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On this day: Cheshire Archive

Cheshire Archive

• Culture takes pride of place

  THE borough of Congleton is to be given a culture shock when a huge music, dance and drama event is staged. read more

• I WAS one of several hundred residents who attended the public meeting about the proposed closure of

  To me, the fact that the meeting was being held after the closure clearly illustrated the agenda of the county council. read more

• I AM writing on behalf of the North and Mid Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, and therefore of the busin

  The chamber urges Cheshire County Council in the strongest possible terms to re-open Marbury Lane as a viable route for private cars between Northwich town centre and Barnton, Anderton, Comberbach etc. read more

• MUCH has been written and discussed over the past few years about Witton Albion's financial state.

  The reasons have also been well documented during that time. read more

• THERE is mounting criticism about the unfair burden of local taxes being carried by Council Tax paye

  The increases imposed by both the county and borough councils are again above the rate of inflation. read more

• CHANGING ATTITUDES - 50 YEARS ON

  FIFTY years ago, the mentally handicapped weren't seen in society. They were locked away in horrific institutions. read more

• CHILDREN CAN'T ESCAPE FROM HEROIN'S EVIL GRIP

  ALL too often, parents just do not see the signs of heroin addiction. read more

• PIG IN SCRAPE: ANOTHER ROUND OF COMIC RELIEF

  PUPILS from the reception class at Witton Church Walk Primary School were distraught when their toy pig Peter was pignapped. read more

• A FOND FAREWELL TO NORTHWICH AS FRANK TRAMPS OFF FOR THE LAST TIME

  NORTHWICH will never see Frank Brierley again - says Frank himself. read more

• RACIST CRIME MUST NOT BE TOLERATED

  POLICE in Northwich have outlined their policy on dealing with racism - in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. read more

• ON Monday night I went to Wincham Park to what I thought might be a 'wake.'

  Instead, thanks to Mike Worthington, Tom Shaw and the incredible Tom Stelfox, I found myself at a 'christening.' read more

• I AM writing to make all Guardian readers aware of the national disgrace which is student poverty.

  One in five students drop out of college before finishing their course. It is little wonder when we consider that after paying rent they have an average of £18 a week to survive on. read more

• TO the residents of Northwich.

  The closure of SK8 Madness will in some way involve us all. As a Winsford mother of a "dedicated blader" who lives and breathes "grinding, Air, Misty" etc. this is a devastating blow. read more

• Here comes the band of the rising sun

  IT'S big in Japan for The Collectors who have just clinched an album deal with the land of the rising sun. read more

• Barbaric cock-fighting still goes on. . .near you

  POLICE and the RSPCA are calling for help in bringing cock-fighters to justice. read more

• Burials set to stop

  ST John's churchyard in Winsford could soon be closed for further burials if an application to the Home Office is approved. read more

• Bogus callers warning

  PENSIONERS have been warned to watch out for bogus callers after an elderly Winsford woman was robbed in her home. read more

• WORKER'S DEATH IN FACTORY ACCIDENT

  A WINSFORD firm has admitted not taking enough safety precautions after an employee was crushed to death in an horrific accident. read more

• HOW I love the Guardian's stories (written by Clare Lawrence) about old Northwich.

  I have a thick scrapbook of Guardian cuttings, which in itself is a history of the town. read more

• IT is a well known saying that all evil needs to flourish is for good people to do nothing. I should

  I believe that for evil to flourish, it also needs people to be afraid of each other. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive