MUSIC IN MIDDLEWICH: JUST DANDY AT THE WHITE BEAR, 11th OCTOBER 2013 (ARCHIVED)

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PART OF 'MIDDLEWICH SALT THROUGH THE AGES'

LISTEN TO JUST DANDY SINGING 'LOVE AMONG THE SALT PACKETS'

MIDDLEWICH SALT THROUGH THE AGES (ARCHIVED)

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NOTES:
The tour of British Salt scheduled for Saturday 12th October has had to be postponed owing to technical problems at the factory. A new date is being arranged, and we'll let you know it as soon as possible.
The talk on the Roman Salt Industry (Thursday) will now be given by  Jeremy Bradley who was the lead archaeologist on site at Jersey Way. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions about the site as he was there every day working with volunteers.

Click here to hear 'Love Among the Salt Packets' by Just Dandy

Many thanks to Kerry Fletcher for updated information.

JUST DANDY AT THE WHITE BEAR
MIDDLEWICH HERITAGE WEBSITE

MIDDLEWICH PUB QUIZZES: THE BOAR'S HEAD QUIZ FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH

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DEAL OR NO DEAL!

Starts 8.30-ish

NEXT QUIZ: SUNDAY 3rd NOVEMBER

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 FUN MUSIC ROUNDS 

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MIDDLEWICH ROSE QUEEN AT THE ARTISAN MARKET SEPTEMBER 28th (ARCHIVED)

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Middlewich's Rose Queen 2013 and her retinue were at the Artisan Market on September 28th 2013 to raise funds for the chosen charity for the year, the Guide Dogs For The Blind, and also for people to register to participate in Rose Fete 2014. 

The stall was set up in the Bullring to enable townspeople to talk to the Queen and her retinue and offer help with fundraising.

Rose Fete publicity and

fundraising, September 2012

THE ARTISAN MARKET IN MIDDLEWICH

MIDDLEWICH NOSTALGIA WEEKEND (Archived)

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MIDDLEWICH GUARDIAN REPORT

NOSTALGIA QUIZ 2013 (ARCHIVED)

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The Nostalgia Quiz was designed simply to get the Middlewich Nostalgia Weekend off to a flying start, and to raise a little bit more money for the Mayor's Charities.
There were rounds on: Music of the 50s, Music of the 60s, Music of the 70s, 'Bits & Pieces' (mystery voices, vintage TV and radio programmes and ads etc), 'Dead or Alive' (famous people of the 50s-70s - are they dead or alive?) and a picture round featuring celebrities of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
The Quiz was compiled and presented by Dave Roberts and administration and scoring was by Peter Cox.
Details of the teams and winners, along with some of the questions (and answers) will be posted here in due course.

Cllr Bernice Walmsley, Mayor of Middlewich wrote on Friday 27th:

Great evening last night at the Boar's Head for the Nostalgia Quiz. Great fun and we raised over £50 for the Mayor's Charities. Thanks to Dave Roberts and Peter Cox for organising such an entertaining quiz, and to everyone who supported it.

WHEELOCK STREET 1989

by Dave Roberts
This photo, taken in 1989 by Daniel Preston, is a good example of a picture which captures a moment in time and illustrates how small changes can 'creep up' on us almost without our noticing.
It's one of those photos where everything  looks familiar and yet, somehow, not quite the same.
Daniel took the picture because he was interested in that unusual red and white car (described by him as a 'pram car') and in the process captured, in the background, a little piece of Wheelock Street which has altered over the years, but not beyond recognition.
On the left is Cynthia's Patisserie, at that time simply that. A cake and pie shop.Always very popular and serving high quality food to passing customers
In 2013 Cynthia's is still going strong and many of those customers now linger awhile and take advantage of the tables and chairs on the pavement outside, allowing them to have a snack and a coffee and pass the time of day.
Next door is  Prudential Property Services, now a branch of Reeds Rains and fulfilling the same function in 2013.
This shop has a long history, dating back at least to Victorian times and can be seen in this classic Middlewich scene with ornate gas lamps attached to its walls.
And then comes the Alhambra, dating back to 1920.
Originally a cinema (universally acknowledged to be one of the best in Mid-Cheshire throughout its 40-odd years of service to the town) and now a Chinese Restaurant with a Spanish name.
The ornate art-deco frontage has survived intact throughout the changes the building has seen over the years.
At the time of the photograph the front section of The Alhambra was, controversially, the home to an amusement arcade (the building also catered for bingo and snooker players) and, long before the term 'anti-social behaviour' was invented, people were expressing alarm at the 'great harm' this was doing to the young people of the town, who were liable to run amok because of the licentiousness and decadence brought about by habitual playing of Pinball and Space Invaders.
One councillor felt constrained to point out that Wheelock Street was 'not Blackpool Prom'.
Which, of course, it isn't.
Apparently, playing on slot machines and video games automatically turns any young person into a hardened criminal overnight, meaning that we all run the risk of being murdered in our beds.
Somehow the town survived this threat to our safety and well-being and now the slot machines and video games have been replaced by the entrance to the Alhambra Chinese Restaurant, memorably captured in this night scene by Bill Armsden.
Why don't you take a look through your own photo albums and see if you have. perhaps unintentionally, captured a similar background scene showing Middlewich as it used to be?

SEE ALSO: CYNTHIA'S PATISSERIE 1987