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 WELCOME
to a personal website about Nantwich - the place where they pay you to
live! Or so some wits say (see
here). The town is served with a number of excellent
websites, and I like to think of this is one of them! (For a list of the
others see this
page).
My website is a mixture of
random
 thoughts
and ideas which appeal to me, as well as details of the events that are
happening in town or the immediate villages - and more.
It doesn't cover Crewe and what
I have always thought of - since my days in local newspapers - as
"Crewe's villages".
I hope that you like the website, and I would welcome your thoughts.
This site is meant for expats (to keep them in touch with home), for people who
have yet to visit the town, and for locals seeking information (on the What's On
pages, for instance) or are just interested in local happenings.
I update the site as often as
possible, so please visit again.
lPictured above, left:
a sign in Crewe Road proclaiming our success in the
Britain in Bloom competition in recent years. Above,
left: blossom time at St Mary's Parish Church. Above, right: an autumnal view of
St Mary's along The Gullet.
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Alderman Doug Butterill is Chairman of
Nantwich in Bloom Committee and Company Secretary of
Greenspaces South Cheshire (UK) CIC.
He is also a Dutton Medal winner.
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Read the views of the experts
WHILE I am, of course, the main
writer on
my personal website I welcome
contributions from the experts
listed
in this panel.
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Jeff
Stubbs is Chairman of both Nantwich Civic
Society and the newly-formed
Greenspaces South Cheshire (UK) CIC.
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James Thompson is Executive Director
for Greenspaces South Cheshire
(UK) CIC. Previously he was Nantwich Riverside Project
Officer and his articles for that venture can be found
here.
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A
SECOND page from Nantwich Litter Group joins reports
by local organisations
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Paul
Simpson is the Nantwich Group Leader of the Family History
Society of Cheshire. Who better to answer questions
about family tree matters? Go to his "Family
Lines" page if you have a question.
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Nantwich historian Andrew Lamberton
is the man to ask about a Nantwich building or a moment in
history. See the This and That page
or his own page:
Ask Andrew.
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IF you would like to ask Paul or
Andrew a question about family trees or local history please be
aware that your e-mailed question and the subsequent reply will
be published on the appropriate page for the interest of other
visitors to this website as well as yourself. "A Dabber's
Nantwich" website cannot give personal replies to questions - we
like to share the information that the experts come up with. If
you send in a question it will be assumed that you agree to this
without any check being made to see that it is all right to use
it. No permission will be sought to use the question.
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NANTWICH NOW MARKET TOWN
PROJECT
This body, which was a driving force behind the 2007 Summer
Muster for the Battle of Nantwich,
and helped to obtain funding
for things such as the new Riverside bridge, has now run its
allocated
course and no longer exists.
But references to it on pages such as
this one remain as they were
written at the time. Beverley
Cope was Project Manager of Nantwich Now Market Town Project.
After
a spell as the old Crewe and
Nantwich Borough Council's Publicity Officer she has now moved
on
following local council re-organisation.
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NEW ITEMS ON THIS WEBSITE
An appeal
for details of the last soldier in Crewe and Nantwich to have served in
the First World War |
What's on updates
(including
the programme of a local club)
website listing updates.
See What's On for the
town's markets
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Picture recalls old street scene
AN old picture
of a popular summer event in Nantwich has given a website visitor a
record of her grandmother's house. The lady contacted Andrew Lamberton
for help and his personal photo collection produced the picture.
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 Has
time been called for old pub?
SOME people know this building as The
Potting Shed (its real name is/was Ye Olde Vaults). Now it is a party
music venue called Retro. Soon it could have a new name and a new use.
This is one of two Nantwich sites that could have new owners shortly.
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The cost of taking our assets back
SO now we know.
