VILLAGERS are set to celebrate 1100 years of the ancient “cyty” of Thelwall starting on September 9th.
Organisers of the Thelwall 1100 Festival have been awarded £37, 651 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver a programme of celebration events between 9 – 24th September and support a range of commemorative projects and legacies for the community over the next two years.
Thelwall is celebrating 1100 years of ‘cyty’ status and joining forces to mark Chaigeley School’s 75th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Thelwall Morris Men.
All ticketed events for the second weekend – Ballads & Blues Folk Night and the Laskey Farm Cream Tea & Fizz – have sold out already!
Apart from food and drink, all other events are free. It’s a chance to experience traditional crafts and skills – spinning, weaving, fishing as well as life in a Viking village. In 1923, the railway brought thousands of people to the Thelwall Millenary Pageant. The station closed in 1952 but the memories live on and thanks to Warrington Model Railway Group there’s a chance see the line working again – on a smaller scale! There’s a chance to ‘have a go’ whether Morris dancing or doing battle Viking-style.
Music and dance feature in the programme with a Party in the Park – Chaigeley Field will come alive with the music of the 40s and 50s with the Kalamazoo Dance Band and Kals Kats along with other acts including vocalist Emma Mawdsley
The full programme can be found at Thelwall’s community website – Thelwall 1100 page CLICK HERE
Visitors are asked to use public transport where they can, car share or taxi as there’s limited parking in the village.
The Programme so far:
Saturday 9 September
Parish Hall 10 am – 5 pm
Thelwall Festival Gallery
Heritage Skills: North Cheshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Dyers
Fishing and Farming
Thelwall Rose Queen Display
Thelwall Morris Men
‘Picnic in the Park’ – Chaigeley’s 75th Anniversary Big Celebration – 3pm till 9pm
with The Kalamazoo Dance Band & Kal’s Kats, Bar & Refreshments
Friday 15th September
Grappenhall & Thelwall Royal British Legion 7.30 pm – 11.00 pm
‘Ballads & Blues’ Folk Night – SOLD OUT
with MC: Norman Froggatt
Geoff Bibby
Sixpenny Cut
Billy Pook
Peter Price & Friends
Ruth Bibby
Paul Thompson
(Admission £10 – ticket only).
Saturday 16th September
Baden Lodge (Scout Hut) 2pm – 4pm
Stone Treasure Hunt for all the family
Laskey Farm 2 pm – 4 pm
A chance to enjoy a ‘Cream Tea & Fizz’ in a beautiful garden – SOLD OUT
Sunday 17th September
Lane End & Bridgewater Canal time to be confirmed
Experience Fishing
Thelwall Railway History Walk
Grappenhall & Thelwall Royal British Legion time to be confirmed
The Mansions of Thelwall History Walk
Thursday 21st September
Thelwall Junior School: History Open Day – 10.30am – 2.30pm
All Saints’ Church: An archive of pictures and photographs
Saturday 23rd September
Parish Hall & Chaigeley Field 10 am – 5 pm
Viking Re-Enactment and Living History.
WIRHALH SKIP FELAGR Chaigeley Field
Viking Re-enactment Group
Living history displays: crafts, food, medicines, clothing
Battles
Training with wooden sticks & swords for children
Best-dressed little Viking or Anglo-Saxon – 4pm
10.00am – 5pm Baden Lodge/Thelwall Parish Hall WA4 2EZ
Thelwall Railway – Warrington Model Railway Group
Thelwall Heritage Displays
Thelwall Morris Men
Lymm & Thelwall U3A
Refreshments
Sunday 24th September
10.00am – 3.00pm Thelwall Parish Hall WA4 2EZ
All Saints’ Thelwall Market
10.00am – 11.30am
All Saints’ Church, Thelwall
1100th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service
Organisers are grateful to The Pickering Arms, The Little Manor and the Grappenhall & Thelwall Royal British Legion for their support and involvement over the Festival period.
