Editor's note:
In April, May, June, July and August 2020 during the days of the first Coronavirus (or Covid 19) 'lockdown', we thought it might be a good idea to revisit some of the hundreds of Middlewich Diary entries from the last nine years, giving the people of Middlewich the chance to spend some of their increased leisure time re-acquainting themselves with this unique record of Middlewich through the years. Here, all in one place, are links to all the postings.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO A CHANGE OF URL CERTAIN LINKS (HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IN DIARY ENTRIES) MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY WORKING. THESE ARE BEING UPDATED AS TIME ALLOWS. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
5th APRIL 2020:CROWDS AT THE 1952 CARNIVAL
6th APRIL 2020: BRICKER CUP WINNERS TROPHY 1938
7th APRIL 2020: THE TURNOVER BRIDGE
8th APRIL 2020: SEDDON'S BROOKS LANE WORKS 1969 and 2017
9th APRIL 2020: 'PIRATE SHIP' VISITS MIDDLEWICH
10th APRIL 2020: MIDDLEWICH AUTOS and BOOSEY'S GARDEN CENTRE
11th APRIL 2020: 'WYCH & WATER' - DEEP IN MIDDLEWICH SALT COUNTRY
12th APRIL: MIDDLEWICH TOWN WHARF - EASTER SUNDAY 2013
13th APRIL 2020: FAMILIAR MIDDLEWICH FACES IN FAMILIAR MIDDLEWICH PLACES
+ 'CHESHIRE IN COLOUR' - A FILM FROM THE ROBERTS COLLECTION
14th APRIL 2020: THE DODGER AT CREWE 1955
15th APRIL 2020: KINDERTON STREET ROAD SIGN 1973.
...and....'DID CHARLIE CRABBE MEET TOM JONES?'
16th APRIL 2020: RICHARD DEVANEY IN A KILT 1973
17th APRIL 2020: MIDDLEWICH SALT COMPANY LETTERHEAD 1946
18th APRIL 2020: DEMOLITION OF SHOPS ON HIGHTOWN 1972
19th APRIL 2020: NOW and THEN: CHALLINOR'S/GIBBIN'S SHOP IN 1948 and 2012
20th APRIL 2020: KING STREET IN THE 1940s
21st APRIL 2020: A MYSTERY WOOD MYSTERY
22nd APRIL 2020: LAWRENCE GARDENS and LAWRENCE AVENUE
23rd APRIL 2020: THE 1984 LEWIN STREET LORRY CRASH
24th APRIL 2020: SALT WORKS, GAS WORKS AND CANAL 1960s
25th April 2020: THE JUNCTION INN, LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
26th APRIL 2020: MIDDLEWICH PARISH CHURCH, circa 1906
+ 'THE JEWEL IN OUR CROWN' MIDDLEWICH CORONATION CELEBRATIONS 1937
28th APRIL 2020: 'THE VIEW FROM 1987 - 'CHURCH AND CHIMNEY'
(MIDDLEWICH CHRONICLE ARTICLE)
29th APRIL 2020: THE BOGOTA BOYS AT THE 1949 MIDDLEWICH CARNIVAL
30th APRIL 2020: THE ORIGINAL LONG LANE CANAL BRIDGE
1st MAY 2020: THE TV DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW (HARRY JACKSON)
2nd MAY 2020: THE BUTCHERED BUTCHER'S SHOP
3rd MAY 2020: FRED DODD'S GENTS' OUTFITTERS SHOP, LEWIN STREET, 1970s
4th MAY 2020: STEAMING THROUGH MIDDLEWICH (THE FIRST STEAM TRAIN THROUGH MIDDLEWICH SINCE 1968)
5th MAY 2020: AERIAL VIEW OF MIDDLEWICH 2018 by CHRIS FUCHS
6th MAY 2020: THE BERTIE WILKINSON MURDER - 50 YEARS ON
7th MAY 2020: LEWIN STREET FROM THE CHURCH TOWER 1972
8th MAY 2020: LINK TO 'THE WAR AT HOME' - MIDDLEWICH HERITAGE TRUST
(for the 75th Anniversary of VE Day)
10th MAY 2020: 'BANK HOLIDAY'
A short film made a couple of years before World War II showing the rural delights of Cheshire.
11th MAY 2020: LEWIN STREET and LEADSMITHY STREET FROM THE CHURCH TOWER 1983.
