On Thursday 28th July 1955, the Borough Engineer and Surveyor of Crewe, Leonard Reeves, placed an order for a clock and bells for a new clock tower to be built in the town centre. Order number 1980 for a weight-driven timepiece complete with hands, dials, an electric motor with four quarter bells and one hour bell was […]
Crewe Town Council, Crewe Library and Ruskin School have created an exciting timetable of activities for the Summer Holidays as part of the annual Summer Reading Challenge, supported this year by Guinness World Records, The Reading Agency and Libraries all over the country. Appropriately, the theme this year is “Record Breakers”. The partners in Crewe […]
The Town Council has an exciting vacancy for an Events Officer, if you think that sounds interesting and something you would excel at then please read on. Alternatively if you know friends and family who may have an interest, please share the opportunity with them. Post: Events Officer Hours: Annualised hours initially equivalent to 3 days per […]
Crewe Town Council will hold its second annual festival on Sunday 12th July. CreweFest and Crewe Summer Market will take over Crewe Town Centre for a day promised to be filled with lots of exciting activities to kick start the summer. On Sunday 12th July between 10am and 3pm, Market Street will be lined with […]
The Town Council has today issued invoices to the occupiers of allotment plots at Ford Lane, Walker Street and Hulme Street. The invoices have been given to site representatives for distribution and the Council sincerely hopes that good sense is shown and that the invoices will be distributed to those people who need to make […]
The Town Council continues to build on its relationship with the Crewe Town Allotment Federation and is pleased to see the sites under its wings go from strength to strength due to the hard work of the individual Associations coupled with the capital investments from the Town Council. The Council is mindful that money has […]
Creative Crewe and Crewe Town Council have once again joined forces for an exciting day at Queen’s Park. On Sunday 28th June, the two organisations are asking residents to join them for a Picnic in the Park to mark Armed Forces Day 2015. Entertainment from a variety of local performers including Crewe Male Voice Choir, […]
Crewe Town Council, St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice and Hope House Children’s Hospice have joined forces to create two special markets in Crewe Town Centre. The Markets will take place on Sunday 12th July to coincide with the Town Council’s CreweFest and again on Saturday 5th December to mark the beginning of the advent season in […]
The following statement was delivered at the Annual Town Council meeting held on 19th May 2015 at Ruskin Community High School. It is an honour and a privilege to have been elected Leader of the Council by my fellow Town Councillors. I hope that I will be able to deliver the leadership of the Town […]
22nd May marks the centenary of the Quintinshill Disaster. Considered the worst British train crash on British railways, by the end of Saturday 22nd May 1915, the 7th Royal Scots lost over 220 men and a further 246 were left injured. The crash occurred when a troop train collided with a passenger train and then […]
