Nantwich News contributor Jonathan White has been out and about capturing on camera some of the fancy festive light displays across Crewe and Nantwich.
Families have pushed the boat out to cheer us up with inflatable decorations and light shows on homes and businesses.
Clonter Opera has heaped praise on its long-term sponsors Mornflake as it raises the curtain on an exciting programme for 2021.
Support from the South Cheshire breakfast company helped the Swettenham Heath opera theatre secure a £100,000 Cultural Recovery Grant mitigating the huge loss of ticket revenue during the pandemic.
By Jonathan White
Crewe Brass band has been offered a lifeline with a new venue at the Crewe Heritage Centre.
The band, well known throughout South Cheshire and beyond, had bene left without a home due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.
Santa’s annual Grotto in the attic of Nantwich Bookshop has had to take an enforced year off!
But he plans to return in 2021 – and is inviting youngsters to use his replacement postbox instead to write to him.
The Nantwich Singers are presenting two free Christmas performances in St Mary’s Church to help lift the spirits of the community.
After over six months in lockdown, the Nantwich Singers return to their home to give a pair of informal performances on December 12.
Shavington musician Tom Seals is releasing a Christmas duet with Natasha Hamilton of Atomic Kitten.
Their song, released on December 4, is called “I can’t wait to spend Christmas with you”.
Nantwich Museum is to reopen from Thursday December 3.
The popular Pillory Street venue re-emerges from lockdown and will now be open from Thursday to Saturday openings, 10.30 am – 4.30 pm.
Crewe and Nantwich radio station The Cat 107.9FM has launched a monthly award which follows the Community Hero Awards given out during Covid-19 pandemic.
The Local Legend Award looks to recognise the work of local individuals and organisations who have gone the extra mile in support of their communities.
Nantwich’s Digital Museum continues to flourish in the second lockdown.
The “Nantwich at Play” temporary exhibition staged in the Millennium Gallery in 2015, is now available on the website.
Organisers of Nantwich Spooktacular have cancelled the event due to COVID-19, it was announced last night.
In a joint statement with Cheshire East Council, they said the event at Dorfold Park which had been re-scheduled for November 14 will now not go ahead this year.
By Jonathan White
Crewe and Nantwich community radio station The Cat FM has presented £3,058 to Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity for their Lost Little Ones baby bereavement suite appeal.
The money was raised at a “Sunday Night at the Lyceum” variety show organised by The Cat.
Nantwich Museum is to host its first live exhibition following its closure due to the Covid 19 epidemic.
A small exhibition echoing the annual Rotary Art and Handwriting competition will run in the Museum up until Christmas.
Two South Cheshire performers Megan Lee and Joel Montague have joined the Cat 107.9FM to present new weekly shows.
Singer songwriter Megan Lee, from Nantwich, has been co-presenting Thursday Breakfast Show with Gary Johnson for over a year.
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