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Events - World Heritage Day 2006

Blaenavon World Heritage Day Saturday 24 June 2006 ; 12 noon - 5.00pm
Blaenavon World Heritage Day

Come and join in with all the fun and festivities in the Town Centre.

download event programme here

Programme correct at time of printing but may vary on the day.

IMPORTANT PARKING NOTICE

Broad Street car park will be CLOSED between 10am on Friday 23 June and 1am on Sunday 25 June. Market Square car park will be CLOSED between 9am and 6pm on Saturday 24 June. Please remove your vehicles before closure - thank you. The town centre will be closed to through traffic between 11am - 6pm on 24 June.

Opening of World Heritage Day - Town Criers Ken Smith & Derrick Price: 12noon Workmens Hall & 12.10pm Moriah Chapel

Around Broad StreetHeritage Costume Parade (Starting 1.30pm)
Lady Margo - Victorian Comedy Character
Bravo Four Barbershop Quartet
Franco - Clown & Mime Artist
James - Victorian Stiltwalker
Mr BB - 10ft Clown
Mr Moon - Victorian Policeman/Magic
Face Painters
Greenmeadow Community Farm Animals
Picasso Griffiths - Lightning Caricaturist
Masquerade Theatre Company (Performances 12noon, 3pm & 4pm - location announced during day)
Chance Encounters - Victorian Characters...lots more!

Upper Broad Street Victorian Fair - Helter Skelter, Swing Boats and various Victorian funfair stalls
Circus Corner
Blaenavon Blues Football Game

 


Lion Street Cordell Museum

Bethlehem Court Various Stalls
Hog Roast
Bethlehem Chapel Schoolroom: Film Forge - Old pictures of Blaenavon with local recorded reminiscences, plus short animated films by local schoolchildren

Moriah Chapel Town Criers: 12.10pm

Market Square Live Comedy and Music from Owen Money and the Soul Sharks
Goldini Balloon Magic
Alison Lee Academy of Dance
Jawahir Middle Eastern Dance Group
Public Address by Dil (in aid of MYPT for Romanian Orphans & Disadvantaged Young People: www.mypt.org.uk)

Market Street Art on the Railings
Art & Craft Marquee
Lower Broad Street

Inflatable Giant Slide
Face Painting
Balloon Race
Fire Engine for kids to explore

Workmens Hall Town Criers: 12noon
Craft Fair
Exhibitions

Church View -TVA Office A display of material and photographs celebrating the history of the Co-operative Society and its shops in Blaenavon
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