,
respected and conserved for future generations.
The well reported Smethwick coal chutes demolition, clearly
demonstrated how the independent sector can rise to identify a
mistake, whilst working to effect a more suitable outcome.
We have all share the responsibility to ensure our Waterway heritage
is protected and that the guardians of the Waterway Heritage are
supported and informed.
To do this we need active participants.
CanalScape is an independent private funded internet based
initiative. The forum will bring together learned enthusiasts,
waterway workers and local knowledge. By using this wealth of
information the waterway community - enthusiasts, voluntary waterway
bodies and British Waterways - will be able to make more informed
decisions about the future of canalside heritage structures.
Professional waterway enthusiast, documentary film producer Laurence
Hogg is a co founder of CanalScape-BCN, he comments: "Harnessing the
power of the internet, together with the observant, knowledgeable and
forward-looking minds of enthusiasts and waterway workers, is a great
step forward. Welcome to the second generation of the
renowned `towpath telegraph'."
British Waterways' general manager Roger Herrington notes: "British
Waterways believes this new forum will be an excellent resource in
gathering & exchanging information and opinions on the heritage of
our waterway network. I believe that working with the members of
CanalScape will make a real difference to our waterway heritage, but
to make it work we need people to join up."
Inland Waterways Association (West Midlands) chairman and co-founder
of CanalScape BCN, Vaughan Welch says: "The IWA welcomes this
initiative to identify, investigate, explore and preserve our
waterway heritage on the BCN and adjacent waterways."
Anyone can join this forum, explore the details on file and view the
maps and images, its about protecting our heritage through
identification and appreciation of the landscape.
To see how it works you have to join - it's free and simple - just go
to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/CanalScapeBCN/
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