THEM BEATLES AT MIDDLEWICH TOWN HALL (ARCHIVED)

ARCHIVED

FRIDAY 17th May 2015

 at MIDDLEWICH TOWN HALL

www.middlewich.org.uk

admin@middlewich.org.uk

THE MIDDLEWICH DIARY CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2014 (ARCHIVED)

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Event Registered with HELP for HEROES

HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR A WORTHWHILE CAUSE!

If you'd like to donate a prize either for the quiz or the raffle, please contact us by email or Facebook:

middlewichdiary@aol.com

 Middlewich Diary on  Facebook 

or ring us on

01606 833404 (David)

01606 835371 (Peter

We're not looking for anything too fancy - just the usual boxes of chocs, bottles of wine etc. All donors of prizes will be acknowledged on the night and also on the Middlewich Diary. Thank you!

Start your Christmas in style with the Middlewich Diary Christmas Quiz 2014, a riot of fun,

facts, disgracefully cheesy music and parlour games nicked from TV, radio and anywhere else we can think of!

Featuring old  favourites like:

MIDDLEWICH PICTURE ROUND

Pictures taken fromThe Middlewich Diary. How well do you know the town you live in?

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2014

 Current Affairs, Major Events,

 Names In The News,Trivia, and loads more...

MUSIC ROUND ONE

Music - All Kinds - 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s Big Bands, Little Bands, One Man Bands, Rubber Bands, Gastric Bands, Novelty Records, Rubbish Records, Fabulous Records. Everything under the sun, in fact!

 Musical snobs will hate it!

MIDDLEWICH

Based on The Middlewich Diary. Have a look through our extensive Middlewich Diary archives. There's plenty to go at, and more to come before Christmas! 

PATENTLY ABSURD

(Crazy inventions)

Mr Roberts challenges you to tell real crazy inventions from the ones thought up in his semi-deranged mind

CALL MY BLUFF

Based on the popular TV Show. Can Mr Roberts fool you with his definitions of obscure words from the Oxford English Dictionary?

DEAD OR ALIVE

Famous people. All we need to know is: Are they alive and kicking or pushing up daisies?

Nicked from Radio 1

MUSIC ROUND TWO - CHRISTMAS

We turn up the Control marked CHEESE to bring you well-known Christmas songs.

Musical snobs should cover their ears or stay at home!

REFRESHMENTS KINDLY PROVIDED

by THE BOAR'S HEAD HOTEL

RAFFLE

 PRIZES

Plus loads of old tracks from the last 60 years presented 

by the famous

A great night out for a worthy cause!

COMPILER/QUESTIONMASTER: DAVE ROBERTS

SCORER/QUIZ CO-ORDINATOR: PETER COX

SPECIAL GUEST QUIZ CO-ORDINATOR BERNICE WALMSLEY

PRIZES DONATED BY BERNICE AND BILL WALMSLEY

LYNNE HARDY

First published 13th November.

Re-published 4th December,

 17th December and 21st December

Final update 16th April 2015

UPDATE - 22nd December: Many thanks to those who attended and helped us raise £50 for this worthy cause. Attendances were depleted because of the appalling flu bug doing the rounds at the moment. Even Peter Cox, our organiser and scorer, had to bow out after bravely taking the PA system down to the pub for us. Get well soon! 

Many thanks to Bernice Walmsley for stepping into the breach and helping out with the raffle etc. and, as always, to Pat and Liz at the Boar's Head for hosting.

We'll be publishing details of winners, etc, as well as selected questions from the quiz in due course. Many thanks again everyone! - Dave Roberts

UPDATE - 16th April 2015.

Help for Heroes says thanks!

Note: This was the last ever Middlewich Diary Quiz.

GO LOCAL ISSUE 51 OUT NOW!

