BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:106@historyfare.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T210000 DTSTAMP:20260309T163822Z URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/melton-mowbray-navigation-talk/ SUMMARY:Melton Mowbray Navigation Talk DESCRIPTION:The ‘Melton Mowbray Navigation Talk’ will be presented at S t Johns' The Baptist Church\, Thorpe End\, Melton Mowbray on Friday 12th J une at 7.30pm.\n\nThe Melton Mowbray Navigation/Canal was formed by an Act of Parliament – giving the Melton Mowbray Navigation Company of Proprie tors powers to ‘make the rivers Wreake and Eye navigable for the carriag e of coal\, stone\, lime\, limestone\, timber\, lead and all kinds of merc handise’.\n\nFor decades\, the Melton Navigation was a healthy business seeing a comfortable return for its investors but the introduction of the Syston to Peterborough Railway started to take traffic away from the water and it fell into a dramatic decline.\n\nThis talk was researched and deve loped for the Melton and Oakham Waterways Society (MOWS) as part of an 18- month research project into the history of the canal\,\nThese talks have b een very popular in the past so advance reservation of seats is highly rec ommended.\n \;\nTo reserve your seat\, please select the “book now ” label above or email meltonhistoryfare@gmail.com\n \;\nAdmission c ost is FREE thanks to grant aid from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historyfare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/202 5/08/basin.jpg LOCATION:St John The Baptist Catholic Church\, Thorpe End\, Melton Mowbray\ , LE13 1RB\, \, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-R ADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St John The Baptist Catholic Church\, Thorpe End\, Melto n Mowbray\, LE13 1RB:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR