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…
This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the latest edition of the “Weaverham News”. In this issue we look at our River Weaver. Some residents in Sandy Lane and Acton Bridge will not feel well disposed to our river presently but it can’t be wished away. …
Helsby had its balloon pioneer but Weaverham also has had its occasional brush with aeronauts of one sort or another, mostly in wartime but not entirely. The best known and featured elsewhere on the website is the bombing of Nook Farm in November 1940. Images courtesy of Weaverham History Society…
Netflix is not usually on the Weaverham History Society’s sources for local history matters. However, the recent film “The Dig”, from an original book of the same name by John Preston, tells a semi-fictional story of the Sutton Hoo Excavation. Newlyweds Frank and Edith Pretty purchased a property, Tranmer House,…
Here are the answers to the Quiz that can be found in Weaverham News October 2020 . 1 Which Weaverham housing estate is 100 years old this year? Happy birthday to the Owley Wood estate! 2 What’s the name of the book, written more than 1000 years ago, in which…
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…
August 2020 Gardens in Weaverham Well, we have reached August. Our gardens are changing as they progress from Spring to Summer. All the beautiful bulbs, the snowdrops, daffodils, tulips and many more quietly come up year after year to herald Spring. Then, as the leaves begin to clothe the trees…
80th Aniversary 2020 Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the fall of France, Germany planned to gain air supremacy in preparation for the invasion of Great Britain. The Luftwaffe began with an air and sea blockade targeting coastal shipping, convoys and shipping centres but on 1st August 1940…
COVID -19 – Surviving the “Great Lockdown” With limited access to movement anywhere, DIY and (for those fortunate to have one) gardening, and all of their associated tasks have dominated in this household. But they do seem to have become intertwined. An old but still useful set of step ladders,…
Arthur Lambert was just 21 when he was called up in July 1939. After training he joined one of the “crack” units of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Fifth Regiment and in early April 1940 he went to France. A few weeks passed, the battery were moved around but saw…
