Weaver Hall Museum
An informational video for the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich.
Weaver Hall Museum - Salt Store
a visit by Visual Arts Cheshire as a preliminary to an art project
Places to see in ( Northwich - UK )
Places to see in ( Northwich - UK )
Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Northwich lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane.
Northwich is about 18 miles (29 km) east of Chester and 15 miles (24 km) south of Warrington. 19 miles south of Manchester and 12 miles south of Manchester Airport. Northwich has been part of the Manchester City region since 2004. Northwich has been named as one of the best places to live in the United Kingdom according to The Sunday Times in 2014.
The area around Northwich has been exploited for its salt pans since Roman times, when the settlement was known as Condate. The town of Northwich has been severely affected by salt mining, and subsidence has historically been a significant problem. Recent investment has been designated in mine stabilisation.
Northwich is surrounded by the following civil parishes, starting due north and proceeding in a clockwise direction: Anderton with Marbury, Marston, Wincham, Lostock Gralam, Rudheath, Davenham, Hartford, Weaverham, Barnton. Two rivers meet in the Northwich town centre, the Weaver and the Dane.
The town of Northwich has two key annual events. Over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Northwich Festival is held at Moss Farm Sports Complex, featuring four days of music and sport. Since 2011, the town's Medieval Festival has been staged in Verdin Park. Northwich Memorial Hall was opened in 1960 but closed for redevelopment in 2013, to be replaced by the Memorial Court Facility, opened in 2015. It hosted a range of activities.
The parish church is known as St. Helen's Witton. It is a Grade I Listed Building. The church initially developed as a chapel of ease associated with the parish of Great Budworth to serve the local community, known as the Chapel of Witton. It was not until 7 August 1900 that the parish of Witton (otherwise Northwich) was formed from parts of Great Budworth, Davenham and other surrounding parishes. The present St Wilfrid's (Roman Catholic) church was built in 1866. The current Northwich Methodist Chapel was opened in 1990
The Northwich Union Workhouse opened in 1837 following the Poor Law Amendment of 1834 that standardised the system of poor relief throughout Britain. The building is now the Weaver Hall Museum. The Dock Road Edwardian Pumping Station is a Grade II Listed Building originally built by Northwich Urban District Council in 1913. Two swing bridges, Hayhurst Bridge built in 1898, and Town Bridge built in 1899, cross the Weaver at Northwich. The bridges were the first two electrically powered swing bridges in Great Britain.
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Cheshire Dialect Places and Proverbs
Another video from the Cheshire Dialect exhibition at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich, Cheshire.
Salt Museum Northwich
Created on November 17, 2009 using FlipShare.
Cheshire Dialect Chesfut
Video from Cheshire dialect exhibition at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich Cheshire.
Cheshire Dialect Weather Forecast
Video taken from an exhibition of Cheshire Dialect at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich, Cheshire.
Cheshire Dialect Salt and Silk
A video from Northwich, Weaver Hall Museum's Cheshire dialect exhibition.
Rode Hall.
Rode Hall, Scholar Green, Cheshire
Places to see in ( Runcorn - UK )
Places to see in ( Runcorn - UK )
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in Cheshire, England, located within the Borough of Halton. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north across the River Mersey is the town of Widnes. Upstream and 8 miles (12.9 km) to the northeast is the town of Warrington, and downstream 16 miles (26 km) to the west is the city of Liverpool.
Runcorn railway station is on a branch of the West Coast Main Line and provides frequent services to the Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street, and London Euston stations. The A533 road passes through the town from the south, crossing the Runcorn Gap over the Silver Jubilee Bridge, the lowest bridge crossing of the River Mersey. The Manchester Ship Canal runs alongside the Runcorn bank of the River Mersey; the Bridgewater Canal terminates in the canal basin in the town centre, as the staircase of locks leading down to the ship canal was filled in many decades ago.
Runcorn was a small, isolated village until the Industrial Revolution. It was a health resort in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Towards the end of the 18th century, a port began to develop on the south bank of the River Mersey. During the 19th century, industries developed the manufacture of soap and alkali, quarrying, shipbuilding, engineering, and tanning. In the early 20th century, the prime industries were chemicals and tanning. The original village has grown to include what were outlying villages.
