The 41st annual ‘Marbury Merry Days’ two-day traditional country fair proved a big hit as it returned for the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic, writes Jonathan White.
The fair, organised by St Michael & All Angels Parochial Church Council, took place in the field next to the church and Marbury Big Mere, near Wrenbury, Nantwich.
St Mary’s Church in Acton will host a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee themed ‘Tea at the Tower’ community café event on Sunday June 5, writes Jonathan White.
Hot drinks and cakes are being served on traditional trestle tables both outside and inside the church.
A new Nantwich mental health drop-in centre is being launched in the town.
The aim of the centre is to offer wellbeing support, advice and practical solutions.
By Jonathan White
It will be a dog’s day out at the annual Marbury Merry Days event this weekend.
The two-day festival has set aside the second day, May 15, as “The Day for Dogs” at the village event near Wrenbury.
Leading cancer expert Dr Caroline Wilkinson will give a talk on her work at Reaseheath College in Nantwich on May 19.
Dr Wilkinson is Chief Operating Officer for Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute.
By Jonathan White
The new Nantwich Roots Festival begins tomorrow celebrating folk, roots and Americana and bringing internationally known names to Nantwich.
It is also giving a stage to new, emerging acts in the town from May 11-15.
Reaseheath College will mark a double celebration when it holds an action-packed Family Festival on its Nantwich campus on Sunday May 15.
As well as welcoming visitors back after it was cancelled for the last two years due to Covid-19, the college will also be celebrating its 100th year as an educational establishment.
Organisers of a new Nantwich food and drink event say they will support to two much-needed Cheshire charities as plans for their summer crowd-puller gather pace.
The new Dorfold Food and Drink Festival is taking place July 23-24 in the grounds of Dorfold Park.
St Luke’s Hospice will be hosting their muddiest event of the year, the ‘Woof Mudder’ in Nantwich on Sunday May 22.
‘Woof Mudder’ invites Hospice supporters and their four-legged friends to take part in a Tough Mudder style 5km
mud-run, full of obstacles, hills and water.
By Jonathan White
The popular monthly “Off the rails car meet” events have been renamed “The weekend runaways meet” and have moved to a different location in Crewe.
The meets are now taking place at The Sydney Arms pub on Sydney Road, Crewe.
A host of top entertainers are lining up for live appearances and the inaugural Nantwich Roots festival.
The festival, which runs from May 11-15, is organised as a “sister” event by those behind the popular Words and Music Festival.
A new Creative Writing course is being launched as part of the community education programme at Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Liam Doran, an Associate Lecturer, will run the course starting on Thursday April 28.
By Jonathan White
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker near Nantwich took visitors back in time during a Cold War event over the Easter weekend.
The Cold War Living History Weekend recreated what life was like either side of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War.
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