Nantwich Food and Drink Festival organisers are urging more traders to get behind the event by opening their doors on Sunday. They fear town centre shopkeepers will miss out on bumper takings over festival weekend September 14-16 if they fail to join in the region’s biggest gastronomic gathering.
“He’s an acquired taste,” I was told. “You need to have an open-mind,” added another. These comments were designed to prepare me for my first experience of watching Jim Jefferies.
Babies boogied on down at a charity disco in Nantwich for the One in Eleven Appeal. Around 60 children, from tiny tots to toddlers, and their families hit the dance floor at Nantwich Town FC.
Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has issued a plea to residents in Stapeley to back the fight to stop more housing developments. He believes the “power of the people” which stopped the Parkers Road traveller’s site in Crewe should give villagers heart.
By Jonathan White A cricket festival took place in Wistaston to celebrate a former player’s 40th birthday. Matches took place at Wistaston Village Cricket Club, Eric Swan Recreation Ground, in honour of ex WVCC player Julian West.
By Ashley Houghton Nantwich Town fell to their first home defeat of the campaign as Grantham Town took all three points back to Lincolnshire. The visitors continued their impressive start to the Evo-Stik Premier League campaign with a 2-0 win at the Weaver Stadium.
A talk on “self belief” will be given to people running their own Nantwich business at a one-off networking event this week. Speaker Rob Pickersgill (pictured) will be boosting the confidence of local entrepreneurs at the event on Regents Park, London Road.
Nantwich CC 1sts continued their bid for a third successive title with a 68-run victory over Widnes. The impressive unbeaten run has taken the Whitehouse Lane side to the top of Cheshire County Premier Division with just two games to go.
Hundreds of residents in a Nantwich village turned out to welcome home local Olympic hero Beth Tweddle. The bronze medal gymnast returned to her home in Bunbury to a rowsing reception – and a road named after her!
By Claire Faulkner Nantwich Players will have their audience in stitches with their own version of the stage hit “Calendar Girls” this week. The story is about a group of WI ladies who decide to raise money for charity by producing an ‘alternative’ calendar.
The first purpose-built Freerunning park in the North West has been opened in Nantwich. The facility on Barony Park was planned by The Nantwich Freerunners group with help from Cheshire East Council.
MP Edward Timpson has opened the doors of the newly renovated Guy Harvey Youth Club on Birchin Lane in Nantwich. He was joined by Nantwich Mayor Cllr Graham Fenton who has been a supporter of the Club for many years.
A Nantwich man has set off on a charity walk around Crewe and Nantwich to gain donations from local businesses and well-wishers. Neil Olsson was inspired by the Olympic Torch Relay to devise a route that will allow him to call in and see as many firms as possible.
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