This Is Cheshire

Stories for 13 February 1997

Congleton News

CHURCH UNVEILS £100,000 APPEAL

ONE of the most ambitious community projects ever seen in Congleton will be launched this weekend.  more...

WOMAN'S PLEA AFTER THIEVES STRIKE

A WOMAN left "devastated" by a break-in at her Astbury home is urging other people to tighten up on security.  more...

BARBARA IS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

INTREPID fund-raiser Barbara Butters has won a top community award for her tireless support for cash-starved Polish hospitals.  more...

ROADWORKS LOOM

DESPERATELY-needed resurfacing work is about to be carried out on one of Congleton's busiest roads.  more...

Congleton Sport

DEADLY DALE KICKSTARTS PROMOTION PUSH

ALSAGER launched themselves back into the promotion race on Saturday with a vital win over second-placed Lostock.  more...

COLLEGE STARS CRUSH ALSAGER

COLLEGE hockey players dealt a major blow to Alsager's promotion hopes at the weekend by hitting eight against the highfliers.  more...

COLIN'S COSTLY CLANGERS

TWO blunders by young goalkeeper Colin Smith cost Congleton Town dear on Saturday as they conceded a last-gasp winner.  more...

Congleton What'S On

EVERYTHING IS SHIP SHAPE

ACTORS are busy ensuring everything will be ship-shape for one of their most ambitious school productions.  more...

MUSICAL MARVEL

TALENTED musician Rebecca Farrar has hit the right note in her bid to win a place at one of the world's top music colleges.  more...

Crewe News

PIE FIRM BRINGS JOBS HOPE

A MULTI million pound 'showpiece' pie factory is set to create a jobs bonanza in Crewe.  more...

THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT

A BLAZING inferno happened after a head on car crash in a quiet village...but it doesn't count as an accident in official statistics!  more...

ANTI-HUNT ACTIVISTS HIT OUT AFTER WEEKEND CLASHES

ANIMAL rights campaigners clashed with police and hunt supporters last weekend.  more...

LYCEUM THEATRE MAKES A MIGHTY LOTTERY BID

CREWE'S Lyceum Theatre is making a £4.5million bid for national lottery cash.  more...

ON TRACK FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE

MANAGERS who have just taken over a Crewe-based company say the future is looking good.  more...

WINDFALL TO HELP LEANING TOWER

FUND-RAISERS for Wybunbury's famous 'leaning' church tower are celebrating a £100,000 windfall from the National Lottery.  more...

WELSH ROW SOLUTION IN SIGHT?

A COMPROMISE may be thrashed out to help save part of Nantwich's historic Welsh Row from closure.  more...

Crewe Sport

WYCOMBE FORCE THE PACE

WYCOMBE WANDERERS 2 CREWE ALEXANDRA...0  more...

SKIPPER WHALLEY OFF TO LIVERPOOL

CREWE Alex skipper Gareth Whalley has been snapped up for training with premiership giants Liverpool.  more...

THE FANS VERDICT

CREWE'S winning streak came to an end this week when they lost 2-0 to Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday.  more...

MANAGER TO APPEAL OVER PLAYER'S SENDING OFF

TOWN boss Clive Jackson is set to appeal against the sending off of top player John Scarlett in last week's match against Salford.  more...

Crewe What'S On

MONEY SPINNING STUNT BY HOSPITAL DJS

LEIGHTON Hospital's radio team are planning a marathon sponsored broadcast to raise funds.  more...

Knutsford Features

NOT content with changing the colour of our mushy peas and making us drink our beer in litres, the E

But this time our flowers have come under the glare of Brussels. It seems we have been calling them by the wrong name.  more...

IT has been a long, hard climb up the ladder of success but manager Sally Bennett has proved to hers

Now Sally, 42, who has recently been appointed Purchasing and Database Manager of a car leasing company has set her sights on becoming a director.  more...

KNUTSFORD schoolgirl Jodie King has been chosen as this year's Knutsford Royal May Queen.

The 12-year-old will be crowned by Richard Cowgill on Saturday May 3.  more...

Knutsford Letters

EVERY week I write this column.

Sometimes I comment on daily aspects of life. Sometimes I review political and social issues. Other times I highlight the funny side of life.  more...

Knutsford News

VILLAGERS this week told treetop protesters opposing a second runway: We're right behind you.

Environmentalists currently occupying woodland which will be swallowed up by Manchester Airport's £172m scheme were given loud applause by 300 people attending a meeting in Mobberley.  more...

RESIDENTS are to comb land deeds in a last-ditch bid to stop a second runway.

Mobberley Village Society has spent £700 obtaining the documents covering areas which will be concreted by Manchester Airport's £172m scheme.  more...

A NEWBORN baby who could hardly breathe battled back from the brink of death.

Little Emily Hobday's lungs filled with a tar-like substance during labour and doctors expected her to die.  more...

TWO of Knutsford's bus links are facing the axe because of a cash crisis in Cheshire's transport bud

The Friday rural service from Congleton to Altrincham - which runs through Holmes Chapel, Knutsford and Rostherne - and the morning school run from Knutsford to Wilmslow will disappear in April if councillors accept transport bosses' recommendations.  more...

