News in Frodsham

Both the Netherton Hall in Frodsham and the White Lion in Alvanley will be closing early on Sunday so that their staff can go home to watch the Euros final.

Therefore, the pubs will be taking their last food orders at 6pm, and closing the bar at 7:30pm.

Climate Action Frodsham are encouraging local residents to get involved with its Great Big Green Week projects

Climate Action Frodsham invites you to come and join our meeting on July 14 and find out more about the Great Big Green Week and other interesting community projects.

It is well known in Frodsham that in amongst all the graves in St Laurence churchyard, along with the Smiths and the Joneses and the Browns, lies an African prince.

Prince Waribo (which is spelt 'Warabo' on his grave inscription), was the son of Jaja, who, after being kidnapped by slave traders aged 12, eventually became the King of Opobo, a city-state in southern Nigeria.

Reduce is at the top of the waste hierarchy but how do we do that?

Well, by sharing what we have and borrowing instead of buying!

Stuck for Father's Day ideas?

We've compiled a list of some locally-sourced gifts and activities that might get your creative juices flowing!

In this week in 1940, Allied soldiers were being hurriedly evacuated from Dunkirk after troops were stranded at the coast during the disastrous Battle of France.

This was also the week that several of the men commemorated on Frodsham and Helsby's War Memorials died in action.

This month marked the 106th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, which was torpedoed by German U-boats on 7 May 1915 off the coast of Ireland.

While the disaster killed 1,195 people, among the list of survivors was Frodsham local George Edwards 'Hutch' Hutchinson, who was born in the town in 1888 to Andrew and Mary Hopkins Hutchinson.

Does anyone remember the old George Inn that stood at 25 High Street?

The pub, captured here in the mid twentieth century, had been around since 1911 at least, at which time its landlord was a gentleman called Edmund Coker according to The Lost Pubs Project.

With the help of Cheshire Tithe Maps Online, you can explore historic maps of Frodsham, comparing them to the modern day structure and features of the town.

This tool allows you to place historic and contemporary maps side by side, reflecting how the lay of the land has changed as Frodsham evolved from a modest scattering of houses to a town of nearly 10,000 people.

There's something so special about the old photos that capture a moment in the life of the people (and dogs!) who used to live in Frodsham.

I love this picture of Tom Booth's Cycle & Motor Depot, in which Tom stands in the doorway with what seems – judging by an earlier photo – to be his daughter Jennifer, guarded faithfully by their little dog.