The
Idle Women of the Wartimes Waterways comes to Town.
On
the 1st July 2017, from 19.00- 21.30 The Idle Women of the
Wartimes Waterways are coming to Nuneaton Town Centre in Warwickshire
to put on a performance at one of Nuneaton local community centres
called the Bermuda Phoenix Centre (CV10 JHU)
Refreshments
will be provided, the event is FREE but tickets mush be ordered
online.
Donations
are welcomed.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/idle-women-of-the-wartime-waterways-bermuda-phoenix-tickets-32893228532?aff=efbevent
The
event is to comenorate the women who worked the water ways during
World War 2 when there was a shortage of men to crew and canal
network and deliver vital supplies such as coal. During the war
these courageous women where given the nickname (idle women.) But
these women whee far from idle epically when they were given the task
of managing 72ft narrow boats and 50tons of cargo.
To
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary Kate Baffin and Heather
Wastie will bring Isobel's War and Idle women Judies to waterside
venues to recreate the journey that the women took
(London-Birmingham-Coventry-London.)
They
will be travelling with a show Called The Alarum Theatre and an
historic narrow boat called Trench. With the support of public
funding by the National Lottery through the Arts Council England.
One
of the places that they are looking at stopping at is Nuneaton due to
the Griff Clara Number four Collieries that was once in Nuneaton.
For
more information I have included the useful links and websites below.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
I
look forward to hearing from you soon and hopefully seeing you on the
day.
http://www.bermudaphoenix.org.uk/
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