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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
As if you didn't know, the Crewe & Nantwich Festival is under way with stacks of events ongoing across this week. CNBC Mayor Brian Silvester officially opened the festival with a ribbon cutting ceremony over at Nantwich's St Mary's church. Accompanied by the Mayoress he met people and organisations who have helped prepare for this year's events. It all culminates with the carnival at Queens Park on...
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Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Full coverage of UK Politics At the weekend, the Mandrake column included a story about how Tamsin Dunwoody, daughter of the late Crewe and Nantwich MP Gwyneth, won't be standing in the seat again after her unsuccessful candidacy at...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
We've mentioned Quakers Coppice a few times on Crewe blog . It's one of those little gems that often go unnoticed. Tucked away behind the business park off Crewe Road (map here ) and adjacent to new warehousing units and car dealerships off University Way, this oasis of calm is conveniently situated on the edge of Crewe. You can walk, bike or catch a ( no.20 ) bus to it, there are plenty of ( free...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
How exciting has this Olympic games been? Edge of the seat stuff, from slick cyclists to the well-oiled oarsmen and women who have scooped gold after gold. For Crewe, most of the pre-games hype surrounded Beth Tweddle, the accomplished gymnast who has a World Championship to her name and was expected to excel in Beijing. There was a stutter in the team event when she clipped one of the bars but clung...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Look close enough and you'll find a creepy side to any town. We have more than our fair share of the stuff around these parts and it extended over to Crewe Station last week courtesy of TimP and his Crewe & Nantwich Ghost Tours . Indeed, a tour of the creepy side of the station took place as part of a Drama and Dance Residency Week, itself part of Crewe and Nantwich Festival . The group took in dark...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Don't forget the week-long series of events that make up this year's Crewe & Nantwich Festival . A few bits and bobs started on Saturday that you might have seen advertised, but projects, performances, workshops and displays take place across the week leading up to Saturday's Crewe Carnival ( inc the procession from 11am ) finale, with an outdoor Party in the Park and fireworks. Check out the full...
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A View from Rural Wales (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Never nice to see a former colleague fall on hard times - and I've almost forgotten about the nauseating strategy she adopted in Crewe and Nantwich earlier this year, when she and her party ran a reptilian campaign against Edward Timpson, who won the seat for the Conservatives. But it was a sad little piece in Mandrake's column in the weekend Telegraph concerning former AM, Tamsin Dunwoody. Tamsin...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Now we don't publicise every act in Crewe, but when it's something at the Lyceum Theatre and the band concerned do a thing or two for charity then why not? Oh, and they're not half bad if you like Bono, The Edge et al... anyway, ZU2 - is, apparently, the World’s No.1 U2 Tribute Show and they support many charities. One of them is the Teenage Cancer Trust . ZU2 are performing at the Lyceum Theatre on...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The first Crewe and Nantwich Playday event for 5 years was staged in Shavington last week. Organised by the Crewe and Nantwich Play Partnership in conjunction with CNBC the day was a great success and attended by hundreds of people. The theme was " Give it a Go " which called for children to be allowed challenging and adventurous play opportunities. This included Circus and Percussion Workshops, Balloon...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
We've had this theme on the blog last year, the great debate about spending council tax money on flowers around the town. Personally, I think it's superb. It really lifts the town centre experience and on a sunny day Market Street, Victoria Street, Queensway, Market Square and Municipal Square look stunning. Some moan saying it's a waste of cash. What do you think? . As ever, we'll try and grab a few...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Ok, here's the third Labour Parliamentary candidate to make himself known, hoping to become the candidate worthy of challenging for the local MP job. This time it comes in the form of an open letter from Steve Conquest. See what you think... . "At a time when the people of Crewe and Nantwich have begun to feel the effects of what is being called the credit crunch, we have to remember that this is a...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Last month we mentioned the fact that Modus ( the town centre developer ) was talking with a few firms about taking up two-year lets on certain Queensway properties. Basically, while the town centre revamp is on hold, it's going to look much better if the old shops remain open - thus bringing more folk into the shopping area. One of the companies attracted back is Martin Dawes who will reclaim their...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This weekend's Crewe & Nantwich Festival is now set to be a rip-roaring success. Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council, in conjunction with The M Club and Caudwell Children have just announced that the Party in the Park , starring Jason Donovan, to be held in Queen’s Park on Saturday 23rd August will now be a FREE event. The event will be funded by the Borough Council and the M Club Live Music Venue in...
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Thought we'd have a player quiz for today's Alex post. One for the slightly older generation. Any ideas? Otherwise, back to current day, and there have been a couple of set-backs in the league but, according to Crewe Guardian sports reporter Toby Robinson, the Crewe Alexandra gaffer is not starting to panic just yet... . STEVE Holland remains confident his new-look Alex side will make progress in League...
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Mersey Basin Campaign Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Just a quick post to point out a post on Crewe BLOG today detailing the author's trip to Quaker's Coppice in Crewe with Izzy from Action Upper Weaver. Creweblogger has posted some great pictures of his trip to the site...
