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Where The Working Boats Went - 2011
Fri	7^th January	Black Diamond Folk Club, The Globe, Blews St., Birmingham
	20^th-22^nd May	Shepley Spring Festival, Shepley Cricket Club, Shepley, Yorks. (actual day of show still TBA)

Where The Working Boats Went - 2010
Sat	13^th February	Cheltenham Folk Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (10:30am)
Sun	30^th May	The Cause, Chippenham Folk Festival, Chippenham, Wilts. (7:00pm)
Fri	4^th June	Blisworth Canal Partnership, Blisworth Community Primary School, Blisworth Northants.
Sat	21^st August	The Folly Folk n Boat n Beer Weekend,, The Folly, Napton On The Hill, Warks. (7:00pm – Songs Only)
Sat	4^th September	Earlswood Motor Yacht Club, Earlswood, Birmingham.
Sun	7^th November	Abbots Langley Community Centre, Abbots Langley, near Watford, Herts. (show from 3:00pm)

Where The Working Boats Went - 2009
Fri	6^th March	British Schools Museum, Hitchin, Herts.
Wed	6^th May	Leighton-Linslade Arts Festival St Barnabas Church, Linslade, Beds.
Sat	6^th June	St Neots Folk Festival, Cambs. (Songs Only)
Sun	28^th June	Bedford Jersey Arts Festival Waterways songs. The White Horse Newnham Ave., Bedford (Songs Only - from approx. 2.15pm)
Thurs	13^th August	Broadstairs Folk Festival, Broadstairs, Kent
Fri	27^th November	The Settlement Letchworth, Herts.

All Bookings for 2010
Sun	10^th January	Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, Herts. (Life & Times and Friends) CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
Thurs	14^th January	Morning: Alderman Jacobs Primary School, Whittlesey, Cambs. Afternoon: New Road Primary School, Whittlesey, Cambs.
Fri	15^th January	Morning: Park Lane Primary School, Whittlesey, Cambs. Afternoon: Coates Primary School, Whittlesey, Cambs.
Sat	16^th January	Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival: Concert at the Library, Whittlesey, Cambs.
Fri	12^th February	Cheltenham Folk Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Sat	13^th February	Cheltenham Folk Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Mon	8^th March	Morning: St Leonard’s Lower School, Heath & Reach, Beds.
Mon	8^th March	Early Afternoon: Dovery Down Lower School, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Fri	19^th March	Early Morning and Afternoon: Leighton Middle School, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Fri	19^th March	Late Morning: Pulford Lower School, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Wed	24^th March	Barton-Le-Clay Folk and Acoustic Music Club, The Bull, Barton-Le-Clay, Beds.
Tue	30^th March	Afternoon: End of project event at Leighton Buzzard Theatre for The Greensand Trust’s SANDS OF TIME
Sun	25^th April	St George’s Day Dinner, Mimram Rotary Club, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, Herts (mid-day)
Fri	28^th May	Chippenham Folk Festival, Chippenham, Wilts.
Sat	29^th May	Chippenham Folk Festival, Chippenham, Wilts.
Sun	30^th May	Chippenham Folk Festival, Chippenham, Wilts. (including WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT at 7:00PM)
Mon	31^st May	Chippenham Folk Festival, Chippenham, Wilts.
Fri	4^th June	Blisworth Canal Partnership, Blisworth Community Primary School, Blisworth Northants. WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT
Wed	16^th June	Ely Folk Club, Lamb Hotel, Ely, Cambs (with Martin Carthy)
Fri	18^th June	English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill Rugby Club, Beds.
Sat	19^th June	English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill Rugby Club, Beds.
Sun	20^th June	English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill Rugby Club, Beds.
Tues	22^nd June	All Day: Middlefield School, St Neots, Cambs.
Thurs	8^th July	Morning: Round Diamond Primary School, Stevenage, Herts.
Thurs	15^th July	The Sow & Pigs, Toddington, Beds. (with Redbornstoke Morris – singing The Toddington Tour)
Sat	17^th July	Hitchin Festival Market Place, Hitchin. Two spots from 12:00pm. FREE
Sat	24^th July	Rhythms Of The World Festival, Hitchin, Herts.
Fri	13^th August	Phoenix Folk Club, The Red Lion, Whittlesford, Cambs.
Sat	21^st August	The Folly Folk n Boat n Beer Weekend, The Folly, Napton On The Hill, Warks. (7:00pm – WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT Songs Only)
Sat	4^th September	Earlswood Motor Yacht Club, Earlswood, Birmingham. WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT
Fri	22^nd October	Letchworth Hall Hotel, Letchworth, Herts. (Private Function)
Tues	2^nd November	NAF Club, The George, Silsoe, Beds.
Sun	7^th November	Abbots Langley Community Centre, Abbots Langley, near Watford, Herts. (show from 3:00pm)

All Bookings for 2011
Fri	7^th January	Black Diamond Folk Club, The Globe, Blews St., Birmingham
Fri	20^th May	Shepley Spring Festival, Shepley Cricket Club, Shepley, Yorks.
Sat	21^st May	Shepley Spring Festival, Shepley Cricket Club, Shepley, Yorks.
Sun	22^nd May	Shepley Spring Festival, Shepley Cricket Club, Shepley, Yorks.

