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ORMSKIRK MARKET

ORMSKIRK MARKET

WOWTG IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY EUROMEDIA ASSOCIATES LTD

THE TEAM

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MANAGING DIRECTOR: Emma Hatherall

SALES: Rachel Morton, Lisa Ryder, Gemma Winstanley

EDITOR: Nick Lavigueur

DESIGNER: Elle Creamer

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In this issue, hopefully we can inspire you to try out a new holiday, day trip, activity or event that you had never considered before. With the domestic holiday boom there’s no shortage of locations vying for your attention, whether that’s checking out the hype about ‘glamping, trying out canal boating or hopping on one of the dozens of heritage railway trips you could take across our beautiful countryside. In every corner of the country, there are parks, beaches, castles, rivers, theatres, markets and more just waiting to be discovered. However far you’re travelling, whether it be within a bus ride from home or a train ride across borders, we hope ‘What’s On & Where To Go’ will help you to plan some awesome days out!

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This season will see another of the fleet fitted with an electric engine. We know this is not welcomed by all, but the fact is that it has proved itself with many of our customers. It is harder to find space to moor and lower your mast at Ludham Bridge nowadays. The silent power of the Torqeedo pod motor makes life safer as well as easier.

The 2023 season will also see us turning the clock back and re-visiting our history. Many of you will recall that Norfolk County Council bought the yard from the Hunter family way back in the 1960s. It was then run by the Education Authority for the benefit of Norfolk School children. A lot of the school children can be found afloat on the Broads to this day. They got the first sail of their lives either in a Bittern dingy with the Norfolk School Sailing Association or at Hunter’s Yard in either the half-deckers or on the cabin yachts. Things change and over the years the demands of the curriculum, financial pressures; these and other things have seen ‘education’ alter and the number of school children getting the chance to get afloat while at school has dwindled to almost nothing. Thanks to the generosity of two of our local grant making bodies we can go out to schools, both primary and secondary and invite them to bring their young people for a day out on the water and at Hunter’s Yard. These grants will allow us to cover some or even all of the cost to the school. For most it will be just a day afloat, but we hope that some may get the chance to spend a

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