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Runcorn & District Historical Society Open Evening
Heritage Open Day: Runcorn & District Historical Society Heritage Open Days. “Networks†display, featuring our travelling and trade routes by road, water, and rail. Free entry, every welcome, light refreshments available. Wicksten Drive Christian Centre, Runcorn Come along and discover all about our earliest appearance on the map in Saxon times, our first roads and how they brought new people to our town. See how our location on the River Mersey was key to keeping the Vikings out of Mercia, and at the start of the Industrial Revolution how important our network of canals became by opening up access for the inland Northwest to trade, commerce, imports and exports with the rest of the world through our docks and the port.
Fri 13 Sep:19:00-21:30; Free Entry.
Wicksten Drive Christian Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 5UX
Fri 13 September
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event//runcorn-district-historical-society-open-evening.html