WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST

Boat Naming And Cutting First Sod (09:00)

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Wilts & Berks Canal:
Boat Naming and Cutting Symbolic First Sod
by the Trust Patron Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall,

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200th Abingdon Lecture (10:30)

The WBC Past present & Future

Free Lecture in the Abingdon Guildhall

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Contact Info : Free lecture tour

200th Aniverssay Abingdon Guided Walk (13:00)

Free guided walk looking at the historical route and structures. Leaving from the Museum

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Contact Info : Abingdon Information Centre (01235 522 711) to guarantee a place.

Wichelstowe Canal Festival (11:00)

200th Birthday Celebrations at Swindon on Sunday 12th September 2010

Come and join our family fun day.
On and around the water we will have boat trips, canoe demos and coaches on hand to teach the youngsters how to fish.
On the field there will be a children's fair, face & henna painting, bouncy castle, steam traction engines, vintage tractor & motor bikes and many attractive stands with arts & crafts. There will be plenty of refreshments on site, including a Victorian ice cream bike, selling their wares. A number of local charity stalls will also be joining us.

Not forgetting the Trust's own display stands, we are very pleased that Melksham, East Vale & Wootten Bassett branches will be joining us for this special day.

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Url: http://www.wbct.org.uk/canalfest

Pendon Museum, Abingdon Exhibition (14:00)

"Coal, Corn and Stone- a look at the Canal in the Vale- history and restoration"

Exhibition at Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 4QD

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