Creepy Capers at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
...calling all ghosties, ghouls and goblins to our Halloween Extravganza! The National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne has a fun-packed week on offer at the end of October to celebrate Half Term and Halloween. From Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, there will special spooky goings on at the Museum with mask making, ghostly goings-on, a fancy dress competition and prizes for everyone taking part!
As well as checking out any ghastly ghouls haunting the canal museum itself, visitors can take a walk down the towpath to the entrance of the spooky one and three quarter mile long Blisworth Tunnel. Hand cut through solid rock over 200 years ago, some boaters travelling through have reported spooky goings on in the tunnel. David Henderson, General Manager, says: “Come along and enjoy our Halloween Extravaganza at the Canal Museum this half term. As well as enjoying the Museum’s displays and watching boats travel by, throughout the week we’ve got some special children’s activities aimed at all ages which are all free with museum entry.” The Canal Museum is located in a restored corn mill alongside the Grand Union Canal in the beautiful village of Stoke Bruerne. The Museum vividly tells the story of our inland waterways and the people who worked on them. The fascinating insight into the transport system which was fundamental to the industrial revolution in Britain is complemented by the ‘living canal’ with its flight of locks, boats and historic Blisworth Tunnel. For more information about the Museum, activities and events visit www.nwm.org.uk/stoke or call 01604 862229. Children must be supervised by an adult when taking part in museum activities. Entry for children under five is free, for children aged 5 to 16 it is £3.10 and for adults it’s £4.75. A family ticket which gives entry to two adults, a grandparent and up to three children is just £12. - ENDS - For further press information please contact: Debbie Walker, Communications Manager, The Waterways Trust
Tel: 077486 40577 email debbie.walker@thewaterwaystrust.org.uk EDITORS’ NOTES The National Waterways Museum houses the nationally important inland waterways collection and archives. The museum in Gloucester Docks, along with those in Ellesmere Port and Stoke Bruerne, tell an important story, comparable in influence to rail, maritime history, and coal, and one which has influenced almost every aspect of life – social, economic, technological and environmental, over the last 300 years.
www.nwm.org.uk The Waterways Trust is a national charity working to promote greater public enjoyment of the UK’s waterways by raising funds for waterway restoration, conservation, recreation and education. www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk
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