A fun street lamp from Stratford Upon Avon The streets in towns and cities have always been lit in a random fashion, with lighting given by the owner of the house to just that bit of thoroughfare outside the house. [From personal experience I might add that pavements throughout the…
It is March and although we can see signs of spring the winds are still cold and the skies cloudy. However, to cheer you up we have the next meeting of the Society which will be held on Tuesday, 12 March, at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich…
Our speaker this month will be Chris Green, also known as “the History Chap”. His talk will be entitled “1066, England’s Game of Thrones”. How did Weaverham fare in the turmoil of that period? Weaverham in 1066 was owned by Edwin Earl of Mercia. At the time the village was…
After the jollifications of Christmas and New Year and a little rest in January, the days are now noticeably becoming longer and we can welcome the procession of spring flowers, starting with snowdrops. The snowdrop is a perennial which is part of the amaryllis family and is native to Europe…
If any of you have shopped in Chester you will remember that iconic department store, Browns of Chester. At our February, Sue Taylor, a family historian, will be giving us the story of the family who owned the store and what they did for the city of Chester. The meeting…
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…
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 11 July at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy on Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. On the 11th we will have Anthony Annakin Smith, a local historian, who will be talking about the Foundling Hospital in Chester. This hospital…
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…
Both Charles I and Charles II had 2 coronations, one in Scotland and one in England. Charles II was first crowned in Scotland at Scone on 1 January 1651.
Welcome to the next meeting of the Weaverham History Society which will be on Tuesday, 13 June at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. To entertain us we will have Tom Jones, a Chester tour guide, who will be finding the darker areas of Chester…
