Audlem Festival of Transport is gearing up for a crowd-pulling event with its oldest sponsor helping to steer success for another year.
Breakfast company Mornflake is supporting the event taking place on July 31 when more than 300 vehicles from the 1920s to present day will take part in a procession from Hankelow village green to Audlem playing field.
Author Tracey Whitwell will be in Nantwich on Wednesday for the launch of her new book, The Accidental Medium.
The launch takes place at Nantwich Bookshop on High Street from 6.30pm.
Nantwich Museum have launched a series of August Sports talks.
They have been put together to accompany the venue’s summer “A Spectacle of Sport” exhibition which launches on July 21.
Local food exhibitors and chefs are lining up to take part in the Nantwich Food Festival in September, organisers say.
Food producers keen to be involved include Hannah from Sweet Peas in Nantwich, Sophie from award-winning vegan Vork Pies, Cheshire Pie Company from Sandbach, and chocolatier Paul and Gaynor of Sticky Chocolate Ltd.
The region’s top chefs, including this year’s BBC MasterChef winner Eddie Scott, will take to the stage at a new Nantwich festival.
Final preparations are being made for the first Dorfold Food and Drink Festival taking place July 23-24, in the parkland off Chester Road.
A “Pride in the Provinces: an LGBT History of Cheshire” talk will take place at Nantwich Museum on Saturday July 16.
The talk coincides with the planned Nantwich Pride event on the same day.
The Wingate Centre in Wrenbury is to host its 11th Teddy Bears Picnic and family fete at Cholmondeley Castle on July 17.
The event, 11am-4pm, includes a Teddy Bear Hunt, Name the Teddy, Dog Show, Mirabel and Spiderman, Art and Crafts, Market Stalls, Teddy Tombola, Lucky Dip, Hook a Duck, Face Painting, Bouncy Castles, Balloon Animals, Fire Engine and more.
Organisers of the “Nanocon” Nantwich Comic Con event say it will now be free entry.
Some plans for a large event tomorrow (July 2) have had to be changed due to “unforseen circumstances”, says organiser Steve Howard.
By Jonathan White
Local war hero Sgt Bernard Morgan was guest of honour as hundreds attended the “Armed Forces Day” in Queens Park.
The event aims to honour service personnel from all branches of the armed forces as well as veterans.
By Jonathan White
The 42nd “World Worm Charming Championships” made a welcome return to Willaston as hundreds competed for the prized trophies for the first time in three years.
And there was an emotional return for one father and son team who attended the very first Worm Charming event 42 years ago!
A celebration of the military, veterans and their families is being held at Queens Park in Crewe to mark this year’s Armed Forces Day weekend.
The event on June 25 and 26 will include displays by the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, a fairground, stalls and private military vehicles dating back to the battle of Ypres and the Normandy landings.
Nantwich Food Festival organisers are holding a Volunteer evening on July 12 in a bid to recruit to boost numbers ahead of this year’s event.
The Festival, which is run entirely by volunteers, takes place from September 2-4 designed to benefit the town’s local economy.
The crazy world of worm charming returns to Willaston this Saturday when it hosts the World Championships, writes Jonathan White
The Willaston World Worm Charming Championship takes place on June 25 from 1pm-4pm.
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