Taking over the running of various assets in Nantwich - including the
Civic Hall and the public toilets - will add about £67 to the annual
bill of local families. That's how much the council precept will rise to
meet the additional costs. More
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Prizewinners named
THE winners of
the Nantwich traders' Twelve Days of Christmas
competition have been named. They are: Hayley Kirkham, Richard Weston
and Katie Hall, all from Nantwich, who each won prizes exceeding £1,000
in gifts and vouchers.
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Hopes of restoring aqueduct
 THE
poor face of Nantwich presented to visitors entering the town from the
north, as a result of the poor condition of the aqueduct, may be set to
be improved. The aqueduct, which carries the Shropshire Union Canal over
Welsh Row / Chester Road, is rusting and has sprung leaks. British
Waterways say they have money to repair the faults, but not to repaint
the structure. With other funding possible, Nantwich Town Council may
also come to the rescue. More.
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Crier
back in town
AS well as the local websites and the press
to spread the news, Nantwich now has a town crier once more. It is
around 15 years since there was a crier in town and the new one will be
carrying on where the previous one left off - telling visitors and
shoppers about local businesses and events.
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 ‘Funky’ Holly Holy Day
being lined up
DETAILS of next January's commemoration of
the Battle of Nantwich (1644) have been released in information from the
Holly Holy Day Society. The events, which will begin in the town centre
will include a community group called The Funky Choir.
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Council decides to bid for town assets -
except one
NANTWICH Town Council has decided to make a
bid to acquire several Nantwich assets - including the Civic Hall
(pictured) - that Cheshire East Council is looking to offload. But they
have declined, for the moment at any rate, to try to take over The
Gables. More
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In search of war heroes' details
THIS soldier is
one of more than 1,000 from the Nantwich and Crewe areas who were killed
in the First World War. His great nephew is preparing a book but is still looking for
information on other Nantwich and Crewe First World War soldiers. He and
his co-author are preparing the book on
behalf of Cheshire East Council.
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Nantwich gets gold - and more
NANTWICH in Bloom committee returned home
from the North West in Bloom awards ceremony with two awards for their
efforts in beautifying the town and a personal award for a long serving
official. More
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Family tree quest highlights old buildings
A VISITOR to "A
Dabber's Nantwich", in a quest for information to help with her family
tree, is shown a picture of the (now demolished) buildings in an "Ask
Andrew" question. More
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Lottery grant for riverside group
A GRANT for
£8,000 has been made by the Big Lottery Fund to one of the Nantwich
groups that look after the town's riverside areas - Riverside Concern.
It will enable more work to be carried out and will give local people a
chance to volunteer to help. More
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Confrontation on the Greenway
I HAD always thought that any confrontation
on the Greenway - the pedestrians' and cyclists' pathway connecting
Nantwich and Crewe - might be people not understanding the set-up and taking
cyclists to task for "riding on the footpath". But I found myself in a
clash with a rider over which side of the Greenway I should walk on!
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Soccer legend becomes Dabbers' President
NANTWICH Town F.C. have announced a big name
in soccer as their new Honorary President. No less than former Chelsea
and England player, Frank Blunstone, who lives in Nantwich.
Picture courtesy of Simon J. Newbury
Photography. More
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Tree-lined section of Greenway
AS its name
implies, the Greenway that links Nantwich and Crewe for the benefit of
cyclists and pedestrians, has much greenery along its route. But the
section which runs along the Park View edge of Barony Park (right) is
tree-lined to a greater extent.
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Half of town's toilets close
NANTWICH used
to have four public toilets - not a great many given the number of
visitors to the town - but now we are down to two. Automatic toilets
became out of date with no council funds to replace them. The other one
is on a large car park. More.
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Looping the loop
WHETHER you are
a visitor to Nantwich or a resident, there is a recently refurbished
walk on the western edge of the town which could interest you. It takes
in our riverside area and countryside to the south west. It's
called the Nantwich Riverside Loop.
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Are you are Dabber?
HOW do you know if you qualify to be a
Dabber - someone born in Nantwich? As some people will know, you have to
be born within the old Nantwich town boundaries, but where are these? To
find out, visit this page.
