Posts Tagged ‘Lifestyle’

BoACAN Open Day invitation 14 July

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Bradford on Avon Community Area Network (BoACAN) is co-hosting an open day and live music on 14th July in and around ‘The Hub’ in Lamb Yard, Kingston Mills, to co-incide with the launch of ”Made in Bradford on Avon’.

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Floating hair salon makes history

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

The widebeam narrowboat Blackjack was the only the floating hairdresser’s salon to take part in the Queen’s Jubilee pageant on the Thames on June 3rd.

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Fullsail to perform at Bath Fringe

Friday, June 8th, 2012

Fullsail Community Theatre are to appear in this year’s Bath Fringe. Their play “Three Magic Beans, a Goose and a Harp” is on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8th to 10th June at 5.30pm to 7pm in Sydney Gardens. A number of boaters perform in Fullsail and the theatre group has appeared in the Bath Fringe and Bradford on Avon  festivals in previous years.

Mikron Theatre lose the plot in Woolhampton

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Mikron Theatre, who tour every summer on their narrowboat Tyseley, are bringing two shows to the Rowbarge at Woolhampton at the end of June.

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Google – watching them watching us

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

 

Streetview is coming to the cut… a boater sent us this photo of a Google Streetview camera and its operator filming on the towpath near Hilperton this month.

Boater proposes code of conduct

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Liveaboard boater Brian Greaves is proposing a code of conduct that boaters can sign up to. Brian writes:

As liveaboard boaters the canal is our home, the way we lead our lives can make the canal a wonderfully colourful and interesting place for people to visit.

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Vandalism at Hilperton

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Two boaters had their car tyres slashed on the B3105 near Hilperton Marsh Garage recently. There has been a history of vandalism to vehicles, especially damage to tyres, in this area. A few boaters wish to draw this to people’s attention, and also that vehicles have sometimes been damaged at Semington.

LILO gathering workshops announced

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The Low Impact Living Onboard (LILO) boaters’ gathering organisers have published the timetable of workshops for the weekend. The gathering will take place near Pewsey on 13th to 15th April.

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Three new pages for our web site

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Kennet and Avon Boating Community has added three new pages to the web site –  Report BW Abuse, K&A Nature Watch and Useful Contacts.

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Fullsail Community Theatre needs actors

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Fullsail Theatre is planning another community arts production in the Bath Fringe this June. If you would like to take part in an adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk, come to the first meeting at the Green Park Brasserie (market side) on Saturday 10th March at 2pm. Director Yinka Selley says “It’s absolutely not a panto”. Fullsail staged a memorable production of Treasure Island on board the Antoinette in 2010, and has appeared in the Bath Fringe and Bradford on Avon Arts Festival.