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The Weaverham History Society has just published a new book. It is based upon an earlier book by the Society from the 1980s called ‘Old Weaverham – a Pictorial History’. With the help of Anne Loader Publications, we have updated and reissued this book. The new publication is called ‘Weaverham…
The 2023 Weaverham Rose Queen is Poppy Sofia Gibson. She is 14 years old and attends The County High School Leftwich. Her hobbies are football and troupe. We wish her a wonderful time for her year representing Weaverham. The history of the Weaverham Rose Fete started in the early 1900s…
Now it is July, and you may have put in your diary the dates for the next RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park, which is between 19 to 23 July. It is high summer and everything in your garden will be in full growth, so I thought it appropriate to…
Postscript: A Glance at History in the Making? In 2022, Her Majesty the Queen becomes the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. The village celebrated previous jubilees over the years, in different ways. They provided useful landmarks of the particular times in which…
Looking back to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II held on a rainy Tuesday, 2 June 1953, there were many celebrations held in Weaverham and a commemorative programme was printed. (If anyone still has a copy we would be happy to scan it to add to our archive). The celebrations…
Miss Lydia Becker was from Manchester and was a successful biologist, astronomer and botanist and, between 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. The eldest of 15 children, she become a suffragist and the acknowledged, though unofficial, national leader of the women’s suffrage movement in the late 19th century. …
The sun is shining and the birds are singing, preparing for warmer weather. Soon we will be able to see the spring bulbs that have been planted by the Weaverham Trust over the past few years on the verges of the roads entering the village. The sight is glorious and…
Below is the account of Weaverham resident and Falklands veteran Tom Navin who served in 1982 as a combat medic as part of The Red and Green Life Machine. ‘I passed out from basic training in March 1982 aged 18 qualifying as a Combat Medic and posted to 16 Fd…
The society has been fortunate in having access to two ledgers relating to the Barrymore Institute. One was the Accounts Ledger from 1908 onwards (with the occasional gap) and one the Minute Book from 1930 onwards. It is worth noting that the year…
To any newcomers to the village it may seem that the High Street has been a steady unchanging presence, a bit like a familiar tune. A wander through the archives offers a different refrain. The society aims to keep an updated photographic record of the village as it evolves and…
