Friends of Linlithgow - July 2008 e-Newsletter

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Summer's Here!

With the highly successful 2008 Civic Festival behind us - including Linlithgow Marches and the Children's Gala Day - the summer season is here. From now till the end of August, there are short boat trips on Victoria every afternoon from 2:00 - 4:30 pm at Manse Road Canal Basin and the LUCS Tea Room is open for a relaxing break in lovely surroundings. Annet House is open from 11:00 am till 5:00pm for all to enjoy Linlithgow's Story. Every Wednesday evening from 16th July till 13th August sees Scotch Hop in the Place courtyard.

Linlithgow - a Great Visit! - FREE Car Window Stickers

Help publicise linlithgow.com... You can still get a window sticker FREE from a number of outlets, including the Visitor Information Centre in the County Buildings, the Gazette Office, Annet House, Blast-off Books and Kingsfield Leisure.

Farewell to the Burgh Halls

The long awaited transformation of the Burgh Halls is scheduled to begin in August and they will be closed for 18 months or so. The Community Council has organised a "Farewell to the Burgh Halls" ceilidh/disco on 26th July, with proceeds going to the Marches and Gala Day. <more>

See Linlithgow from Cyber Space!

Pride & Passion Linlithgow has been awarded funds to set up and run one or more high quality webcams in Linlithgow so that potential visitors and home-sick exiles will be able to see Linlithgow's high spots in real time from anywhere in the world. We hope to get the first camera up and running soon - more details next month.

More Coming...

There is lots more coming, including the Canal Fun Day and a major event on the Peel on 17th August, Linlithgow Folk Festival from 11th till 14th September, Celebrate Linlithgow from 17th October till 2 November and the Linlithgow Book Festival from 31 October till 2 November.

What's On?

Use Linlithgow Web's What's On? events diary to keep up with events in and around Linlithgow.

Many outlets are now printing and displaying a summary covering the next two/three weeks, which is be updated weekly. Click Here or go to What's On? and click on "Print Current Diary".

Is your event missing from What's On? Please e-mail full details (include date, time, venue, ticket prices and where they can be obtained) to mail@linlithgow.com and we will try to include it.