Friday market

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DEMONSTRATIONS
OF TRADITIONAL SKILLS , 2010

Events coming up in May and June
 as part of St GeorgesMarket Memories project
:
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22nd MAY in the market from 11.00 am:  Flax Spinning and LINEN WEAVING from Marion Baur of Flaxmill in Dungiven alongside HAND-SPINNING by Ceceilia Manson (Spring wool from her own sheep) of Castlederg.
www.flaxmill-textiles.com   

 29th MAY  from 11.00: BLACK-SMITHING and FORGING in Murock’s yard ,Verner St ,  beside the market by Colin Dawson from Patterson’s Spade Mill in Templepatrick .

5th JUNE from 11.00 in the market : BASKET-WEAVING by Bob Johnston  - the resident basket-maker in Cultra Folk Museum.

 12th JUNE from 11.00 am in the market :URBAN BEE-KEEPING with Mid-Antrim Bee-Keepers. (sponsored by the Co-operative Group as part of their nation-wide Plan Bee campaign)

19th JUNE from 11.00 in the market :URBAN GARDENING

19th JUNE from 11.00 : TRADITIONAL BREADS. Baking demonstrated by a range of local artisans. 

25TH, 26TH AND 27th JUNE in St George’s Market
Market Memories Celebrations

26th  JUNE  in the market : Victorian Economy Cooking
27th  JUNE  in the market : Needlecraft demonstation
26th and 27th JUNE  in the market : Pottery throwing demonstration
~also
fish gutting and pig spitting

Choirs , Brass bands , Burlesque , Piano recitals and Music Hall Reveries throughout the Market Memories Days


25th, 26th AND 27th JUNE in St George’s Market.

MARKET MEMORIES WEEKEND.

HistoryTours,  presentation of MARKET MEMORIES  film (an archive of trader and customer memories) , choirs through the ages from throughout Belfast , music, dancing, street-theatre, Traditional Skills presentations,
Speeches from the balcony and traders and customers dressed as Belfast Victorian folks.
A celebration of our own Heritage gem in the heart of Belfast !!!  

 

for further details -:      see Annemarie Mullan on Mullans Organic Farm stall on Fridays and Saturdays

 


other events ... see the City Council website


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