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BARROW Festival of the Sea will be held this year on June 7 and 8 and will feature the HMS Exeter, a type 42 destroyer, the HMS Walney, minesweeper, the HMS Onyx, a submarine, and the Tall Ship Kaskelot.
In addition on Saturday, June 7, there will beflypasts by Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and performances by Band of the Royal Marines.
On Sunday, June 8, there will be a veterans' parade and a drumhead ceremony/church service.
On both days there will be something for all the family with exhibitions, trade and craft stands, fun fair, firebrigade, police, coastguard, Royal Navy simulators and climbing wall, and a raffle in aid of SAFA with 1st prize of a car, and two other prizes of a cruise and £,1000.
The event will be held on BAE systems land (sat nav ref LA14 1AF) and admission will be free, but a ticket is required for each person visiting the site for MOD security purposes.
This event is being supported by the Veterans Agency and we will be celebrating the service of servicemen and women to this Country.
All proceeds from the event are being donated to charity.
11:13am Tuesday 6th May 2008
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