A Nantwich village play group could close because it is struggling to recruit volunteer helpers. Willaston Pre-School group, which has been open for 25 years, will be forced to close if it can’t find a chairman, said Cllr Brian Silvester.
Staff at Stapeley Grange Wildlife centre are taking a special art exhibition onto the road around Cheshire. The ‘Wildlife Art Adventure’ display will be open to visitors at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich until January 2012. The exhibition brings together the works of 10 wildlife artists from around the world with diverse styles reflecting the amzing variety of animals.
Richmond Village Nantwich has said a fond farewell to one of its longest serving members of staff. Village housekeeper Hannah Barry hung up her dustpan and brush to start her well-earned retirement.
Bats will be spreading their previously-torn wings for Halloween after a new way of treating them was discovered at a Nantwich animal centre. A bat carer at RSPCA Stapeley Grange wildlife centre, on London Road, found even the most dramatic of tears down the wing can heal if the animal is given care.
A group of friends and relatives (pictured) took part in a walk around Nantwich to raise money for charity. The group, all from the Wistaston and Willaston areas, completed the Nantwich Riverside Loop walk to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Nantwich has scooped the gold medal in the North West in Bloom 2011 awards. It means Nantwich will go forward to compete in the national awards in the town category early next year.
A remembrance service will be taking place in South Cheshire in November to celebrate the lives of children and babies. The annual service, organised by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), is to be held at St Peter’s Church in Minshull Vernon, near Nantwich, on Saturday November 26 at 3pm.
Nantwich cancer campaigner Ann Aspinall has organised a second “Turn Nantwich Pink ” fun day following the huge success if the event last year. The mum and grandmum has organised the day to take place on Nantwich town square next Thursday October 27, and is centred around a children’s funday.
Hundreds of visitors poured into Reaseheath College in Nantwich to join in a celebration of the British apple. The festival, held for the 19th consecutive year, was the most successful yet and attracted visitors across Cheshire and surrounding counties. Visitors could use an apple press to convert their orchard harvest into home made juice, and sample more than 60 rare[Read More…]
A Nantwich cafe owner is feeling mobile as he prepares to train for the 2012 London Marathon. For John McCormick (pictured) is calling on fellow traders and residents to sponsor him – by donating their old mobile phones.
A descendant of one of six men killed trying to defuse an unexploded Second World War bomb near Nantwich has come forward. Cheshire East Council is searching for family members of Royal Engineers Sgt Edward Greengrass, Sapper Harold Thompson, Sapper Michael Lambert, Sapper George Lucas and Sapper John Perrins. They died when a German bomb exploded in a field between near[Read More…]
A former health clinic in Nantwich could be turned into a Marks and Spencer food store, sources suggested today. It’s believed the retail giant has looked at the empty building (pictured), behind the library on Beam Street, as a possible location.
A Nantwich mum and her family have teamed up to make dozens of shoeboxes of gifts to send to needy youngsters around the globe. Ann Aspinall, her friend Linda and their children and grandchildren made up an amazing 63 boxes as part of Operation Christmas Child.
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