Except for chemicals, all of the old industries have disappeared and there has been diversification, in particular because of the close links to the motorway system and the development of warehousing and distribution centres. A new town was built to the east of the existing town in the 1960s and 1970s
Runcorn is situated on a spur projecting into the River Mersey, which flows to the north and then to the west of the town. On the north bank of the river is another spur forming the West Bank area of Widnes; together these form Runcorn Gap, a narrowing of the River Mersey. Runcorn Gap is crossed by the Runcorn Railway Bridge, which carries the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line, and the Silver Jubilee Bridge, which carries the A533. To the south of the town is the River Weaver and the Weston Canal. Both open into the ship canal. To the southeast of the town run the M56 motorway, the Chester–Manchester railway line, and the main branch of the West Coast Main Line. The town has a system of expressways, roads designed to divert traffic away from the residential areas.
The major landmark in the town is Halton Castle on the top of Halton Hill near the geographical centre of the town. Only ruins of the castle exist, but there are widespread views from the top of the hill. The castle grounds are open at advertised times. Incorporated in the castle walls is the Castle Hotel building, which used to include a courthouse on the first floor. Another landmark is Norton water tower, built of Runcorn sandstone, 112 feet (34 m) high, which holds 672,000 imperial gallons (3 million litres) of water and supplies it to Liverpool.
An important historical site and the major visitor centre in the town is Norton Priory, now a museum. The site contains the remains of a priory with adjacent gardens, formerly of a country house. Nearby are a walled garden, including a national collection of tree quinces, and an ice house.
Much of the architecture of the town is undistinguished, but there are listed buildings of some importance. The listed churches are All Saints Parish Church and Holy Trinity Church in the centre of the older part of the town, St Mary's in Halton village, St John's in Weston, and Christ Church in Weston Point. All Saints' Church, a Grade II* listed building, dates from 1849 and was built by Anthony Salvin in red sandstone. The oldest existing houses are the Seneschal's House in Halton village (1598), Weston Old Hall (1607), Brookfield Farmhouse (1691) and Halton Old Hall (1693). Other outstanding houses include Runcorn Town Hall (formerly Halton Grange), Camden House and Cottage in High Street and Bridgewater House near the ship canal.
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The Lion Salt Works welcome
The Lion Salt Works is a restored historic open-pan salt making site, in the village of Marston, close to Northwich. The site lies adjacent to the Trent and Mersey Canal, close to Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, and the historic Anderton Boat Lift.
For more information follow @cwacmuseums on Twitter, like Weaver Hall Museum and Lion Salt Works on Facebook, or visit: lionsaltworks.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk
The Huxley Hoard
The Huxley Hoard is a collection of Viking silver that was buried for safekeeping, but was never retrieved. The 21 bracelets and one ingot were discovered near Huxley in Cheshire in 2004. The hoard is owned jointly by Chester Grosvenor Museum, Cheshire Museums Service and National Museums Liverpool.
The Minstrels' Court Parade, The City of Chester
The Minstrels' Court Parade through the Streets of the City of Chester, The Biggest Re-enactment of Medieval Musicians in the UK, based each year at the Ancient Mercian Abbey of St John's Church, by the Roman Amphitheatre, Chester, organised by Tom Hughes, Local Historian, Museum Manager & Archivist at Weaver Hall Museum, Northwich, Medieval Re-enactor, and Medieval Musician! Defo worth a watch and a look around in this ancient city and ancient Norman church, with ruins, only happens once a year!!! Look out for their medieval musical instruments, let them entertain thee!
Blessing the Brine
The song is published in Egerton Leigh's 1867 book 'Cheshire Ballads and Tales of Cheshire'. The Blessing the Brine event is mentioned by Thomas Pennant in his travels from Chester to London in 1780 and by Joseph Partridge in his book of 1774 'An Historical Account of the Town and Parish of Nantwich'. The Blessing the Brine festival took place on Ascension Day. Also mentioned in Hall's 'A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich', 1883.
The modern painting by Nicholas Ferenczy was commissioned for Nantwich Museum where it can be seen.