All Bookings for 2009
Thurs	8^th January	Morning: St Catherine’s C of E Primary School, Hoddesdon, Herts.
Sun	11^th January	Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, Herts.
Mon	12^th January	Plough Monday celebrations at The Cross Keys, Pulloxhill, Beds. With Redbornstoke Morris, Bedfordshire Lace and The Brafront Guizers.
Tues	13^th January	Morning: Fairfields Primary School, Cheshunt, Herts. Afternoon: Woodside Primary School, Goffs Oak, Herts.
Tues	10^th February	Morning: Water Lane Primary School, Harlow, Essex.
Mon	2^nd March	Afternoon: St Alban & St Stephen Infants School, St Albans, Herts.
Tues	3^rd March	St Neots Folk Club, Worx, South Street, St Neots, Cambs.
Fri	6^th March	British Schools Museum, Hitchin, Herts. Show: WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT
Wed	11^th March	Letchworth & Baldock Folk Club, The Orange Tree, Baldock, Herts.
Thurs	12^th March	Morning: Longacre School, Shamley Green, Nr. Guildford, Surrey
Fri	27^th March	Mid Bedfordshire District Council Offices, Chicksands, Beds.
Tues	21^st April	Morning: St Catherine’s C of E Primary School, Hoddesdon, Herts.
Wed	29^th April	All Day: Longfield First School, Harrow, North London
Wed	6^th May	Leighton-Linslade Arts Festival St Barnabas Church, Linslade, Beds. Canal Show: WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT
Fri	8^th May	Pump House Folk Club, Watford, Herts.
Mon	11^th May	Morning: Thrapston Primary School, Thrapston, Northants. Afternoon: Stanwick Primary School, Stanwick, Northants.
Tues	12^th May	All Day: South-End Primary School, Rushden, Northants.
Wed	13^th May	Morning: Henry Chichele Primary School, Higham Ferrers, Northants. Afternoon: Stanwick Primary School, Stanwick, Northants.
Sat	16^th May	Raunds Music Festival Afternoon Concert: Saxon Hall, Raunds, Northants. (with Steve Tilston)
Sat	6^th June	St Neots Folk Festival, Cambs.
Sat	20^th June	English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill Rugby Club, Beds.
Sun	21^st June	English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill Rugby Club, Beds.
Sun	28^th June	Bedford Jersey Arts Festival Waterways songs. The White Horse Newnham Ave., Bedford (from approx. 2.15pm)
Tues	30^th June	Marston Vale Middle School, Stewartby, Beds. (with the school choir) Marston Vale CD Launch
Thurs	9^th July	Morning: Round Diamond Primary School, Stevenage, Herts.
Fri	10^th July	Afternoon: Marston Vale Middle School, Stewartby, Beds. (with the school choir)
Wed	15^th July	Hitchin Festival. The Half Moon PH, Queen St., Hitchin, Herts.
Thurs	16^th July	Sow & Pigs, Toddington, Beds. (part of Redbornstoke Morris’ annual Toddington Tour)
Sat	18^th July	Hitchin Festival. Riverside 11:00am-11:45am
Sat	18^th July	Hitchin Festival. Market Square 1:00pm-1:45pm
Mon	20^th July	Probus, Addison Centre, Bedford
Tues	28^th July	B&MK Land Purchase Celebrations, Marston Vale Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine, Beds.
Mon	3^rd August	Lorna Milton’s Afternoon Show, BBC 3 Counties Radio.
Wed	12^th August	Broadstairs Folk Festival, Broadstairs, Kent
Thurs	13^th August	Broadstairs Folk Festival, Broadstairs, Kent (including the show WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT)
Fri	14^th August	Broadstairs Folk Festival, Broadstairs, Kent
Sun	16^th August	Ernie Almond’s Afternoon Show, BBC 3 Counties Radio.
Sun	13^th September	Bedford Italian Festival The Harpur Suite, Bedford (approx 1:30pm)
Thurs	22^nd October	The Old Bull, Royston, Herts. (Life & Times are running the singaround club in the absence of its regular organiser)
Fri	6^th November	Rotary Club ‘Trafalgar Day’ Dinner, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, Herts.
Fri	13^th November	Morning: Bedford High School Junior Department
Fri	27^th November	The Settlement Letchworth, Herts. Show: WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT
Sat	5^th December	Church Hall, Sproughton, Suffolk Family Winter/Xmas Show
Wed	16^th December	Afternoon: Round Diamond Primary School, Stevenage, Herts.

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