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Cheshire Archive

• CROSBY Homes has withdrawn its plans to build 13 mews-style homes in Pickmere Lane, Pickmere.

  But the plans - due to be refused by councillors last week - will be resubmitted, Crosby's confirmed yesterday (Tuesday). read more

• TEN residents - who have never fought a local election before - are gunning for seats on Knutsford T

  Among the possible new faces is town centre trader Val Boston-Davies. read more

• IT was a fitting tribute to a special soldier.

  Thousands of people lined Knutsford's streets for the funeral of 42-year-old Colour Sergeant Reuben Bull. read more

• MOBBERLEY'S mountaineering hero George Leigh Mallory - finally found on Mount Everest this week - wi

  Instead he has been buried in the snow on the Himalayan peak where he died. read more

• Toft overwhelmed in super league opener

  Toft 169 for 8 wickets dec read more

• FORTEC Motorsport driver Kristian Kolby, of Mere, suffered mixed fortunes in the fourth round of the

  He'd gained two places at the start of round four to move up to fifth at the first corner, but an excursion on the grass at Graham Hill Bend on the second lap saw him drop down to 10th. read more

• Altrincham Senior Cup Final

  Moss Lane, Altrincham read more

• MAY Day this year was a very special day for me as it was the first year I was old enough to take pa

  I was given a lovely gold bangle to wear with my costume for good luck. read more

• I AM not mourning the death of Jill Dando. I do not doubt for a moment that she was an elegant, warm

  However, the only media I knew her through was the television and newspapers. This does not mean I can or did class her as a friend. I had never met her like many of the British public. read more

• PEOPLE have bees in their bonnets about homeless people.

  To many they are all drug addicts or thieves. read more

• OUR end of Knutsford has been badly neglected.

  Where I live there are no litter bins, so people just throw their litter anywhere. read more

• MAY I through the Knutsford Guardian say a big thank you to Ken Trotman of Mobberley for the beautif

  People living in Mobberley or passing through could not have failed to notice how beautiful the village looked. read more

• WISH to start with an apology to the people of Colshaw Farm in Wilmslow.

  I should have been with them last Friday to open the show home which I hope is a symbol of their estate's regeneration, and the end of its many years of neglect by Manchester City Council. read more

• FOR seven years Judi Hewitt ensured millionaires wanted for nothing as they travelled the world on t

  In the winter she'd cruise with wealthy families to Florida and the Caribbean. read more

• NOTHING much has changed over 25 years in council matters.

  In 1974 applicants wanted planning permission for car ports, house extensions and conservatories. read more

• THIS year is the centenary of the opening of Richard Harding Watt's first major project in Knutsford

  Peter Wildin, who recently released an historical video about Knutsford, says Watt's sketch (shown on the left) shows that the original skyline was rather impressive. read more

• KNUTSFORD police issued a May Day reminder this week to people NOT involved in Saturday's celebratio

  Drivers face diversions and there will be no parking in Stanley Road all day. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive