Saturday 16th February at 2pm.
The St Marie’s Heritage Group are delighted to be welcoming local historian, Bob Roach back into St Marie’s to deliver another one of his fascinating talks about our local heritage. This one is sure to be the perfect anecdote to any Winter Blues you might be feeling. Join us on Saturday 16th February to enjoy a hot drink, delicious biscuits and see friendly & familiar faces.
Here’s what Bob has to say about the talk:
For over 1,000 years, the desire to cross the Mersey between Runcorn & Widnes has led to muddy, dangerous, historic & creative ideas about how to do it. With illustrations, this talk will describe key parts of the story, some of which you will be aware of, but some of which may surprise you! Centuries of having just a row-boat ferry that had to contend with the fast-tidal flow – recounted in Tuppence per Person per Trip. Historic figures who marched their troops across; if only the money had been available to build proposals by leading engineers; it was perhaps fortunate that a design was changed at a late stage because the planned bridge might have blown down!
Places at the talk are free, but they are limited in number and attendees must reserve their places before the day.
You can reserve your place by contacting Matthew Roberts on (01928) 592 405 or mroberts@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
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