Model boats at Ellesmere

ORGANISED by the Ellesmere Port based Museum and Ellesmere Port Model Boat Club, there is to be a model boat show at the National Waterways Museum in March.

 

This will take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd March, as an annual Model Boat Fair.

Skills

The weekend will see the museum basin and locks taken over by intricate radio controlled boats which will demonstrate their owners' skills at both model making and boat piloting.

There will also be exhibitions of masterpieces of model boats and stalls from traders with all the latest parts and equipment.

New season

To celebrate the beginning of the new season at the National Waterways Museum it is a half price weekend, with entrance costing just £3.

Museum marketing manager Oliver Briscoe explained:

"This event is the traditional start of the year for us, and it's a fascinating weekend contrasting our heavy metal collection of historic boats with the models on show, both the detailed miniatures and the remote control boats out on the water."

National collection

The National Waterways Museum, at Ellesmere Port, is home to the national collection of historic working boats, some of which visitors can board to explore and find out how the working boat people used to live. The museum also has a trip boat, hands-on exhibits, films, touch-screen displays, stables, a blacksmith, docks, pump houses, workers cottages and gardens, an archive, a soft play area, museum shop and cafe.

For more information call 0151 355 5017 or visit www.nwm.org.uk Annual passes for the museum are available.