By Jonathan White
‘Tea at the Tower’ guided walks will continue to take place every month from St Mary’s Church in Acton, near Nantwich.
The walks are at a relaxed pace and routes mainly involve canal towpath and lane walking but may involve stiles.
By Jonathan White
St Mary’s Church in Acton, near Nantwich, have organised ‘Holly Holy Day’ events on Saturday January 21, on the day of The Sealed Knot Battle of Nantwich re-enactment.
The church will be open from 9am until 11.30am serving hot drinks and buttered toast.
Tarporley-based choir Decibellas has dished out more than £2,000 to local causes it raised from concerts held in 2022 at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.
Most of the proceeds have been awarded to local charities through small grants, it says.
A Tarporley man has written a book about his adventures touring around Britain on his bike and raising £50,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
Gareth Lyon has published “Around Britain in 50 days – A Cycling Adventure” which documents his 50-day fundraising journey around the UK in 2022.
A burglar who held a pillow over the face of an 82-year-old woman while she was house-sitting a Wistaston property for a friend has been jailed.
Martin McGinley 30, of Smallbrook Walk, Crewe, was sentenced to 38 months imprisonment after pleading guilty.
By Jonathan White
Families flocked to Audlem village centre for the annual ‘Christmas around the tree’ concert on the Square.
The event featured Crewe Brass who led the service for the 33rd consecutive year.
A wheelchair coach for a miniature railway in Nantwich is among a number of community projects to secure grant funding from Cheshire East Council.
The project has been awarded funds as part of a project to extend the service of the miniature railway to anyone in a wheelchair.
Community stalwart Geoff Parsons MBE is to retire as chairman of the board of trustees for The Wingate Special Children’s Trust at the end of the year.
Geoff has been involved with the charity since 1998 when he joined as a trustee, shortly afterward being appointed chairman of the charity.
Amateur photographer Jonathan White has been out and about capturing the festive homes displaying eye-catching Christmas light shows.
Every year homes in towns and villages across south Cheshire bring a smile to the face with their extravagant displays adorning properties and gardens.
By Jonathan White
A Wistaston householder has decorated his house in Christmas lights to raise money for charity.
For the sixth consecutive year Allyn Nightingale has dressed up his bungalow and driveway on Rope Bank Avenue with bells, baubles, hundreds of different coloured lights, lit-up trees and illuminated characters.
By Jonathan White
Visitors enjoyed the sixth annual ‘Christmas Tree Festival’ at St Mary’s Church on Monks Lane in Acton.
The event was free entry, with donations received towards church funds, and allowed visitors to view 40 beautifully dressed 6ft Christmas trees.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Singers performed their annual fund-raising Christmas Carol Concert at St Stephen’s Methodist Church in Crewe.
Phil Houghton (Musical Director) and Clare Shackleton (Assistant Musical Director) alternated in introducing each song and soloist. Ann Farrington was the Accompanist.
By Jonathan White
A Christmas concert featuring The Funky Choir at St Mary’s Church on Monks Lane in Acton has helped raise vital funds for charity.
The Funky Choir, which formed in 2010 in Nantwich, performed a mixture of pop, jazz, gospel, rock and rhythm and blues music in the first half.
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