Today, 6 September, is National Read a Book Day, an excuse to get comfortable and delight in a good read. One of life’s greatest pleasures! Then you can plan ahead for the coming heritage season. To start, this coming Monday, 7 September, the Frodsham & District History Society have their September…
We start the new season of talks with a fascinating local investigation by Tina Lawton, a family historian from Grappenhall. Following on from the original question, “What is that stone doing by the side of the road” she discovered a tale of Victorian philanthropy. You can meet Tina at the…
In AD 79 Herculaneum was buried by ash and pumice during the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Also buried were hundreds of scrolls which had been carbonised into solid black lumps and were thought to be undecipherable. The scrolls could not be unrolled to be read without them crumbling and being destroyed. …
Maurice Egerton gave Tatton Park to the National Trust “to educate and delight”. He left an amazing legacy here in Cheshire as well as in Kenya, where he is renowned for his schools and University and his “mini” Tatton Park. The next meeting of the Society will be held on…
Saturday, 11 July 2026 It will be a wonderful 100 years celebration as the traditional parade makes its way through the village, followed by a great day of fun for all the family on Lakehouse Field. The parade through the village will start at 1pm followed by the crowning on…
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 9 June at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. In June we shall see the return of one of our favourite speakers, Elizabeth Morris, a performance storyteller. She will be looking at the Methodists…
Originating in damp woods and meadows across Europe and the Middle East, snowdrops can now be found growing happily across the UK. They prefer damp soil and are often to be found in broadleaved woodland and along riverbanks, but can also be seen in parks, gardens, cemeteries, meadows and scrub.…
How our understanding of the night sky has been depicted in art throughout history. Come and find out about the cosmos and the art of the world when our speaker for February, Steve Warbis from the Macclesfield Astronomical Society, will reveal all. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 10…
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 13 January at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy on Northwich Road. This month Clive Brooks, a local historian, will be giving us an oversight of Robert Smith-Barry and his flying exploits. Robert Smith-Barry was one of the…
Welcome to the start of our new season of talks. On Tuesday, 9 September we have Jonathan Plant who has been exploring some of the prehistoric forts and enclosures which can be discovered in Cheshire, in particular along the Sandstone Ridge. So although the grassy lumps and bumps you may…
