Many will know exactly what this article title is referring to. Notting Hill of the North is an often used label given to describe Hoole. The very popular and interesting suburb on the outskirts of Chester city centre. There are some who don’t like this description. Only last week, during […] Read More
The word, or the label, legend is quite often bandied about quite freely and sometimes with questionable justification. However, on many occasions such a label is fitting and fully deserved. In the case of Derek Draper, the legend label is so very well deserved. Derek was without doubt a Chester […] Read More
There are quite a few of what some people would call, ‘invisible’ ailments knocking about. Arthritis is one such ailment. There are others of course. More often than not, you wouldn’t know if you were in the company of an arthritis sufferer. It is not blatantly obvious. People with arthritis […] Read More
The topic headline says it all really doesn’t it. Congratulations Amy Truesdale on winning Great Britain’s very first Paralympic Taekwondo gold medal. Amy won it last night, 31st August in Paris, when she defeated Guljonoy Naimova from Uzbekistan in the final. A brilliant and well earned achievement from Chester born […] Read More
There was an article in the local Chester Standard recently discussing popular lost pubs in Chester. You can see the Chester Standard article in this link HERE. The article not only reminded me of the popular lost pubs themselves, but also reminded me of a couple of articles I wrote […] Read More
“Ding, ding……is that a bell I can hear? It is!!” Does this bell mean grab a cheeky final drink before the bar closes, or is it last orders for cigarettes? You may have recently heard that the Government are to consider the introduction of a smoking ban in pub gardens […] Read More
A few short weeks after announcing the sad loss of two of their long established residents, another sad update from Chester Zoo. This time it is another elephant who has sadly passed away. Riva Hi Way, the four year old daughter of Sundara, who was suddenly taken ill and died […] Read More
As another Olympics ends and plans start for the next offerings four years from now in Los Angeles, time to reflect on the successes of two Chester Olympian medal winners. Although one of them relocated to Sheffield, she was born in Chester and as I always say on my Famous […] Read More
Visitors to my website may remember previous posts about a series of thrilling novels written by Chester born author, Bryan Lawson. Bryan has written six novels, five of which have been based in and focused on his home city of Chester. He’s recently been in touch with me to tell […] Read More
I do realise that that there are plenty of organisations that are looking to re-home cats as well as dogs. These are difficult times we live in. And every bit as difficult for our furry friends. However this article about cats looking for homes has a very local spin on […] Read More
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