Nantwich will mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy “D-Day” landings with a day of events tomorrow (Thursday June 6).
D-Day – codenamed Operation Overlord – saw the largest seaborne invasion in history on Tuesday, 6 June 1944.
Nurses at St Luke’s Hospice in Cheshire are urging the community to “walk with us” at their annual Midnight Walk fundraising event as the charity faces worrying times.
Hospices across the UK are facing a funding crisis due to rising staff costs and steep increases in utility bills.
Crewe and Nantwich RUFC are holding their second “Party on the Pitches” music festival on Saturday July 6.
The event will take place at their base at The Vagrants Sports Club on Newcastle Road, Willaston.
A Fun Day at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich will mark the centre’s 30th birthday – and celebrate 200 years of the charity.
The event takes place at the London Road facility on June 15 and will coincide with similar events at RSPCA centres around the UK.
Nantwich Concert Band will be performing a special “Midsummer Music” concert in the town next month.
The band is joining forces with Nantwich Players Youth Theatre and Nantwich Junior Theatre Group for the performance on June 23.
Everybody Health and Leisure are organising free “Ramblers Wellbeing Walks” to mark National Walking Month.
And it will include the relaunch of weekend walks from Nantwich Leisure Centre starting this Sunday May 26.
Organisers of summer concert weekend Deva Fest at Cholmondeley Castle have announced new additions to its line-up for 2024.
Set against the backdrop of Cholmondeley Castle, Deva Fest takes place from August 8-11.
Cheshire College is to open its doors tomorrow to host a Community Fun Day.
The event will take place at Cheshire College’s Crewe campus on Dane Bank Avenue as well as campuses in Ellesmere Port and Chester from 11am-2pm.
Nantwich Museum is set to launch its “two talks” evening in the venue’s Millennium Gallery on Wednesday June 12.
The talks, from 7pm – 9pm, are titled ‘Baddiley – an ancient parish’ by Graham Dodd, and ‘Helen Macfarlane – the revolutionary of Baddiley’ by Helen Cooke.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people basked in warm sunshine as they enjoyed the 43rd annual Marbury Merry Days country fair.
The fair, organised by St Michael & All Angels Parochial Church Council, was opened by the Cheshire Dairy Queen Team – Charlotte Kinsey, Hannah Reade and Olivia Wain – who are ambassadors for Cheshire Young Farmers.
Experts will be holding a special salt-making demonstration in Nantwich to show people how the town became famous for it!
Specialists from Nantwich Museum will be on the town square on Thursday May 9 to see how salt was made during the medieval period using brine from the Old Biot.
Nantwich Food Festival organiser are to stage a “welcome” event for new volunteers helping out at the 2024 show.
The festival can only go ahead thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who devote their time each year.
Organisers have lined up a variety of top acts to perform at the 3rd Nantwich Roots Festival next month.
Famous bands and musicians will be in town between May 13-19 to perform folk, indie, blues and pop gigs at different venues.
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