St Luke’s Hospice has announced this year’s Midnight Walk will be the final one in the event’s 21-year history.
The walk – from Nantwich to Crewe and back – has raised more than £2.5 million over the past two decades.
Old Aberdeen, centuries of faith and learning have moulded it into a silent, fascinating district of the city, of which the granite walls are a mirror of the shifting Scottish light.
Villagers have pulled together to produce a new book capturing the rich history of Shavington.
“A Step Back in Time” will be launched this autumn following a community-wide effort to gather and preserve photographs and stories of the village.
Towns like Nantwich are known for their history – black-and-white timbered buildings, industrial heritage, and the kind of appeal that tourists can’t resist.
But while the rich past is written in every brick and beam, what of a future that’s increasingly digital?
Food history walking tours will add to the feast of entertainment planned during Nantwich Food Festival, August 29-31.
Organisers have extended their popular walking tours with breakfast and lunchtime sessions taking place at landmark venues.
Nantwich Museum is teaming up with the town’s oldest pub to stage a Food History Walking Tour marking Cheshire Day.
Led by a museum guide, the event offers visitors a potted history of Nantwich’s ancient links to the cheese and salt-making industries and its importance as a market town alongside various snippets of town heritage.
Chester FC is one of those football clubs that keeps on battling.
Throughout its history, the Cheshire club has experienced a lot of turmoil and has had to fight for survival.
Selling your car can be a strategic move, whether you’re upgrading to a newer model or simply changing your mode of transportation.
The value you receive upon resale can vary greatly, influenced by several factors under your control.
Sports, deeply embedded in the fabric of British culture, offer a compelling window into the broader social, political and economic currents of the United Kingdom.
More than just a display of competition and athleticism, sports are a mirror of the nation’s values, aspirations and ongoing challenges.
You may be familiar with phrases such as ‘Legs, eleven’, ‘Dancing queen, seventeen’ or ‘Two little ducks, twenty-two’ during a game of bingo, but do you know where they originated from?
Bingo terminology and calls have a rich history, much like the game itself.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to bulldoze the old Crewe library and replace it with a purpose-built history centre to house the Cheshire archives have been approved.
The proposals are part of a Cheshire-wide project, ‘Cheshire’s Archives: a story shared’, which is being funded by Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Chester oozes history – with its Roman walls, amphitheatre, Tudor buildings and cobbled streets.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget such a fine city exists on our doorstep – and to experience all its attractions, it warrants an overnight stay.
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.
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