Summer Excursions 2011

The Second World War Experience Centre (am)

Guide:              Ann Wicks and Cathy Pugh
Time:               10.30am
Cost:                Donation
Meeting Place: Outside the entrance…ample parking
                        1A Rudyard Court, Walton, Wetherby, LS23 7BF
Bus 770 from Leeds bus station

This is a new project, collecting , preserving and displaying artefacts, biographies and recording oral history from the second world war both from abroad and on the home front. The centre is always looking for new additions and contributions to its collection.
This will be followed by a guided tour round the British Library which is 10 minutes away

Directions to the SWWE centre pdf file approx 900k

Guided Tour of the British Library at Boston Spa (pm)

Guide:              Andrew Ballenger, librarian
Time :              1.30pm
Meeting Place: The main entrance.

It is essential you put your car registration and names of passengers on the booking form to gain admittance
It is possible to have lunch in the Thorp Arch trading estate or bring sandwiches.

   488th Excursion
Saturday 25th June

The Leeds Museum Discovery Centre

Guide:              Rachel Marshall
Time :              10.30am
Meeting Place: The entrance, Carlisle Road, Hunslet, LS10 1LB
                       ( near the Royal Armouries)

This is a guided tour of the extension of the City Museum collection. The centre boasts a million wonders and cares for Leeds huge collection not on display elsewhere.
There is a large car park at the entrance.

Time:      Leeds Station for 09.40am train to Huddersfield
              10.13 Huddersfield train to Marsden (metro fare)
For those going by car, there is parking at the railway station in Marsden. The train arrives at 10.44am
NB rail timetables may change in May – please check times before travelling
Cost:     £4.50 (£4 concessions) for canal boat trip into Standedge tunnel

We shall walk along the tow path to the Canal heritage centre, newly refurbished for 2011, the 200th anniversary year of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. This will take about 15 minutes. There is a regular water taxi for those who prefer not to walk. We shall explore the canal history and then take the boat into the canal where a guide will talk to us about the building of this, the longest, highest and deepest tunnel in England and point out surviving artefacts.

It is possible to obtain refreshments at the canal basin. Afterwards I suggest a visit to the National Trust Centre by the train station which has an exhibition about the Marsden estate and how the moorland is managed. Marsden itself is a pretty village with teashops, pubs and craft shops.