November 2009 Archives
BASKING in spectacular autumn colours, Tatton Park's Japanese garden is regarded as one of the finest examples of its kind in the whole of Europe.
The rich jewellery-box colours in the autumnal leaves of the acers and ferns may have faded for this year, but their beauty was not lost on members of Runcorn Historical Society when Tatton's head gardener, Sam Youd, lifted the November gloom with a beautifully illustrated show for the benefit of society members.
A MAJOR project to redevelop one of the most iconic buildings in Widnes as a centre for live music and drama is well under way.
The Weekly News reported in September how volunteer group Loose had secured almost £500,000 of Big Lottery funding to help to run the Queen's Hall Studio, Lacey Street, as a performance venue.
CHESHIRE stories of Christmas told around a blazing fire have been captured in A Cheshire Christmas compiled by author and editor Alan Brack.
The author of other North West based publications The Wirral and Liverpool, the Official Book of the City adds a new book to his name.
One of Chester's most ancient awards ceremonies, updated to suit the 21st century workplace, honoured talented students at a celebration event at the city's Guildhall.
The annual Freemen and Guilds Awards marks success within specific trades and professions.
Chester's Guilds can trace their history back to the 1400s, and celebrating success has always been an integral part of their role.
THE author of a book on the history of St Winefride's Well, Holywell, will be giving a talk on the work next week.
Archdeacon Bill Pritchard will be talking about St Winefride, Her Holywell and the Jesuit Mission at Holywell Library on Wednesday, December 2, at 2pm.
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A WIDNES couple who discovered a treasure trove of First and Second World War photographs in a tin including shots of prisoners of war (PoWs) and war-ravaged France have appealed for help to find out more them.
Alan and Elaine Leather, of Ditton, found the pictures along with a bosun's whistle and cloth bag while house-clearing following the death of Elaine's mum Phyllis Osborne.
The pictures belonged to Private Frederick Lowe, Elaine's grandfather, who was a cadet and served in the Volunteer Special Service during the First World War, and his son, also called Frederick Lowe, who served in the Navy during the Second World War.
Life through a lens is the focus again of this week's Pioneer Nostalgia section as we look back through the last century in Ellesmere Port.
Ellesmere Port Lions Club fundraising in the town.
ARCHAEOLOGY students from the University of Chester have joined forces with Cheshire West and Chester Council's Habitats and Hillforts project to investigate the Iron Age hillfort of Kelsborrow Castle, near Kelsall.
Students used geophysical survey techniques to catch a glimpse of what may be hidden underneath the surface of the ground, under the training and supervision of Dr Meggen Gondek, a senior lecturer in archaeology.
George Mallory, the mountaineer famous for his part in the ill-fated 1924 Everest expedition, was born and brought up in the Cheshire village of Mobberley.
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was born on 18 June 1886 and his father was an affluent clergyman.
He was one of four children (his brother, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, was a World War II Royal Air Force commander) and his aptitude for climbing became evident at an early age. His escapades included climbing on the roof of the parish church and being rescued from a seaside rock when the tide came in.
After attending two preparatory schools in Eastbourne and West Kirby, he won a scholarship to Winchester College at the age of 14. Mallory's interest in climbing was fostered there by the experienced mountaineer Graham Irving. Irving set up the Winchester Ice Club which gave Mallory and his fellow pupils a chance to gain a wide range of experience.
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