Curious South Cheshire

THIS video - available in PAL and NTSC format DVDs -takes a look at some of the more unusual items to be found in various towns and villages in South Cheshire.

  These include: A third castle on the Cheshire Plain; a summerhouse that was built as a ruin; the place of worship with 10 Green Men and 12 church mice; a house covered with images of people who "wronged" a local man; the grave of a cricketer who played in the first "Ashes" cricket test match; and a water bowl for canine rail travellers.

   The video features curiosities in Acton, Audlem, Barthomley, Bickley, Bunbury, Cholmondeley, Crewe Green, Hargrave, Marbury, Mow Cop (with Rode Hall), Nantwich, Peckforton, Sandbach, Shocklach, Stapeley, Wrenbury and Wybunbury. Also Crewe Station and the Old Coach Road.

    It costs £10 and runs for approximately 52 minutes. It is in colour and 4:3 ratio. PAL and NTSC formats. (See this page for information about different formats.)

   All proceeds are for the restoration fund of St Mary's Parish Church, Nantwich.

A review by "Cheshire History" of the video appears here

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Outlets: Nantwich Tourist Information Centre; Nantwich Museum; St Mary's Parish Church Visitors' Centre (Church Shop); Nantwich Book Shop; Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum; Williams, Newsagents, Audlem; Wybunbury Post Office and General Stores; and St Peter's Church, Hargrave, near Chester.

l The video is duplicated by Downstream of Nantwich.

For American customers: The video includes a visit to the grave of a Second World War USAAF pilot, 1st Lt Arthur L. Brown, of New York, who died flying his stricken jet away from the town.  Read more on this website.