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Today, BC News is the quarterly 16-page magazine of the canal society. Each issue contains news as well as other information and illustrated articles about the Canal and the Society. These early issues were called the "Newsletter".
The first issue, dated January 1967, appeared shortly after the Canal Society was formed. It had no pictures nor a masthead, and consisted of two single sheets of duplicated 'foolscap' size paper. Succeeding issues appeared about every two months. By issue no. 10 (February 1968) it had enlarged to three sides, and by no. 16 (October 1968) to six sides and with a masthead. With no. 49 (Mar-April 1973) it appeared on the new A4 size of paper.
Issue no. 112 (December 1983) was the last to use duplicated sheets for the text; no. 114 March 1984, (there was no 113 ....) was the first to have the text printed, though full folded magazine pages did not happen until no. 130 in November 1986 (incorrectly issued as October ...).
Photographs first appeared in issue no. 54 (Jan-Feb 1974) and consisted of a double-sided sheet on the front of the textpages.
These early issues are now being put online. They give a fascinating account of the Society's early campaign, struggles and setbacks to get the canal purchased as a public amenity. Later issues recount the Society's work in restoring the derelict canal, a work celebrated by the Royal Re-opening of May 1991 by H.M. the Duke of Kent.
Most of the previous issues are now online (see below and on left).
More will be added from time to time - keep looking!
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1967 - items include -
No 1: January 1967: Members' meeting; Ministry of Transport, Canal films at London's NFT; Society premises, etc.
No 2: March 1967: Civic Trust; Boat owners; idea - build a boat; other canals.
No 3: May 1967: Pondtail Bridge; British Waterways; other canals; Future activities.
No 4: June 1967: Canal Company; Fleet Carnival; Working boat; Help needed.
No 5: July 1967: Committee; Working parties, etc.
No 6: August 1967: Nat. Waterways Week; canal survey.
No 7: September 1967: Rambles; Publications, etc.
No 8: November 1967: Nat. Waterways Week; Cllrs. conference; boat trip, etc.
1968 - items include -
No 9: January 1968: AGM; publicity; events; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 1.
No 10: February 1968: Events and activities; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 2.
No 11: April 1968: Easter trip; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - part 3.
No 12: May 1968: Secretary's report; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 4.
No 13: June/July 1968: Various reports and activities.
No 14: July 1968: Secretary's report; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 5.
No 15: Sept 1968: Reports and activities; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 6.
No 16: Oct 1968: Membership survey; Following the horses; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 7; Ramble no. 2.
No 17: Nov 1968: Where do we go from here? events; committee members; Boats from the Basingstoke's past - 8; Ramble no. 3.
1969 - items include -
No 18: Jan 1969: The Company speaks; Journey into Darkness; Boats - 9; Ramble no. 4.
No 19: Feb 1969: The Year Ahead; What we've done and are doing; A Groove in the Ground; Ramble no. 5.
No 20: March 1969: 18,000 signatures!; A lovely waterway; Power boats; etc.
No 21: May 1969: The Petition; Events; Money matters; Waterside Inns -1, etc.
No 22: June 1969: 1,000 Thanks; Waterside Inns -2; Rambles; End of an era.
No 23: July 1969: 1st lock gates; Locks and fishermen; On building a boat.
No 24: Aug 1969: Into the 70s; The Constitution; Waterside Inns -3; Rambles.
No 25: Oct 1969: Concrete dam goes ahead; A Thought for Winter; Waterside Inns -4.
No 26: Nov 1969: 1949 and all that; New Navvies; Canals and their architecture; Pleasure for hire.
1970 - items include -
No 27: Jan 1970: Exec. Committee ballot; IWA National Rally.
No 28: Feb 1970: Basingstoke Canal in the classroom.
No 29: Mar 1970: Countdown to purchase; About the Avon.
No 30: Apr 1970: National Rally report; Waterside Inns -5.
No 31: June 1970: Hampshire purchase goes ahead; Last boat through tunnel.
No 32: Aug 1970: Story of a sticker; Schools and the canal.
No 33: Sep 1970: Bank wash; Canal memories.
No 34: Jan 1970: Frustration; Europe Conservation Year; Barging through Britain.
No 35: Dec 1970: Courting by canal.
1971 - items include -
No 36: Jan 1971: Biggest project of them all.
No 37: March 1971: Work on the canal; Events; Committee.
No 38: May 1971: New Committee; AGM; Crofton trip; Working party; Narrow Boats -1.
No 39: July 1971: Government takes action; Alf Rogers; Narrow Boats -2.
No 40: Sep-Oct 1971: End of the Tunnel?; On Home Ground; AGM: Lock Gates Unlimited?
No 41: Nov-Dec 1971: President appointed for the Society; Rambles; Society Symbol; Public Meetings.
1972 - items include -
No 42: Jan-Feb 1972: Committee candidates; Working parties; Rambles.
No 43: Mar-Apr 1972: County Councils seek ownership; All About Jumble; Rambles.
No 44: May-June 1972: Canal purchase goes ahead; Another pair of lock gates; Holidays.
No 45: July-Aug 1972: Keep the waterways united; Working parties; Planning appeal; Glimpse into the Past; Jenny Wren trip.
No 46: Sep-Oct 1972: Planning for the future; That bottle; Canal and its history -1; Boat building..
No 47: Nov-Dec 1972: Crisis for canal bridges;Canal and its history -2; Lock gates.
1973 - items include -
No 48: Jan-Feb 1973: Hampshire issues purchase notice; Sunday ramble; AGM notice.
No 49: Mar-Apr 1973: Take a deep breath! (AGM report); One man's angle; Rambles, etc.
No 50: May-June 1973: First pair of lock gates installed; Dredger purchased; Natural history; Glimpse into the past.
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