The Horseboating Society invite you to a special event at the "Boat Museum" Ellesmere Port, Wirral on Sunday, 5th August 2012

Why not go along and have a look at Canal boats as they used to be – horse drawn – at the “Horses at Work” event at the National Waterways Museum (“The Boat Museum”) at Ellesmere Port on Sunday 5 August 2012, from 10am to 5pm.

This is going to be a fantastic event. The day celebrates how important horses were in the history of transport in Britain. For 200 years canal boats were pulled by horses, and for much longer than that all road travel for goods and people depended entirely on horses.

 The Horseboating Society will be represented by Sue Day with Bonny the boathorse (or possibly Bilbo) - see photo - towing the historic horseboat Giffordalong the canal. Also local working horse enthusiasts will be there with their horses, two goods flat waggons, a baker’s van, as well as horse and cart rides, rescued ponies with pony rides, and a complete shoeing demonstration by a farrier.

There will be canal craftspeople demonstrating their traditional skills, and the Boaty Youth Theatre re-enacting canalside scenes. As well as the Museum’s permanent displays of historic boats and artefacts, and the café and shop, in the unique setting of the historic canal docks.

Easy to find –  just off the M53, junction 9.   Sat-Nav: CH65 4FW.    

The Boat Museum,

South Pier Road,

Ellesmere Port.

Tel: 0151 355 5017.