Issue number 51 of GO LOCAL, covering April and May, is out  and should be on your doorstep now. If you think this is just another local advertising magazine you're in for a pleasant surprise.
There is, as always, an invaluable WHAT'S ON guide for the next two months (page 26), as well as
contact  numbers for local services such as the Town Council, property maintenance, plumbers, electricians, legal services etc (page 34).
ESSENTIAL INFO (Page 32) gives you vital emergency contact numbers for gas, electricity and water services, doctors, dentists and everyone else you may need in a hurry.
The actual advertisements, too, are a great source of information if you're looking for goods or services and want to 'Go Local'!
There's also the usual DID YOU KNOW? feature (page 12) and Julie Elizabeth Smalley, in another fascinating MIDDLEWICH'S HERITAGE, feature, talks about those colourful 'roses and castles' which adorn many traditional narrowboats.
Julie makes the suggestion that Middlewich might want to adapt this style to become a part of the town's civic identity.
All in all, as always, GO LOCAL is well worth looking at and keeping handy for reference.

GO LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUP

THE BEST OF MIDDLEWICH: MIDDLEWICH ROSE FETE 2015 (ARCHIVED)

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Once again the Middlewich Rose Fete brightens up the Saturday afternoon of the Middlewich FAB Festival Weekend bringing a touch of local Cheshire tradition to the proceedings and giving its participants a chance to shine, in many cases for the first time in their young lives. More details will appear here as the great day approaches.

The Collin School for dance will once again be taking part in the festivities. Here's a link to their website which has some details of the Rose Fete and Festival procession :

COLLIN SCHOOL FOR DANCE

Photo: The Collin School Of Dance/Michelle Game. With thanks to Theresa Kay.
When we asked for permission to use this photo we had to ask if it was actually taken in Middlewich, as the background, though vaguely familiar, was rather puzzling. In the end we twigged it. That's a tiny bit of Brooks & Bostocks shop sign in the top left hand corner. Next is the St Luke's Hospice Shop and a solicitor's office. The white building to the right is the former Jan's Cafe. In other words, we're at the 'toppender' Wheelock Street and the photographer has managed to fool us by cutting off most of  the shop signs. Whether this is by accident or design is not clear. The photo shows members of the Collin School For Dance at the 2013 FAB Festival with some members opting for the much-admired 'Wellies' look

The Middlewich Diary has been helping to publicise the Rose Fete since 2012.

Here are links to our Diary entries on the last three years;

     2012    2013    2014

Middlewich Rose Fete 2011

MIDDLEWICH ROSE FETE ART COMPETITION

ROSE FETE MEMORIES EXHIBITION

Facebook Feedback

Simon McGrory: I was involved with the Rose Fete some years ago when it was resurrected. Great to see there is still the enthusiasm for keeping it going. Great stuff.

THE BEST OF MIDDLEWICH: MIDDLEWICH PHOTOGRAPHERS and THE 21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY & CAMERA GROUP

FLYER - MARCH 2015

Almost certainly the longest title yet for a Middlewich Diary entry!
We've put together the original Middlewich Photographers Group and the 21st Century Technology & Camera Group in this entry because, in this day and age, the two go hand in glove and many, if not all, members of Middlewich Photographers are also members of the new group..
Photography has taken to computer technology like a duck to water and, using modern computer software, many ordinary photographs can be made into works of art without the need to resort to the traditional darkroom. If you've just switched to digital from film photography, or recently upgraded your digital camera, you want to learn about the techniques used and the tremendous possibilities brought about by new ways of working, this group could be just the thing for you.
Meetings of the 21st Century Group are held at Willowmere in East Road and feature talks by group members and guest speakers, as well as opportunities to exchange information and ask questions.
Regular outings and photo-shoots are also held and the group also holds social evenings at the White Bear.
As you may have noticed, many of the modern-day photographs on the Middlewich Diary come from members of these groups.
We're always on the look out for photographs, old and new, taken in and around Middlewich, and we always acknowledge our sources and provide links to Facebook Pages, websites etc. when requested.

MIDDLEWICH PHOTOGRAPHERS FACEBOOK PAGE

21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY & CAMERA GROUP ON FACEBOOK


Website:

Watch IT & C

Email (Cliff Astles):

21stctncg@gmail.com

Tel: 07971 136360

UPDATE - 20th DECEMBER 2014:

Cliff Astles writes:

TEENAGERS-plus our more mature community members...


