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Happy 40th Birthday Telford
Welcome to Telford's 40th Celebrations, Monday 30 June to Sunday
6 July at Telford Shopping Centre. The full events programme has
now been announced.
Event Programme
Monday 30 June - Saturday 5 July
Sherwood Square (by Debenhams)
• Love the 60s exhibition
• Come and meet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - the car from the 1968
film. PLUS enter our great
competition to win a free ride in Chitty.
Please note: On Friday 4th July, Chitty will be replaced by the
James Bond car: the Aston Martin
DB5.
Dean Square (by Primark)
• Telford Shopping Centre archive and future development proposals
display
Wyre Hall (by JJBs)
• 1968 - 2008 Telford Milestones display
• 1968 - 2008 World Events display
• 1968 - 2008 Oakengates Theatre artistes display
• Local industry archives display
• Family memorabilia display and Bridges Project display (Bridges
is a Shropshire-based
Development Education Centre working closely with ethnic minority
families and communities
living in Telford and Shropshire)
• Live Here & Love It - win a Family Passport to the Ironbridge
Gorge Museums worth £45, which
gives you and your family access to explore all ten museums for a
whole year! All you have to do
is tell us why you love living in Telford and Wrekin. It's that
simple! A free t-shirt will be given away
for every entry, while stocks last.
Sunday 6 July
Sherwood Square (by Debenhams)
• Love the 60s exhibition
• Come and meet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - the car from the 1968
film. PLUS enter our great
competition to win a free ride in Chitty.
• 1-3pm - Book Signing by local author, Allan Frost, of his new
book: "Telford 1968: The Way We
Lived Then"
Dean Square and Dean Street (by Primark)
• Telford Shopping Centre archive and future development proposals
display
• 1968 - 2008 Telford Milestones display
• 1968 - 2008 World Events display
• 1968 - 2008 Oakengates Theatre artistes display
• Local industry archives display
• Family memorabilia display and Bridges Project display
(Bridges is a Shropshire-based
Development Education Centre working closely with ethnic minority
families and communities
living in Telford and Shropshire)
• Live Here & Love It - win Family Passport to the Ironbrige
Gorge Museums worth £45, which
gives you and your family access to explore all ten museums for a
whole year! All you have to do
is tell us why you love living in Telford and Wrekin. It's that
simple! A free t-shirt will be given away
for every entry, while stocks last.
Wyre Hall (by JJBs)
• 1960s fashion memorabilia display
• Fashion shows through four decades with dancing displays by local
performers during the
afternoon with guest compere Clive Jones.
Southwater Square (by Telford Library)
10am - 4pm
• Beacon Radio Roadshow - music, quizzes, competitions and
prizes
• Street Sports - supervised inflatable football fun for
children
• Youth Bus - activities 13-19 olds
• Free face painting
• Street performers - stilt walker, circus skills, juggling, mix
& mingle magician (11am - 4pm)
• Live performances by local bands:
o Rock band from Lord Silkin School
o Lord Silkin Lions Samba Band
o Paul Parker & All the Right Friends
3.30pm (approx) anniversary cake cutting in the presence of the
Mayor of Telford & Wrekin, Lord
and Lady Grocott of Telford and David Wright MP (at approx 3.30 pm)
and announcement of
competition winners.
Telford Central Library
Come and join the 'Book Party at the Library'
Be one of the first to sign up to this year's national Summer
Reading Challenge™ for children aged 4
to 12 years. Pick up your FREE membership card and poster and join
in the fun:
• Story telling sessions
• Local history displays
• Children's competitions
• Party games
Meeting Point House
• Café open
• Local history and voluntary organisations displays
• 2-2.45pm : Illustrated talk: Telford & Wrekin: Then and Now
presented by Richard Bifield in the
Chapel
This event has been organised by Telford & Wrekin Council with
the generous
support of Telford Shopping Centre.
Note
All activities are 10am - 4pm unless otherwise stated
All activities may be subject to
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