AFF has managed to add a further visit on this trip (see previous post for original detail)

We are to visit The Singing Ringing Bell then Queen Street Textile Mill Museum where we will  tour this steam driven mill (the only one in the UK) after which we will have soup and sandwich lunch at the museum , we will then go onto a National Trust property , Gawthorpe Hall where members can take a self guided tour

Cost is £40 for NT members and £47 for non NT members

See George or Geoff at AFF desk (can those members who booked a place on the Banbury trip please make arrangements to pay the necessary fee

Arrangements are in hand to visit two venues in the Burnley area

Return travel from Maghull Square in luxury corporate coach

Firstly , we will visit The Singing Ringing Tree Sculpture “Burnley’s Panopticon – a circular architectural design” , designed by Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu , winner in 2007 of the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects for architectural interest

Afterwards , we will visit Queen Street Textile Museum built in 1894  , the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill in the world ,  it is a Grade 1 listed building , an included soup and sandwich lunch will be taken after which we will then have a guided tour lasting between 1 – 1.5 hours

Cost is £40 per member , see George on Banbury trip to book a place (and pay) or see George or Jeff  at U3A  coffee morning.

Only 2 places left for this interesting look into the world of canals

A guided tour, a look at many elements of canals and boat making and a 40 minute cruise on the Oxford Canal

A buffet lunch (8 different items)  is included at the Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn (see menu on notice board)

See previous posts for more detail

There are several places still available for the above

Return journey by luxury Corporate coach from Maghull Square

We will look at areas of the boat yard including the history of the Oxford Canal , have a guided tour of the boat yard (see previous post for full detail) the boat yard museum and a 40 minute canal cruise

A buffet lunch will be served at Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn consisting of 8 separate items (see George for full detail)

Cost is £43

See George or Jeff at AFF desk

I have had great interest in the above trip

Can members who have booked a place please visit the AFF desk on Tuesday 01/04/25 to pay.

A reserve list will be set up if any places are still available after Tuesday

We have arranged a visit to Tooleys Boat Yard at Banbury on the above date

We will have a return journey by luxury corporate coach from Maghull Square leaving at approximately 8.00am

We will be told about the history of the Oxford Canal and the Boatyard and then we will have a guided tour of the Boat Yard including the Blacksmith Forge (dated 1778 including a demonstration)  , Dry Dock (dated 1778) , Carpenters Workshop , Paint Store , Belt Driven Machinery Shop and then view the historic wooden boat “Hardy” built in the 1940s and a look around the museum

We will then have a 40 minute canal boat ride along the Oxford Canal

Lunch ( a buffet consisting of 8 different items) will be taken in Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn

Numbers restricted to 36 members (18 members booked this morning)

Cost is £43 , please visit the AFF desk to book and pay