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Flotilla: 100 Years of Getting Our Ships Together

This newly opened temporary exhibition at the Lancaster Maritime Museum, Custom House, St George’s Quay, Lancaster, LA1 1RB will run until July 9, 2023.

Open from April 1 through to September 30 each year, the Museum occupies two historic buildings on St. George’s Quay, the city’s main 18th-century harbour –once a bustling place of import and trade from all over the world. Its exhibitions and displays are aimed at stories of Lancaster and Morecambe’s relationship with the ocean, the challenging lives of those living and working in the places between land and sea, how the area’s inland waterways have shaped the lives, work, and leisure of the local population and the dark legacy of the Transatlantic slave trade. The buildings are wheelchair friendly and there is also a gift shop and refreshments on offer in the

The Crick Boat Show

Britain’s biggest inland waterways festival is this year scheduled for the late Bank Holiday weekend and will run from Saturday, 27 to Monday, 29 May 2023 at the Crick Waterside & Marina, West Haddon Rd, Crick, Northants, NN6 7SQ.

From 10am to 6pm on the Saturday and Sunday, and 10am to 5pm on the Monday, visitors will not only be able to view all the canal boats on display but also to enjoy free boat trips. There will also be seminars and masterclasses, various trade stands to browse, a real ale bar and live music.

Get ready for a bit of Mayhem!

Saturday/Sunday, June 27-28 will see Model Boat Mayhem return to Wicksteed Park (NN15 6NJ). As always, numerous events are being organised for this big weekend of model boating fun, including the Club 500 challenge and various displays of I/C powerboats and hovercraft, to name just a few. Entrance to the Model Boat Mayhem event itself will be free of charge, although you will need to pay to park your vehicle –charged at a maximum fee of £6 per day). If you’re planning to make a weekend of it, bookings can also be made for Wicksteed

Quayside Tea Rooms.

Admission, from 10am to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm), costs £3 for adults and £2 for senior citizens/students with concessions (although local residents – i.e., those residing in postcodes LA1-LA6 will be admitted free of charge when taking along proof of address). Accompanied under 16s will also be admitted free of charge. wheelchair friendly and houses both a gift shop and the Quayside Tea Rooms.

For more info, visit https://visitlancaster. org.uk/museums/maritime-museum/, email lancastermaritimemuseum@lancaster.gov.uk or telephone: 01524 382264,

MWBC Model Boat Open Day

Manvers Waterfront Boat Club (www. mwbc.org.uk) will be holding a model boat open day on Sunday, June 11 from 9am to 4pm at the Manvers Waterfront Boat Club, The Boathouse, Station Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S63 7DG.

This free sailing event will be open to all types of scale boats, even deep keel yachts – although, please note, no fast electrics, petrol or I.C. powered models can be accommodated. Facilities include toilets and a cafe serving hot and cold food and drinks. Free parking will be available to all model exhibitors at the lakeside, but please note spectators must park in the ‘Pay and Display’ car park.

Further info can be found at www. mwbc.org.uk/events. Alternatively, you can email stephen.perkins@mwbc.org.uk or call the Club House on 01709 878984.

At the gate, adult admission will be charged at £18 per day or £40 for the weekend (accompanied under 16s will be admitted free of charge), but there are substantial discounts to be made by ordering tickets in advance online at https://www.crickboatshow.com/ tickets/2023/, where you will also find camping and caravan pitch booking details. Bring & Buy Sale, Heywood

Park’s camping and onsite facilities at https://wicksteedpark. org/the-park/campingat-wicksteed-park/ Clubs and traders wishing to display and sail at Wicksteed Park should contact Nick Brown at raflaunches@outlook.com or alternatively visit www.modelboatmayhem. co.uk, where by clicking onto the forum or checking out the Facebook group ‘Model Boat Mayhem’ will provide you with access to further information.

On Sunday, June 4, 2023, the Mutual Model Boat Building Society Heywood will be holding a Bring & Buy sale at the Crimble Croft Community Centre, Aspinal Street, Heywood, Manchester OL10 4HL. Door will open from 9.30am to 1pm and admission will be charged at £1.50. The whole venue is well-chair friendly and, as well as the bargains to be browsed, sensibly priced snacks and drinks will be available to purchase.

Traders, or simply those with good to sell, who are interested in reserving table/s (£10 per 6x2 – set up access from 8.30am) should contact Kevan Winward (Tel. 07803 975089) or Colin Travis (Tel. 07905 028298).