The Crewe & Nantwich Community Awards 2014 are seeking nominations. The awards, run by Nantwich-based community radio station The Cat, aim to celebrate people who dedicate their time to help others.
By Jonathan White Fund-raisers amassed almost £1,500 for local causes at a popular “Holly Fair” in Wistaston. Hundreds turned out for the annual fair at Wells Green Methodist Church on Brookland Avenue.
The owners of Nantwich Bookshop feature in a story of their own as part of a new BBC reality series, Million Dollar Intern. Bookshop owners Steve and Denise Lawson were picked as one of a handful of businesses around the UK to star in the new series.
A pair of lamprey fish caught by a South Cheshire angler 90 years ago, could be sold for up to £8,000 at a Nantwich auction. The rare stuffed fish (pictured) are already attracting international interest before the Peter Wilson sale later this month.
An exhibition by former Brine Leas teacher Alan Leese called People, Places & Paint is now on show at Nantwich Museum. The display, in the Millennium Gallery at the Pillory Street venue, is aim at all ages and runs until January 25.
Nantwich Litter Group is gearing up for its final blitz of the town in 2013 on November 16. And hardy members are celebrating after the group helped Nantwich win the Gold Medal as “Best Town” in the North West in Bloom Awards.
A summer reading challenge enjoyed by scores of Nantwich youngsters has been hailed a “monster” success. This year’s scheme run in Cheshire East libraries including Nantwich had a spooky theme.
Nantwich students took time out to join war veterans selling poppies at a town supermarket. They bought poppies and spent time with the Royal British Legion representatives at Sainsbury’s on Middlewich Road where they had called in for lunch.
A fund-raising coffee morning will take place at St Mary’s Church in Nantwich to help raise funds for Leukaemia research. The event will be held from 9am to midday on Saturday November 23 at the Nantwich Parish Rooms.
The Nantwich Christian Council has issued an appeal for help – to find a Christmas Day chef! The group is staging its usual Christmas Day lunch at Nantwich Methodist Church, on Hospital Street.
Fourteen teams of four people battled it out in six rounds of questions at Wistaston’s annual quiz for the Fred Lorimer Trophy. Quiz-masters Peter and Christina Wainwright took charge of the event for the first time at Wistaston Memorial Hall, after Geoff and Sheila Armitage stepped down after more than 20 years.
Members of Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club travelled to Germany to play a landmark fixture. Ben Reinhardt, Chris Raiswell, Diane Mayman and Jonathan Braithwaite made the journey to play Birkenheide Tennis Club.
A medal awarded to a Royal Navy hero from the second War of Independence in 1812, is to go on sale at a Nantwich auction. The medal is expected to fetch around £10,000 when it goes under the hammer at Peter Wilson auctioneers on Market Street November 27-28.
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