Letters from Nantwich

(Occasional correspondence)

FROM time to time I get the urge to write about something going on in my home town. I suppose it is a little like being responsible for producing a weekly opinion column in a newspaper - except that I do not have to produce one on a regular basis. If you would like to read any of the the letters, click on to the appropriate photograph or heading.  

lThere is also a page of updates for some of these letters which are only accurate as at the date they were written. Click here to see any updates. 

 

Then there were two

Long-established butcher closes

(February 2010 - 3)

Bigger attraction

Popular town event expands programme

(February 2010 - 2)

Riverside safe

All the hard work to be saved by new group

(February 2010)

The Cat is back

Another old name returns to town

(January 2010)

Oh, Christmas cone

New shape of the festive season

(December 2009)

Cat on air again

Local broadcasters move to new studio

(November 2009)

Barbecue weather?

The weather forecast that went so wrong

(September 2009)

No signs at all

The streets without road signs

(August 2009 - 3)

Say cheese show

Setting the gold and silver standards

(August 2009 - 2)

A hazy future?

Cigarette smoke could fill this pleasant view

(August 2009)

All round the houses

The strange road routing in town

(June 2009)

Steps too far?

A piece of history is lost in road works

(May 2009)

Open area at risk

A building is planned for this open space

(March 2009)

A jungle out there

Why doesn't council back garden plan?

(February 2009 - 2)

View goes west

Restoration work hides church feature

(February 2009)

Misery in store

End of an era in Nantwich shopping

(December 2008)

Dangerous post box

The pillar box that

went to the wall

(November 2008)

There is a season . . .

Christmas decorations up in October

(October 2008 - 2)

Battle of site?

Festival damages town centre site 

(October 2008)

Event saved

Volunteers come forward to save day

(July 2008 - 2)

Taking the biscuit

Do you recall

post-war treat?

(July 2008)

Pubs call time

One pub saved, three stay closed

(June 2008)

The umbrella tree

A look at the items left in a tea shop

(June 2008)

Paper mountain

Bombarded with

by-election material

(May 2008)

New lamps for old

Seeing the light over changes

(April 2008 - 5)

Town responds 

Public fight plan to downgrade medics

(April 2008 - 4)

One, two trees . . . 

Two stories of trees in the town

(April 2008 - 3)

Seats of learning

Sit and relax while you learn our history

(April 2008 - 2)

Bridging the gap

New link to favourite town centre venue

(April 2008)

Quality assured

Town Council gains recognition for work

(March 2008 - 2)

LNWR returns

Railway company returns to town

(March 2008)

Baronia is back

One of town's clothing labels returns

(February 2008)

The axe falls

The bad news hits the town (Chronicle)(January 2008 - 3)

Wicked witch . . .

Memories of a previous take-over plan

(January 2008 - 2)

Dowdy gateway

An untidy welcome from "town gate"

(January 2008)

Signed, sealed ?

And then there will be one . . . post office

(November 2007)

Affordable items

New lines at water gardens approved

(October 2007)

Cheers for pub

Old name returns to

the Nantwich scene

(September 2007 - 2)

A second Mews

Two locations in town with same name

(September 2007)

Good and, er . . .

Two tales from the gas pipe road works

(August 2007 - 4)

Praise for Council

No really . . . I like the new recycling bins!

(August 2007 - 3)

A site for flats

How can 10 new

homes fit in here?

(August 2007 - 2)

Blankney coverage

Updates about two

town streets

(August 2007)

End of the road

Drivers in Road

Closed confusion

(July 2007 - 2)

Battle won

Grant for summer muster agreed

(July 2007)

June is orange

Road works will hit the tourists' pictures

(June 2007 - 3)

Healthy progress

The new health park is coming on well

(June 2007 - 2)

Signs problem

Why motorists don't

use ring road...?

(June 2007)

Wrong plastic

Recycling problem facing the borough

(May 2007)

Building up

Another look at the houses being built

(March 2007 - 2)

Church campaign

Bid to save church as

an arts centre

  (March 2007)

Misty-eyed

New problem for Millennium clock

  (February 2007)

Battle rages

Planned change to event causing unrest

  (January 2007)

Just a TIC

Tourist Info office moves into new home

  (October 2006)

Bin bugs

Residents up in arms over "spies" in bins

  (September 2006)

Improving areas

Facelift plan for parts of town announced

  (August 2006)

Coffee flavour

We've got an awful lot of coffee shops

  (July 2006)

Clock watching

Pavement plaques guide the tourists

  (June 2006)

They're the champs  

The Dabbers bring the F A Vase to Nantwich

  (May 2006)

Down by riverside

A miscellany of riverbank items

(April 2006)

Convenient centre

A letter that's a load of rubbish . . .

(February 2006)

TIC revisited

New thoughts on Tourist Info Centre

(January 2006) 

Enough is enough

Do we really need more houses in town?

(November 2005)

Nothing is better

Open letter to council about a garden

(October 2005)

Conflict may spread 

A plan to move battle commemoration 

(August 2005 -3)

Conquering worries

An old conker tree is safe in planning plea 

(August 2005 - 2)

Making the News

A former colleague retires from journalism.

(August 2005)

All-in-one building

Some ideas on a tourism building.

(July 2005)

No homes here

Campaign to have  street confirmed.

(June 2005)

Vote for Nantwich

Help us to win the  market town title.

(May 2005) 

A Gem of a Video

The story of the making of a video.

(April 2005)

A Disaster in Winter

The Great Fire of Nantwich in 1583.

(December 2004)

All Sewn Up

End of an era as last clothing factory shuts. 

(September 2004)

A bridge too closed

Saga of road that was closed a long time  

(August 2004 - 2)

Back to the Sixties

The old Nantwich Carnival recalled.

(August 2004)

Paid to live here

The story of the Beam Heath Trust.

(July 2004)

Lean times

Correcting a tilt in the town's war memorial.

(June 2004)

Ship Ahoy

Raising  the second salt ship to be found.

(January 2004)

Wind in the Willows

A problem with trees blocking river views.

(September 2003)

 

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