Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Chris Green, owner of Bates The Butchers in Atherstone is celebrating an important industry award.
His own home cured bacon has been recognized for it’s excellence with a gold award presented by The British Pig Executive.
Chris beat off all comers from The East Midlands to win the coveted award in February at Peterborough.
“This is what locally […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
For people looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift local author Christine Freeman will be signing copies of her books Images of Atherstone and Memories of Atherstone between 11am – 1pm on Saturday 17th March at Throckmorton’s Bookshop on Atherstone’s Market Square.
Peter Playdon, proprietor of Throckmorton’s, said:
“Christine’s books and our other local history titles are […]
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
In the latest development in the Atherstone Booktown story, Atherstone College has thrown it’s weight behind the initiative by opening the fifth second-hand bookshop in the town.
In an opening ceremony on Wednesday 7th March, the college refectory on the Ratcliffe Road site will be officially renamed ‘The Booktown Bistro’, and while continuing to serve its […]
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
The Atherstone Chamber of Trade and Commerce has recently reformed to represent the interests of all businesses in the area.
At a meeting in January several logos were presented before the sub commitee and after healthy discussion the new logo was voted on unanimously. Designfor, a graphic design agency new to Atherstone and new to the […]
Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
When local bakers ‘Masters’ of Long St. Atherstone heard that Greggs, a major national chain was about to open next door then of course they were worried.
Events however have taken an opposite turn to that which they anticipated.
Baker, Mejar Singh Gill and his wife Kulwinder have been running the business together with his father since […]
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 by David Wilding
Next Saturday, 17th February, will see the launch of a further phase in the advance of Atherstone Booktown. Evans and Short, who trade in second-hand gardening and cookery books on Atherstone’s Farmers’ Market, will be formally opening their new venture in the back room of Butler’s Book Emporium on Church Street at 2.00 pm, with […]
Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 by Geoff Wilding
Dobbies World puts up three kinds of deer for adoption
Warwickshire’s newest visitor attraction, Dobbies World at Mancetter, near Atherstone, is offering locals and visitors the unusual opportunity to sponsor one of its
Attraction manager, Mark Wilkinson said: “We have had a lot of interest in our herd of 26 deer since we opened earlier in the […]
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