12th MAY 2020: CHESTER ROAD, CORONATION DAY, 12th MAY 1937
13th MAY 2020: THE WOODLANDS, NANTWICH ROAD, 1960s
14th MAY 2020: THE OTHER MIDDLEWICH
12th MAY 2020: CHESTER ROAD, CORONATION DAY, 12th MAY 1937
13th MAY 2020: THE WOODLANDS, NANTWICH ROAD, 1960s
14th MAY 2020: THE OTHER MIDDLEWICH
15th MAY 2020: MIDDLEWICH HISTORY IN MINIATURE
(THE SAXA SALT RAILWAY WAGON)
16th MAY 2020: THE END OF AN ERA - THE CLOSURE OF THE WHITE HORSE MARCH 2018
17th MAY 2020: 'THE DODGER' AT MIDDLEWICH STATION, 1959
18th MAY 2020: EARL'S YARD REVISITED
19th MAY 2020: OATES BUILDERS' MERCHANTS 1987
16th MAY 2020: THE END OF AN ERA - THE CLOSURE OF THE WHITE HORSE MARCH 2018
17th MAY 2020: 'THE DODGER' AT MIDDLEWICH STATION, 1959
18th MAY 2020: EARL'S YARD REVISITED
19th MAY 2020: OATES BUILDERS' MERCHANTS 1987
20th MAY 2020: SOUTHWAY THEN AND NOW (1987 and 2018)
21st MAY 2020: BARCLAY HOUSE, SOUTHWAY 2012
(UPDATED THE DAY THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED)
+ THE SALT SIDING AND THE BRINE LINE
22nd MAY 2020 'BROKEN DREAMS'. AN EDITORIAL ON THE ABANDONMENT BY
TESCO OF PLANS FOR A 'SUPERSTORE' IN MIDDLEWICH
IN 2012. REPUBLISHED WITH ADDITIONAL FACEBOOK FEEDBACK
FOLLOWING THE START OF THE DEMOLITION OF BARCLAY HOUSE.
23rd MAY 2020: 'NINETY-NINE YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT'. THE ALHAMBRA.
24th MAY 2020: WHISTON'S TV VAN. EARLY 1960s
25th MAY: THE NIDDRIE'S BISCUIT TIN SONG!
26th MAY: 'WEDDING BELLS' (FILM). A 1938 MIDDLEWICH WEDDING
27th MAY: MIDDLEWICH RAMBLERS CYCLING CLUB BADGES
28th MAY: 'LOVE AMONG THE SALT PACKETS' (SONG)
29th MAY: SEDDON'S SALT ADVERTISEMENT 1895
30th MAY: A MIDDLEWICH UDC RATE DEMAND 1971
31st MAY: A MIDDLEWICH-NORTHWICH RAILWAY TOKEN
1st JUNE: INSTAMATIC MEMORIES
2nd JUNE: PATRIOTIC VERSES ON INN SIGNS AT MIDDLEWICH (c1804)
21st MAY 2020: BARCLAY HOUSE, SOUTHWAY 2012
(UPDATED THE DAY THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED)
+ THE SALT SIDING AND THE BRINE LINE
22nd MAY 2020 'BROKEN DREAMS'. AN EDITORIAL ON THE ABANDONMENT BY
TESCO OF PLANS FOR A 'SUPERSTORE' IN MIDDLEWICH
IN 2012. REPUBLISHED WITH ADDITIONAL FACEBOOK FEEDBACK
FOLLOWING THE START OF THE DEMOLITION OF BARCLAY HOUSE.
23rd MAY 2020: 'NINETY-NINE YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT'. THE ALHAMBRA.
25th MAY: THE NIDDRIE'S BISCUIT TIN SONG!
