Preparations are well under way for the 11th Meltham Memories Weekend takes place over the weekend of 6 & 7 July. This year, we’re ‘moving on’ from a 1940s theme to focus on the 1950s and 60s.
The decision was made to try and reach out to a new generation of visitors to Meltham and our event, we’ll never leave behind the 40s era altogether, but after 10 years, the event needed to be freshened up.
We’ll still have a fantastic parade through the village, starting at 11:30am from Durker Roods, the parade will consist of an array of 50s and 60s vehicles, buses, bikes and cars! We’ll celebrate the era through music, dancing and we want to encourage people to get dressed up as they choose to celebrate with us.
We’ll have a fly-past, stalls, performances, a real ale bar & hog-roast at the Church Hall. Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band will be performing at 2pm outside St Bartholomew’s Church on Green End Road. The Carlile Street car park will be home to a huge selection of period vehicles and on the Saturday night will play host to our fantastic ticketed event - this year is ‘The Revolvers’ a very good 60s cover band! Tickets for this are available online www.melthammemories.co.uk and from The Waggon & Horses and Flower Box in Meltham.
Thanks to a grant from Meltham Town Council, we’ll also have lots of new signage and this year, we won’t have bunting - instead we’ll have large flags across the town which will help us to celebrate the era a little more!
There will be activities in The Carlile Institute, kids activities in the pocket park in Meltham centre too. There’ll be performances and entertainment, parades and a family karaoke throughout both days - it promises to be a fantastic weekend! A full programme covering all events is available from The Waggon & Horses and will be on sale outside Meltham Morrisons ahead of the event.
The 11th Meltham Memories is ran entirely by volunteers. It is a highlight in the events calendar for thousands of people and we’d love to welcome you to our town on the weekend of 6 & 7 July.
Period vehicles, mods, rockers, scooters are all welcome and encouraged to take over Meltham for what should be a fantastic family weekend!
The decision was made to try and reach out to a new generation of visitors to Meltham and our event, we’ll never leave behind the 40s era altogether, but after 10 years, the event needed to be freshened up.
We’ll still have a fantastic parade through the village, starting at 11:30am from Durker Roods, the parade will consist of an array of 50s and 60s vehicles, buses, bikes and cars! We’ll celebrate the era through music, dancing and we want to encourage people to get dressed up as they choose to celebrate with us.
We’ll have a fly-past, stalls, performances, a real ale bar & hog-roast at the Church Hall. Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band will be performing at 2pm outside St Bartholomew’s Church on Green End Road. The Carlile Street car park will be home to a huge selection of period vehicles and on the Saturday night will play host to our fantastic ticketed event - this year is ‘The Revolvers’ a very good 60s cover band! Tickets for this are available online www.melthammemories.co.uk and from The Waggon & Horses and Flower Box in Meltham.
Thanks to a grant from Meltham Town Council, we’ll also have lots of new signage and this year, we won’t have bunting - instead we’ll have large flags across the town which will help us to celebrate the era a little more!
There will be activities in The Carlile Institute, kids activities in the pocket park in Meltham centre too. There’ll be performances and entertainment, parades and a family karaoke throughout both days - it promises to be a fantastic weekend! A full programme covering all events is available from The Waggon & Horses and will be on sale outside Meltham Morrisons ahead of the event.
The 11th Meltham Memories is ran entirely by volunteers. It is a highlight in the events calendar for thousands of people and we’d love to welcome you to our town on the weekend of 6 & 7 July.
Period vehicles, mods, rockers, scooters are all welcome and encouraged to take over Meltham for what should be a fantastic family weekend!