20 Oxford Heritage Weekend (Cont’d) A colourful display on our Chairman’s narrow boat, showing the History of the Oxford Canal, drew lots of attention. Canal walks and boat trips attracted hundreds of people and the children enjoyed making/decorating various “canal” linked crafts. The British Waterways’ roadshow was present and had lots of interest in their displays about their 2020 Vision plus Oxford Canal walk leaflets etc. With such success I hope this may become a regular feature in our calendar. Mary Heritage
Banbury Canal Day This event seems to get bigger every year. This year 37 boats booked in, all stalls were “let” indeed Tricia from Banbury Town Council who does the bookings was overwhelmed with requests and many were disappointed As “Harbour masters” we had the difficult task of allocating mooring for the boats. It was almost impossible to provide appropriate locations for everyone and indeed we were almost glad when at the last minute 4 boats were unable to attend. This year’s theme was “Ghosts and Ghouls” and the boaters did us proud.
The prize for the best individual went to one of our members, Peter Cole, who was a “headless ghost.” [Photo: Peter Silver]