26th MAY: 'WEDDING BELLS' (FILM). A 1938 MIDDLEWICH WEDDING
27th MAY: MIDDLEWICH RAMBLERS CYCLING CLUB BADGES
28th MAY: 'LOVE AMONG THE SALT PACKETS' (SONG)
29th MAY: SEDDON'S SALT ADVERTISEMENT 1895
30th MAY: A MIDDLEWICH UDC RATE DEMAND 1971
31st MAY: A MIDDLEWICH-NORTHWICH RAILWAY TOKEN
1st JUNE: INSTAMATIC MEMORIES
2nd JUNE: PATRIOTIC VERSES ON INN SIGNS AT MIDDLEWICH (c1804)
3rd JUNE: ERF MIDDLEWICH IN THE 1980s
4th JUNE: CLIFF'S CANNON BALL DISCOVERY (2010)
5th JUNE: 'MEMORIES OF A BOATWOMAN' (RADIO PROGRAMME)
6th JUNE: PANSMITHS AT MURGATROYD'S MIDDLEWICH 1963
7th JUNE: 'DOWN THE FACTORY LANE' - FINNEY'S LANE 1968
8th JUNE: 'EVERYTHING STARTS WITH AN 'E''
(ERF, ES6, ECSTASY AND ACID HOUSE)
4th JUNE: CLIFF'S CANNON BALL DISCOVERY (2010)
5th JUNE: 'MEMORIES OF A BOATWOMAN' (RADIO PROGRAMME)
6th JUNE: PANSMITHS AT MURGATROYD'S MIDDLEWICH 1963
7th JUNE: 'DOWN THE FACTORY LANE' - FINNEY'S LANE 1968
8th JUNE: 'EVERYTHING STARTS WITH AN 'E''
(ERF, ES6, ECSTASY AND ACID HOUSE)
9th JUNE: 'GLIMPSES OF MIDDLEWICH & WINSFORD IN THE 1960s' (FILM)
10th JUNE: 'FOLK, BOATS, SALT AND BISTO'
11th JUNE: NOW & THEN: REID'S BAKERY, 1987, 2012 and 2016
12th JUNE: THE ORANGE WONDER, 1973
13th JUNE: HIGHTOWN IN MONOCHROME AND COLOUR, EARLY 20th CENTURY
14th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH'S TWIN AQUEDUCTS
15th JUNE: THE FIRST MIDDLEWICH FOLK & BOAT FESTIVAL 1990
16th JUNE: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE FOLK & BOAT FESTIVAL
17th JUNE: STEVENTON'S YOUNG ENTERTAINERS (MIDDLEWICH CARNIVAL 1973)
18th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH ROCK & ROLL DANCERS AT MFAB25
19th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH GUARD STONES
10th JUNE: 'FOLK, BOATS, SALT AND BISTO'
11th JUNE: NOW & THEN: REID'S BAKERY, 1987, 2012 and 2016
12th JUNE: THE ORANGE WONDER, 1973
13th JUNE: HIGHTOWN IN MONOCHROME AND COLOUR, EARLY 20th CENTURY
14th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH'S TWIN AQUEDUCTS
15th JUNE: THE FIRST MIDDLEWICH FOLK & BOAT FESTIVAL 1990
16th JUNE: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE FOLK & BOAT FESTIVAL
17th JUNE: STEVENTON'S YOUNG ENTERTAINERS (MIDDLEWICH CARNIVAL 1973)
18th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH ROCK & ROLL DANCERS AT MFAB25
19th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH GUARD STONES
20th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH'S CIVIC INSIGNIA
21st JUNE: DAD AT CEREBOS (FOR FATHER'S DAY 2020)
22nd JUNE: MFAB MEMORIES: COPING WITH THE CAMPERS
23rd JUNE: STRANGE VISITOR (THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER)
24th JUNE: HERITAGE SOCIETY PLAQUES: SALINAE CENTRE
22nd JUNE: MFAB MEMORIES: COPING WITH THE CAMPERS
23rd JUNE: STRANGE VISITOR (THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER)
24th JUNE: HERITAGE SOCIETY PLAQUES: SALINAE CENTRE
26th JUNE: MIDDLEWICH TOWN HALL and HIGHTOWN 1960s
27th JUNE: 'OUR TOWN' (VIDEO)
28th JUNE: THE RIVER CROCO IN FLOOD, MID 1980s
29th JUNE: 'KORAL'S WORLD DANCE' (STEVE KORALSKI)
28th JUNE: THE RIVER CROCO IN FLOOD, MID 1980s
29th JUNE: 'KORAL'S WORLD DANCE' (STEVE KORALSKI)
30th JUNE: 'DOUBLE STRENGTH' - A FILM FROM THE 1930s
1st JULY: POCHIN'S (ICI) OFFICES BROOKS LANE, 1973
2nd JULY: THE COTTON HOUSES
3rd JULY: MIDDLEWICH SHOW 1937 (FILM, STP/BFI)
4th JULY: MEET ME ON THE CORNER - LINDISFARNE AT MFAB 25
2nd JULY: THE COTTON HOUSES
3rd JULY: MIDDLEWICH SHOW 1937 (FILM, STP/BFI)
4th JULY: MEET ME ON THE CORNER - LINDISFARNE AT MFAB 25
5th JULY: GREEN'S SHOP IN HAYHURST AVENUE, 1990s.
