Nantwich is to host a competition to crown Britain’s champion Town Crier. Criers from across the country will descend on the town to compete for the coveted Town Crier Shield on Saturday July 28.
A new Nantwich Philosophy Club course is being launched in Nantwich next month. Ben Cassidy, associate lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in Crewe, will be running the “Introduction to Philosophy” class at The Gables, on Beam Street.
Nantwich Museum volunteers and trustees are working hard to secure the venue’s future in tough financial times. The independent Pillory Street facility has lost some of its traditional funding and is facing increasing costs.
Organisers of next month’s Nantwich Show are promising another record-breaking event. Around 36,000 visitors poured through the gates of the show at Dorfold Park in 2011, and directors hope this year’s remains the top one day event in the UK.
Nantwich Big Cheese Film Club is to relaunch with a new series of screenings at a new venue, Nantwich Civic Hall. The season starts on July 9, and there will six award-winning films on show.
Reaseheath College is gearing up for National Insect Week with a range of family activities. The events at the Nantwich college aim to raise awareness of British invertebrates and the need to conserve them.
By Jonathan White & Claire Faulkner Hundreds descended on Willaston to take part in the 33rd World Worm Charming Championships. More than 140 plots witnessed frantic activity for 30 minutes as teams tried to vibrate as many worms out of the ground as possible.
Nine volunteers from Cheshire Search & Rescue (SAR) have returned to Greece to renew the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. John, from Alsager, went missing while taking part in the Taygetos Challenge near Kalamata on April 8 this year.
The 33rd World Worm Charming Championships take place in Willaston, Nantwich, tomorrow (June 23). And the current wet weather could see record numbers of worms charmed from the ground.
A driver who died in a car accident on Marsh Lane in Nantwich has been named locally as Rob Brereton, Mr Brereton’s wife Mandy was seriously injured in the accident when the car collided with a tree close to the junction with Queen’s Drive.
By Jonathan White Wistaston Village Fete attracted hundreds of people, despite it being held indoors for only the second time in its 32-year history. Rain forced the event organised by Wistaston Community Council indoors – but there was plenty of entertainment for the crowds.
Hundreds of people braved the rain to attend an historic annual event in a Nantwich village – the Wybunbury Pie Wakes. Nantwichnews writer Claire Faulkner joined the throngs, and took part in a tradition which dates back 200 years.
A South Cheshire company specialising in vintage events proved a big hit at the 12th Audlem Music and Arts Festival. Family-run Happy Heritage, based in Hankelow near Nantwich, introduced the a “Pop-Up 1920s Speakeasy” to the festival to give punters a taste of the roaring 20s.
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