by Julie Kelleher | 26 Jul, 2023 | News
Some ten to fifteen years ago, the great canal historian, Alan Faulkner, also at the time a Director of the East Anglian Waterways Association, asked me to take on the job of Archivist of the EAWA’s records of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal, a job which I...
by Julie Kelleher | 28 Jun, 2023 | News
Another anniversary. It was 28th June 1866 when the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act 1866 was passed into law. The Act amended the 1812 North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act. This new Act, primarily, permitted the sale or lease of the canal on the provision that...
by Julie Kelleher | 5 May, 2023 | News
Today Friday 5th May, is the 211th anniversary of the passing of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act of 1812. That Act of Parliament is a Local Act, which provides the canal owners with special dispensations and privileges above and beyond General Law. That much...
by Julie Kelleher | 19 Apr, 2023 | News
An excellent video of the NW&D canal along with the “Newun” quietly meandering the canal at Tonnage Bridge by YouTube recorder Andy Tidy View it and enjoy it via this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fQ0_lJiyI
by Julie Kelleher | 6 Apr, 2023 | News
Re-opening of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal has had to be delayed again. Works on several sections of the canal have had to be rescheduled because of the amount of rainfall over the last few months, says the Old Canal Company Ltd. A lot of damage has been done to...
by Julie Kelleher | 21 Jan, 2023 | News
A hand-built wherry by Graham Pressman his family and friends. The first time a wherry has passed along this CANAL for nearly 100 years. Graham writes that, “Yes, there are a couple of modern modifications like electric motors instead of sails, a hatchway for...
