This year's Apple Day at Alton had something for everyone - music, food, drink especially cider, entertainment and lots of community spirit. It also had a fascinating heritage angle. People brought along apples for identification, some from very old apple trees across the Churnet Valley.
Anyone interested in helping to form a new running club in the area?
2018 sees the charitable North Staffordshire Railway Company (NSRC) celebrate its Ruby Anniversary, having been incorporated as a charity on 2nd November 1978.
Since the spring a group of residents in Kingsley spearheaded by the Village Hall have formed the Kingsley Clean Up campaign that has seen around 30 residents joining forces to take part in efforts to improve the visual appearance of the village.
Children from Waterhouses CE Primary Academy were given an insight into road safety when staff from distribution company Wincanton and Lafarge’s cement plant in Cauldon visited them to give pupils a better understanding of how to keep safe when walking on local roads.
On 5th August 2018, the Cheadle Moorlands Litter Pickers were founded by Nicola Cooper and Christine Broad of Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands. A group of 12 litter pickers came together following concerns about neglect in the town highlighted in local media.
14-18 NOW is presenting the iconic poppy sculptures Wave and Weeping Window by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, at selected locations around the UK until 2018.
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Churnet Valley partnership team Ian Kynaston and Ian Wykes have been out with Tracey, the Wetland Officer from the Tame Valley in Warwickshire. They were looking at sites where rust fungus will be introduced to help tackle Himalayan balsam.