YOUR LOCAL CHESHIRE TECHNOLOGY GROUP NEEDS YOU!!!

In 2015 the 21st Century Technology & Camera Group will be looking for many more TEENAGERS to join CHESHIRE'S quickly growing Technology and Camera group.
We would like you to share your own mobile phone and tablet knowledge / experience with members, who in return can offer you many years photography work and business experience, with guidance on how to gain places of work in the vastly expanding commercial MEDIA work places in the UK.

We intend to spend a considerable amount of the GRANT monies recently provided by Middlewich Town Council and Cheshire East, by providing a MEMBER TRAINING PC Work Station, with a very large TV monitor, fitted with the latest PHOTO POST PROCESSING SOFTWARE.

This will ensure our younger members can gain FREE...ONE to ONE personal training by experts and existing members with years of real experience, in using this type of software, in a real workplace environment.

What better for YOU in today's competition for jobs, to have on your own C.V. a note to say you already belong to a local technology and camera group, have worked with people in the group who have years of media experience, and to be able to show photos of your work, completed whilst being a group member.

INTERESTED to find out more? call 07971 136360 & speak to Cliff, or go to our on-line FACEBOOK site, and join the group today, if this is for YOU?
or SHARE info with friends who may wish to know more 


UPDATE - 28th MARCH 2015

Cliff Astles writes:

Have digital camera? 
Want to learn how to take real photos............not just snaps.
Check out the above Flyer and make your middle Wednesday of each month, one for you to find out more about photography, with like minded friends of all ages.

First published 7th December 2014
Updated 20th December 2014,
7th January 2015,
28th March 2015

MIDDLEWICH HOSPITALITY (BOOK)

Courtesy of KEN KINGSTON

Here's news of a new book on Middlewich.

The book,Middlewich Hospitality, written by Ken Kingston and published by the Local History Group of Middlewich U3A. comprises 

• a short history of Brewing and Innkeeping from the earliest times;,
•  the developing legal framework in the UK;
•  the types of licensed premises;
•  the details and histories of Middlewich public houses for which records exist and
•  a listing of the licensees of each public house.

Copies are available from Mike Walton at mike-walton@hotmail.co.uk

With thanks to Joy Leathwood

THE MIDDLEWICH OSCARS 2015(ARCHIVED)

ARCHIVED

DIRECT WEBSITE LINK:

www.middlewich.org.uk

UPDATE:

Here are the Oscar Winners for 2015

Information kindly supplied by

Middlewich Town Council

Congratulations to

all the winners!

Published 12th January 2015

Re-published 6th March 2015

Updated and re-published 10th March 2015

with thanks to NICCI ANTHONEY

St MARY'S SCHOOL PHOTO circa 1950

St Mary's School circa 1950

We're grateful to our King Street correspondent Bill Eaton for this photo of a class at St Mary's School in New King Street halfway through the last century.
Bill tells us that this historic picture contains two of our regular Middlewich Diary correspondents, Geraldine Williams and Maureen Condra.
Bill estimates the date of this photo as around '1950' and we're, as always, open to correction on that. We'd also like to pinpoint Geraldine and Maureen and put names to other faces in the picture.

Facebook Feedback:

Not surprisingly, this memento of schooldays long ago brought an immediate response. Also not surprisingly our first correspondents were Maureen Condra and Geraldine Williams - Ed.

Maureen I am on the second row, 2nd from the right, with the white ribbon in my hair. Some of the other pupils are Margaret Pace, Mary Glenn, John Maddock and Tony Duffy.

Dave Roberts Thanks Maureen!

Geraldine I'm the tallest one on the back row with Deirdre Costello* to the left of me. It's a brill pic and lots of other names come flooding back - Parry, Maddock, Johnson, Lambert, Fahey, Cannon, Duffy. This is the last school photo before deidre and I were siphoned off to attend Sir John Deane's Grammar School, Northwich.

Dave Roberts Wot! No Houghs, Hattons or Gillets?

Maureen Condra No. They all went to Council School.

*Later to become a professional actress - Ed

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