Archive for May, 2016

Coins and Hoards Day to be staged at Nantwich Museum

Coins and Hoards Day to be staged at Nantwich Museum

Nantwich Museum is holding a free public coins and hoards day as part of its Treasures of Nantwich project supported by the Art Fund.

Visitors will be invited to view and handle objects, talk with experts about items on display, and bring their coins for identification.

May 16, 2016
Walking Football is booming as Barony Nantwich top Cheshire league

Walking Football is booming as Barony Nantwich top Cheshire league

Walking Football is kicking off big time in Nantwich and Cheshire East.

And now Everybody Sport & Recreation Trust is launching more sessions to cater for growing demand.

May 16, 2016
More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath Family Festival

More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath Family Festival

More than 10,000 people poured into Nantwich to enjoy the carnival atmosphere of Reaseheath College’s Family Festival.

The action-packed festival, which offered hundreds of activities and displays, attracted visitors from several counties and caused a storm of appreciation on social media.

May 16, 2016
Brainy Nantwich businesses stage quiz in aid of hospice

Brainy Nantwich businesses stage quiz in aid of hospice

General knowledge buffs flocked to Nantwich to take part in a British-themed quiz raising cash for hospice care.

The event, organised by insolvency specialists BCR in Nantwich, drew a record crowd of accountants, bankers and lawyers to Residence Restaurant on Mill Street.

May 14, 2016
Halloween house in South Cheshire donates £1,000 to Marie Curie

Halloween house in South Cheshire donates £1,000 to Marie Curie

By Jonathan White
A Halloween fundraising event at a South Cheshire house helped raise more than £1,000 for the charity Marie Curie.

Richard and James Stack dressed up their garden on Holland Street, Crewe, into zones consisting of a spooky living room and a gravestone garden.

May 14, 2016
Nantwich Cllr Arthur Moran celebrates 30 years’ service

Nantwich Cllr Arthur Moran celebrates 30 years’ service

Friends, colleagues and dignitaries gathered in Nantwich to pay tribute to Cllr Arthur Moran who has served the town for 30 years.

Hundreds attended a special celebration for Cllr Moran at Nantwich Civic Hall.

May 14, 2016
Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Two elderly bus passengers had a lucky escape when a bus hit and destroyed a glass shelter they were in at Nantwich bus station.

The incident happened when a double decker bus was pulling in to the station on Beam Street.

May 13, 2016
Nantwich kick-boxing juniors triumph at British Championships

Nantwich kick-boxing juniors triumph at British Championships

A Nantwich kick-boxing gym is celebrating after young fighters scooped honours at the British Championships.

The Beastmasters gym, based at Regent’s Park, on London Road, took six juniors to compete at the WKU Championships in Solihull.

May 13, 2016
Dementia patient “lost” by Nantwich care home, was rescued by strangers

Dementia patient “lost” by Nantwich care home, was rescued by strangers

EXCLUSIVE
The family of an elderly dementia patient who walked out of Brookfield House care home in Nantwich, today revealed how two strangers came to her rescue.

Ben Mullock said his 81-year-old grandmother Sheila wandered out of the home on Shrewbridge Road unchallenged just hours after arriving there.

May 12, 2016
Review: Curtain Call’s “Sister Act” at Crewe Lyceum

Review: Curtain Call’s “Sister Act” at Crewe Lyceum

By Claire Faulkner
Curtain Call Productions brings ‘Sister Act’, a fun-filled hit musical to The Lyceum this week.

Based on the well-known film of the same name, ‘Sister Act’ tells the story of ‘Deloris Van Cartier’, who after witnessing a murder goes into hiding in a convent.

May 12, 2016

GRWE volunteer meet and greet Nantwich

Come and meet us for an informal chat in The Vine Inn, Nantwich to find out more about how you can help the greyhound rescue group GRWE across the Midlands and NW. Dogs are welcome too and you can catch up with volunteers from across the region as they celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2016! Date 7 Jun 2016 Time 7-9pm Location[Read More…]

May 12, 2016
NWF tanker driver from Nantwich wins industry award

NWF tanker driver from Nantwich wins industry award

A heating oil tanker driver from Nantwich has won a top industry award.

Ian Ross, who works for Wardle-based NWF Fuels, has won the oil distribution trade association FPS (Federation of Petroleum Suppliers) Driver of the Year.

May 12, 2016
Crews battle fire at Nantwich timber yard

Crews battle fire at Nantwich timber yard

Firefighters tackled a fire at a timber yard in Wardle, Nantwich.

Crews from Nantwich, Crewe and Chester fought the fire which broke out in extraction pipes.

May 11, 2016