Characters of the BCN

 Characters of the BCN

In my enthusiasm to track down the locations of the BCN I realise I often overlook the faces which used to be seen around the regions canals

I have a terrible memory for names so this page is devoted to remembering these individuals,  and help me remember who they were!

Fred Heritage Source Laurence Hogg Collection

Joe Safe with Fred Heritage Source Laurence Hogg Collection

Alan "Caggy" Stevens - one of a kind and the BCN's last working boatmen to use horses 

Source Bob May / BCNS Archive

Caggy Stevens at Oldbury

Source Bob May / BCNS Archive

Cacggy Stevens at work Source Martin Leech

Enoch Mason, Pumpmaster at Perry Barr

Ken Keay - Laurence Hogg Collection

Ken Keay Caulking - Source Laurence Hogg Collection

John Whitehouse, Hobbler on the towpath on 2011 and 2009 Source Andy Tidy