Local Events
Lydiate Civic Day
Saturday 12th September 2009
Lancashire Classic Car Show
July 12th 2009
Lydiate Parish Hall field
Barges moored early at Bells Lane
waiting to to go to Aintree ...
Grand National Day Saturday April 4th 2009
more photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydiateworld/
Lydiate Civic Day
Saturday September 20th 2008
Canal Walk and history talk
on Saturday September 13th 2008
Local farmer and historian Ron Rigby led a very informative two mile walk from Bells Lane bridge to Billy's Bridge, stopping every so often to talk about Lydiate and the Leeds- Liverpool Canal .This was part of the Heritage Week events .
The Taming Of The Shrew
by
William Shakespeare
performed outdoors at
at
St Catherine's Abbey
on the evening of Saturday 5th July 2008
" Coal and Cotton " rally June 2007
" Coal and Cotton " rally June 2007
Narrowboats gathered at Lydiate on the evening of Tuesday 5th June on their way to Liverpool.
Three weeks ago they set off from near Manchester,
and were guided from Liverpool North Docks,
down the Mersey and into the Canning Dock
for the "Coal and Cotton " rally and the World Canal Conference.
More photos of the boats returning from the event.
Living History in Lydiate on Tuesday 19th June 2007
These three photos are of The Horseboating Society's flagship, "Maria,"
Britain's oldest surviving wooden narrowboat built in 1845.
On the canal near Bells Lane Bridge.
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