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Author of “Unsurpassed” to appear at Nantwich Bookshop

Author of “Unsurpassed” to appear at Nantwich Bookshop

The author of a book telling the true story of one of the world’s greatest cyclists, will be in Nantwich this weekend. Godfrey Barlow will be signing copies of “Unsurpassed – The Story of Tommy Godwin, the World’s Greatest Distance Cyclist” at Nantwich Bookshop.

February 23, 2012
Family of Nantwich Second World War bomb victim traced

Family of Nantwich Second World War bomb victim traced

A descendant of one of six men killed trying to defuse an unexploded Second World War bomb near Nantwich has come forward. Cheshire East Council is searching for family members of Royal Engineers Sgt Edward Greengrass, Sapper Harold Thompson, Sapper Michael Lambert, Sapper George Lucas and Sapper John Perrins. They died when a German bomb exploded in a field between near[Read More…]

October 13, 2011
Memorial for six men killed by German bomb in Nantwich

Memorial for six men killed by German bomb in Nantwich

A memorial is to be erected in honour of six men killed while disarming German bombs in a field near Nantwich. The men, from the Royal Engineers, had safely disarmed three of the bombs found close to Alvaston Hall, Nantwich.

September 6, 2011