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Book reveals all - well, a fair amount -
about townsfolk
A NEW book has
gone on sale locally, giving an insight into local people and the
organisations or businesses which they represent. And the sale will help
a good cause in the town. More.
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A building by any other name . . .
THIS town-centre venue has always been the
Parish Hall to me - and many others. But over the years it has had a
number of different ones. None like the latest, however.
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Is umbrella tree
still thriving?
THE tea shop(pe) which has been acquiring umbrellas
- and other items - by the dozen is now under new management. Did its famous
umbrella tree go with the previous owners? See the update to the
Letter from Nantwich which tells how visitors to the town are going away
without some vital personal items. Yes, one really did leave their false teeth
behind!
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Shops are back
A FURTHER
charity shop in town has given a new use for one of the shops that
closed earlier this year - and there is a new butcher's business in the
shop which closed.
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That sinking feeling
ONE of the town
centre's old building faced the risk of disappearing from the street
scene when cracks suddenly appeared in a shop.
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addresses
IN the first 10
years of the 21st Century the town has amassed a total of 80 new
addresses - either streets or apartment blocks. Newly-retired postman
Andrew Lamberton has listed them all in a review.
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Pictures of some of the houses are included - as well as a page on
the proposed developments that didn't make it . . . so far.
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Plan for 550 more homes
A LOCAL college
has a plan to sell some of its land to provide a site for 550 more homes
in Nantwich. But it's early days . . .
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Colin is found
COLIN Barrow, the man last heard of
by his American family in 1984, has been traced - thanks to "A
Dabber's Nantwich". I was approached by a friend of the family
to see if he could be tracked down because of a forthcoming
reunion. The full story can be found
here. Also, read the story of the woman
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See Nantwich (and parts of Cheshire) from
your armchair
OF course, a website is a collection of
pictures and text (there are none of the fancy animations here!) but for
moving pictures of the area, complete with sound, you could buy one or
more of the locally-produced videos. These are obtainable in person when
you visit Nantwich - or some outlets will send you copies by post. Visit
this page for details.
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WHAT IS A DABBER?
They use dabbers in painting, plate making, brass rubbing . . . and bingo. In
fact, anything where you need to dab! It is the name of a particular type of
boat. But here in Nantwich we tend to think of ourselves as Dabbers. Why?
There are various theories. Click on this
link to find out more.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? I am often asked how
I pronounce my name. Is it as in brow, bow, cough, through or Bruges, people
ask. None of the above, it is said as you would say Bruff - which is often how
people spell it if I don't tell them otherwise.
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PICTURES of the town above are: left, the
Crown Hotel in High Street; and right, black and white Tudor Cottage and other
houses in Welsh Row.
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HOW TO FIND ITEMS ON "A DABBER'S NANTWICH"
1, Use the panels above for current items
2, Use the links at the foot of the page for general
interest
3, Use the Contents Pages
for specific items not listed in 1 and 2
4, Letters from Nantwich can include items not
listed in the links panel.
See the letters index.
PICTURE GALLERIES:
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The Big Battle of Nantwich
(2007)
(including two by Andy Gillitt)
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Lost buildings in Nantwich and
outside of town
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Riverside and Lakeside views (new pictures)
and
"The Willows"
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The story of how the Lamb Hotel became Chatterton House
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Nantwich Town FC cup victory parade
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Pictures you have asked to see.
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website doesn't contain a map of the town - but
this one does
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vThis website was updated
on February 4v
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are visitor
to this website, as
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copyright (except where stated otherwise). You are welcome to use anything of
mine
as long as you contact me first and as long as it for voluntary organisations or
amateur use. Sorry, no commercial use. If you have a website where you wish to
use the image, a credit and/or a hyperlink to A Dabber's Nantwich on your site
would be appreciated. For pictures taken by people other than myself you will
have to make your own arrangements. I cannot give permission for you to use
those.
Contact me on:
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