Historical articles
Bradshaw House as you see it now on Lawton Street, Congleton, was built in 1820 and is a grade II listed Georgian-fronted property. The name, however, derives from an occupant of a previous house on the site which it replaced. This original building, then known as Cole Hill House, was…
Operation Neptune is more commonly known as D-Day and refers to the landing operations and associated airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Planning began in 1943 and the Allies conducted a substantial military deception codenamed ‘Bodyguard’ months…
Operation Neptune, often referred to as D-Day, took place 80 years ago, on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and marked the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and the operation began the liberation…
(and impeccable handwriting). 29/09/2022 One of the more recognisable buildings that has been featured before is the Barrymore Institute. It is not one of the listed buildings in the village but that doesn’t mean it has not played a major part in the history of Weaverham. An earlier article on…
In October Margaret Ingham, Chair of the Friends of Warrington Transporter Bridge, will be talking about transporter bridges, both the one across the Mersey in Warrington and others across the world. The Friends act as the independent voice of the bridge, which is the only rail transporter bridge in the…
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…
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…
In 1874 Weaverham made the National newspaper headlines. Doctor Frazer, the medical officer for the area, reported that, “Since August 1874 scarlet fever has spread in this Township until it has become epidemic. Until the 9th. of November there had been 165 cases in Weaverham and 241 in the local…
VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY Although war in Europe ended in May 1945, the war in the Far East continued for several months until shortly after the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in the wake of which, on 15th August 1945 Imperial Japan surrendered. This effectively ended the Second…
