The Blackstone Valley Historical Society & the American Diner Museum invite you to: Diners of the Blackstone Valley Lecture - Tour - Book signing and more. **Saturday October 26th: Diner History Lecture: The weekend of October 26-27th is becoming quite a event for Diner Fans, Historians and Preservationists. Starting Saturday morning the 26th at 9am with a Diner History Lecture by Daniel Zilka at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center 175 Main St. in Pawtucket, RI. This event is free and open to the public. Book Signing: Following the lecture Author & Historian Gary Thomas will be conducting a book signing of his new book titled: Diners of the North Shore, the book details his seven plus years of research of the history of diners in the North Shore of Massachusetts. Diner Tour of the Blackstone Valley: Participants who reserve a seat on the tour bus will be treated to a motor coach tour stopping at 20 diners from Providence, RI. to Worcester, MA. A stop for lunch at a vintage 1950's Diner and later a stop for pie & ice cream at a Worcester Lunch Car built in the 1930's. You will see and be able to photograph diners, some recently moved to the area and are being prepared to open in the Blackstone Valley area. The Worcester Lunch Car Company on Southbridge St., Worcester was a major manufacturer in the diner industry. We will show you the City it's diners and the building where it all started. A tour of a Worcester Lunch Car undergoing restoration is planned. Rhode Island's newest diner and a look at the American Diner Museum's present home in Lincoln RI. and future home at the Heritage Harbor Museum in Providence, RI. will be on the tour. Reservations are required for a seat on the tour and tickets for information call 401:723-4342 ** Sunday October 27th Breakfast and Hard Hat Tour: Sunday morning at 10am a group of diner fans will meet for breakfast at Worcesters largest Diner the Corner Lunch Diner. After breakfast, those who are interested will head to Providence, RI. for a Hard Hat Tour of the Heritage Harbor Museum at 1pm. Reservations are required prior to this tour by calling 401-751-7979. **For additional information call the American Diner Museum at 401-723-4342 or email Dinermuseum@yahoo.com