The song will be performed at the Salt of the Earth Network, 'Salt Sunday' event at Reaseheath College, Nantwich, 17 May 2015 in the presence of the Bishop of Birkenhead.
Can you sing this song to coincide with our Salt Sunday event? If so, post a video and send us a link at Ecosal-UK.
The chorus has been translated into French, Spanish and Portuguese for Ecosal-UK in 2015.
French
Couronnes de teintes variées que nous apportons,
Fleurs du début du printemps.
Main dans la main nous joignons un anneau,
Round fosse de saumure vieux pour chanter,
Que Dieu bénisse la saumure
Spanish
Coronas de flores de variados matices que traemos,
Flores de la primavera.
De la mano nos unimos a un anillo,
Ronda antiguo pozo de salmuera a cantar,
Dios bendiga a la Salmuera
Portuguese
Coroas de flores de variados matizes que trazemos,
Flores da primavera.
De mãos dadas nós participar de um anel,
Rodada pit salmoura velho para cantar,
Deus abençoe a salmoura
Thanks to Katia, Benoit and Gabriela for the translations,
thanks to Tom Lane, Nigel Creasey and Teri Clark for setting the song to music.
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DOUBLE STRENGTH.wmv
'Double Strength' was made by the Mid-Cheshire Amateur Cinematography Society, based in Middlewich and Northwich in Cheshire, in the late 1930s, just as World War II was looming. It's mostly an exercise in trick photography and utilises just about every camera trick available to amateur 16mm film makers at that time.
The music is taken from vintage Pianola rolls dating back to an even earlier time and has been used by kind permission of Robert at Pianola.co.nz.
It fits our film like a glove. The selections used are: 'Slipova' by Roy Bargy and 'The Maple Leaf Rag' and 'The Palm Leaf Rag' by Scott Joplin.
This film is part of the Roberts Collection which now resides in the North West film archive at Manchester University and is presented for your delight and edification by Salt Town Productions. Because the picture is somewhat fuzzy due to technical limitations we should point out that the bottle of 'super-pills' which is eventually dumped in the dustbin bears the description 'DOUBLE STRENGTH', giving the film its title and providing, in its rather weak 'play on words', the explanation for all the 'seeing double' in Auntie Winnie''s dream. You'd have thought she might have dreamed about Herr Hitler and Mussolini after reading those newspaper headlines...
If you're interested in the town of Middlewich visit our 'Middlewich Diary' at middlewichdiary.com
Cheshire Dialect The Graith of the Cheshire Dialect
Part of an exhibition of Cheshire Dialect at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich, Cheshire.
Cheshire Dialect Writing in Cheshire
Video from the Cheshire dialect exhibition at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich, Cheshire.
A Year in the Life of Over Allotments, Winsford, Cheshire (2008)
An extract from a longer piece recording a year in the life of Over Allotments, Winsford, Cheshire, England. Filmed in 2008 by the Salt Museum, Northwich (now the Weaver Hall Museum).
Cheshire Dialect Insults Dialect Quiz
Cheshire Insults Dialect Quiz - from the Cheshire dialect exhibition staged at the Weaver Hall Museum in Northwich, Cheshire.
Nantwich Antiques & Collectors Fair - V&A Fairs
The long established Antiques Fair at Nantwich Civic Centre remains a firm favourite with standholders and visitors. The hall is bright and spacious and holds 80 stands with parking right next to the venue. With a wide selection of Antique jewellery, Silver, Ephemera, Art and Paintings, Postcards, Ceramics, Militaria, Metalware, Collectables and books. Something for everyone.
Thursday 18th October, 2018
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Opening Times:
Public 10.00am to 3.30pm
Trade 8.30am to 10.00am (Free with card).
Admission:
Thursdays - Adults £1.50. Children Free of charge
May & August Bank Holiday - £2.00. Children Free of charge
New Year's Day - £2.00. Children Free of charge.
Refreshments available. Full disabled facilities.
Location:
Nantwich Civic Hall
Nantwich
Beam Street
Nantwich, Cheshire
CW5 5DG
V & A Fairs
Telephone : 07759 449257
Telephone: 01244 659887
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All photographs were taken by Antiques Atlas at the Nantwich fair in 2018.
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