8th JULY: C of E INFANTS SCHOOL, LEWIN STREET
9th JULY: SEDDON'S ROW, 1974
10th JULY: DERELICT HOUSE IN NANTWICH ROAD, 2011
11th JULY: RINGING THE CHANGES, 1969
12th JULY: MIDDLEWICH SELECT XI TEAM 1985
13th JULY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1973
14th JULY: MIDDLEWICH ALKALI WORKS RUGBY TEAM 1938-39
14th JULY: MIDDLEWICH ALKALI WORKS RUGBY TEAM 1938-39
15th JULY: 'MIDDLEWITCH MAYHEM' (BOOK BY HEATHER PARKER).
16th JULY: 'OLD NELL' - A TALE FROM 1834
17th JULY: 'A WARTIME TAILOR'S ACCOUNT (1942)
18th JULY: A MEADOW DAIRY TALE: 'THE MANGLED GROCERIES'
19th JULY: 'GHOSTS OF MIDDLEWICH STATION' by TREVOR BURTON
20th JULY: MIDDLEWICH STATION GARDEN 1950s
21st JULY: CEREBOS OF THE ANTARCTIC 1910
22nd JULY: THE MIDDLEWICH DIARY: FIVE YEARS ON
23rd JULY: MORETON'S FARMHOUSE 1970
24th JULY: WILLOW-WREN KEARNS 1972
25th JULY: THE BATTLE(S) OF MIDDLEWICH (ARCHIVED)
26th JULY: MEET THE MIDDLEWICH METEORS
27th JULY: MURGATROYD'S SALT STORE-ROOM c1914
28th JULY: A MIDDLEWICH MYSTERY: BRASS CAPS
29th JULY: ON THE MIDDLEWICH BRANCH 2003
16th JULY: 'OLD NELL' - A TALE FROM 1834
17th JULY: 'A WARTIME TAILOR'S ACCOUNT (1942)
18th JULY: A MEADOW DAIRY TALE: 'THE MANGLED GROCERIES'
19th JULY: 'GHOSTS OF MIDDLEWICH STATION' by TREVOR BURTON
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| Lewis Battersby Middlewich Station Master, 1920 |
21st JULY: CEREBOS OF THE ANTARCTIC 1910
22nd JULY: THE MIDDLEWICH DIARY: FIVE YEARS ON
23rd JULY: MORETON'S FARMHOUSE 1970
24th JULY: WILLOW-WREN KEARNS 1972
25th JULY: THE BATTLE(S) OF MIDDLEWICH (ARCHIVED)
26th JULY: MEET THE MIDDLEWICH METEORS
27th JULY: MURGATROYD'S SALT STORE-ROOM c1914
28th JULY: A MIDDLEWICH MYSTERY: BRASS CAPS
29th JULY: ON THE MIDDLEWICH BRANCH 2003
1st AUGUST: KING'S LOCK IN THE 1970s
2nd AUGUST: WHO ATE ALL THE HOWE'S PIES?
3rd AUGUST: THE RIVER WEAVER, NORTHWICH, 2015
4th AUGUST: INSIDE LOCK 72 by KATHERINE GREEN
5th AUGUST: NORTHWICH-MIDDLEWICH-SANDBACH ON FOOT
6th AUGUST: PARK ROAD INFANTS' SCHOOL 1950s
8th AUGUST: KINDERTON STREET - TWO ALTERNATIVES
9th AUGUST: MUDC ROAD GANG 1973
10th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH WARTIME WEEKEND 2012
11th AUGUST: FOR REMEMBRANCE (NOVEMBER 1972)
12th AUGUST: THE WHEELY-BIN COMETH
13th AUGUST: UNUSUAL VISITORS TO THE MIDDLEWICH BRANCH 1998
14th AUGUST: SHOP LOCALLY FOR CHRISTMAS (2013)
15th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH, THE TOWN AND ITS FESTIVALS (NIGEL JAY)
16th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH IN 1987: V.T. WILLIAMS' DELICATESSEN
17th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH HELPERS (2017)
20th AUGUST: FOUNTAIN FIELDS SIGNS, 1974 and 2011
21st AUGUST: THE DECORATED GAS OFFICE (FILM STILL) 1937
22nd AUGUST: THE VAULTS, DEWHURSTS AND VERNON COOPER (1970)
23rd AUGUST: THE LIMESTONE COWBOY RIDES THROUGH MIDDLEWICH
25th AUGUST: THE LAST DAYS OF ERF MIDDLEWICH (2017)
26th AUGUST: COTTAGES AND SALT WORKS, BROOKS LANE 1970
27th AUGUST: LEA'S PASSAGE, 1970s
28th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH FABrication
29th AUGUST: MIDDLEWICH, BILLINGE GREEN AND CLEDFORD
30th AUGUST: OLD MIDDLEWICH POSTCARD circa 1911
31st AUGUST: FAREWELL TO WHITLEY CLOSE (2015)
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