Octrolleyfest 2007 October 19, 2007

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Friday 10/19/2007
Come back home to Darby Weekend kicks off with a BVM reunion at Paxon Hollow Country club call 610 583 2128 for more info

Saturday, October 20
OcTrolleyFest 2007 Rolls Through 361 Years of Pennsylvania History on

Celebrating transportation heritage and community, the third annual OcTrolleyFest takes place on Saturday, October 20, 2007 with events from 9:30 am to 3:00 PM. Started in 2005 to celebrate the area’s oldest surviving trolley line (SEPTA Route 11 which began service in December 1858 as a horse car line) OcTrolleyFest features a 1947 Vintage Trolley that makes a loop between Darby, Yeadon, Colwyn, and Southwest Philadelphia with events along the route. Riding the trolley is free, space permitting. The theme this year is “Trolleys and All That Jazz” and also celebrates the centennial of the arrival of the streetcar in Yeadon and Collingdale, and the 325 anniversary of the founding of Pennsylvania .

The day begins at 9:30 am at the Blue Bell on Cobbs Creek with a commemoration of Old Swedes Mill, Pennsylvania 's first water driven mill, built in 1646 by Swedish Governor Printz.

At 11:00 am there will be a presentation by Dr. Marshall Becker on the Lenni Lenape at Darby Library in an Outreach Lecture funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The presentation is free. Darby Library was chartered in 1743 and is America ’s oldest public library.

At Noon there will be a autograph session with the Philadelphia Stars at Soverign Bank in Hilldale Plaza in Yeadon, home to the 1925 Negro Baseball League World-Champion Hilldales.

At 1:00 PM there will be a program at Darby Fire Co. No. 1, one of America ’s oldest volunteer fire companies (est. 1775) and home to the Darby Ram and the Shiffler. Tours, flea markets, historical scavenger hunts, book-signings and information about other interesting area treasures with take place throughout the day at various venues.

At 2:00, there will be a program, time line, Trolley-Song Sing and Pumpkin and Super-Hero Scarecrow Promenade along Darby’s Main Street with a Community Fair from 10:30 to 2:30

We are looking for volunteers and donations of all kinds to help pay for this annual event
For more information call (610) 583-0788 or visit www.octrolleyfest.org
and http://darbarian.blogspot.com

Official Website: http://octrolleyfest.org