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The Origins of Nursery Rhymes, part 2

Owley Wood Recreation Club Barrymore Road, Weaverham, CW8 3LS, United Kingdom

December, the time for fun and frolics and Judy Popley will be entertaining us with her look at nursery rhymes through the ages.

Parkgate Port and Resort

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

Anthony Annakin-Smith will be giving us the remarkable story of the ‘seaside village without any sea’.

Cloch – a 19th Century Tallship Voyage

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

A first hand account of voyaging aboard a 19th century sailing ship, the Clyde-built barque Cloch. Ian Bellard has drawn from his great-grandfather’s 1897-1899 account of 2 years in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The Joy of Scousers and Scouse

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

Ken Pye, a well known Liverpudlian, will be taking an entertaining look at the people of Liverpool and scouse, the dish and dialect.

The Miracle in the Desert

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

In 1865 the tea-clipper Mimosa took 150 Welsh men, women and children from Liverpool to Patagonia, they were hoping to set up a "New Wales" to preserve their language and culture.  What happened next?  Dr Clare Dudman will be able to give you the answer.

Nelson and Trafalgar

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

Derek Arnold will be able to complete your knowledge of Horatio Nelson, both his personal life and as the man who planned, executed and achieved his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, ending with his tragic death.

Loyalty Binds Me

Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD

Marion Moulton, Secretary of the North Mercia Branch of the Richard III Society, will be illustrating the life of this 15th century king who, although only reigning for 3 years, became one of our most notorious monarchs after his death at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.