Staff at a Crewe & Nantwich radio station are backing St Luke’s Hospice Midnight Walk – with a non-stop 60 hour broadcast! Redshift Radio’s online broadcast, from 10am today (June 27), marks the 10th anniversary of the Midnight Walk, which takes place on Saturday night (June 28).
Pupils at Millfields Primary and Nursery in Nantwich had a ball when they celebrated the school’s 50th birthday with a party that crossed the generations. Ex teachers Connie Jones, 78, and Angela Lloyd, 83, (pictured) joined youngest pupils Tia Smith and Isaac Knight in cutting a birthday cake.
By Jonathan White A Cheshire band which played at the D-Day commemorations in France, will be performing in Nantwich later this year. The Corps of Drums of The Cheshire Constabulary Band played in front of tens of thousands of spectators and millions who watched the D-Day commemorations on TV.
Wingate Children’s Centre near Nantwich has been boosted by more than £6,000 from the town’s Sainsbury’s store. A cheque for the record amount of £6,255 was handed to the centre’s manager Chris Bridgman, who is retiring after 11 years at the Wrenbury facility.
Nantwich patients at Leighton Hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Unit have been boosted by state-of-the-art medical equipment. A donation from charity organisation Boot Out Breast Cancer has provided the unit with a scalp-cooling DigniCap system.
Council leisure bosses in Nantwich have been ‘slammed’ – for ripping up the town’s tennis courts at the start of Wimbledon fortnight. Hundreds of residents have been denied a chance to play on the three courts at Barony Park Sports Complex during the busiest time of the year.
Nantwich Show organisers have hailed Cheshire manufacturer Mornflake for its continued support. And they say the financial backing from the cereal making company is behind the event’s growth and success.
Crewe Town councillors have hit back in a row with their Nantwich rivals over a set of Christmas lights. They have called for them to be returned so they can be used in Crewe town centre, despite Cheshire East Council donating them to Nantwich.
Hundreds of people will be descending on a Nantwich primary school this weekend for the globally popular World Worm Charming Championships. The event, now in its 35th year since being relaunched, has fascinated audiences across the world.
Two Nantwich sisters are stepping out on a 30km run – in honour of their brother who died of blood cancer. Emma and Tricia Boffey are staging their “30k for 30 years” on the day brother Will would have celebrated his 30th birthday.
Auctioneer and TV personality Robert Stones has been honoured with the prestigious Dutton Medal at Nantwich Museum. The museum’s board nominate an individual every year for the medal made by Ron Dutton in memory of his parents.
Lucky Nantwich folk were given a glimpse of a big screen movie being made in Cheshire. The film premiere of The Minister of Chance took place at the Woodlands Brewery off London Road, Stapeley.
Bollards are to be erected on a street in a Nantwich village to tackle “anti-social” motorists. Residents in Willaston have complained many times about the Meadow View development where drivers double park.
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