A BUSINESSMAN has been told he can't spend a penny on his land.

And without a toilet Jim Bristow says he can't take on more staff.  more...

KNUTSFORD holiday company Eurocamp maintained profits and increased turnover last year - despite a b

Eurocamp made pre-tax profits of £9.27 million and increased turnover by 20.4 per cent in the face of a sharp fall in the numbers of people taking holidays in France.  more...

KNUTSFORD'S sewage system is set for a £1.8 MILLION boost after Eurocrats demanded higher standards

North West Water has submitted a scheme to further purify treated effluent discharged into Birkin Brook.  more...

Knutsford Sport

WHEN these two teams were in the same division they always managed to produce an evenly matched and

Knutsford's premier league status was evident in the first half hour, but was irrelevant in the later stages as Kartel battled away to earn themselves a well deserved replay in a couple of week's time.  more...

MATT Davenport dented Knutsford's league hopes on Saturday when he scored with a first half strike.

The Grove goalscorer slid the ball home after an unlucky Dave Kenyon slip on 32 minutes - and the visitors completed a 2-0 win with a second half goal.  more...

Knutsford What'S On

FROM the show-stopping opening number to the grand finale, Knutsford Gang Show was a spectacle of de

The show opened on Monday night to a packed house who responded enthusiastically to the sheer enthusiasm and enjoyment of the cast.  more...

Winsford Business

LINK HOPES TO OFFER SUPPORT

BUSINESS Link Vale Royal has been chosen to help local companies, particularly small and medium sized firms, thrive in the emerging information-based economy.  more...

CHESHIRE SET TO BE CATAPULTED INTO EURO SPOTLIGHT

BUSINESSES could benefit from an attempt to raise Cheshire's profile in Europe.  more...

Winsford Features

Goal-den boy Rob's 'Ruud' awakening

A WINSFORD player manager who compares himself to Ruud Gullit has made a name for himself playing football in the town for the past 20 years.  more...

TAKE A STEP BACK TO THE 40s AND 50s

PHOTOGRAPHS of Old Winsford are scarce enough and the majority of the ones in postcard form cover the era from around 1904 until the 1920s.  more...

Winsford Letters

DO DOCUMENTS HOLD THE KEY?

IN RESPONSE to an article and letters over the last two weeks, reference: Concern Over Developments.  more...

Winsford News

BRAVE BABY EMILY BATTLES BACK FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH

A NEWBORN baby who could hardly breathe has battled back from the brink of death.  more...

CHILDREN IN BEDRROM BLAZE DRAMA

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Vauxhall Way, Winsford on Sunday morning after children were believed to have started a blaze in a bedroom with a box of matches.  more...

BUILDER FACED JAIL OVER RACIAL ABUSE

A BUILDER who hurled racial abuse at staff in a Winsford Indian take-away has been ordered to do community service.  more...

Wanted - weekly worshippers

CHURCH worker Stuart Munkley fears his weekly service may have been forgotten because fewer and fewer people are attending to listen to his sermon.  more...

MAN ARMED WITH SLEDGEHAMMER THREATENED DSS STAFF

WINSFORD man walked into Northwich Benefits Agency armed with a sledgehammer and hurled abuse at a terrified worker, magistrates heard.  more...

HERO RESCUES MAN FROM FIRE

A MAN was dragged to safety by a passer-by after his home was engulfed in flames.  more...

KNIFE FIEND ATTACKS MAN

A VIOLENT knife attacker stabbed a man in Winsford town centre on Monday night and stole more than £100 cash from his pocket.  more...

Girls "spice up" club's birthday

WILLOW Wood Youth Club celebrated its 4th anniversary this week with a performance from Winsford's very own Spice Girls.  more...

Police swoop on £50,000 worth of stolen car parts

POLICE raided a property in Sproston last Wednesday morning and recovered £50,000 worth of plant equipment and car parts.  more...

Winsford Sport

NEWS FROM OVER THE POND

THE Guardian has received a special message from over the "pond".  more...

MANAGEMENT SPLIT ROCKS THE ROBINS

THE pressure on the new Middlewich Athletic management team finally took it's toll last Saturday when a disagreement between the club's three managers led to a split.  more...

UNITED HOPE TO BOMB LANCASTER

AFTER dominating the early stages of last Saturday's home league clash with Boston, Winsford United were beaten by a sucker-punch goal early in the second half.  more...

Winsford What'S On

Russian ice show will be a thrill a minute

EVERYONE has heard of Sleeping Beauty on Ice, Cinderella on Ice and Phantom of the Opera on Ice, but now there is a unique play coming to the rink - Carmen on Ice.  more...

Fathers of folk-rock join forces with Val Doonican

MUSIC lovers can get in tune with two bands performing at Crewe Lyceum this month.  more...

Millionaire Mel's money's a Ransom reward

RANSOM is a daring film which defies all expectations, with the adrenaline rush, an exciting pace and an unusual twist, it's a film not to be missed.  more...

Craft an artistic hobby

CRAFTY adults and arty kids have no excuse to be bored on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons, instead they can join in the fun at art and craft workshops.  more...

  
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