Thelwall 1100 Festival 9-24th September 2023
Welcome to the Thelwall 1100 Festival page where you’ll find details of the exciting programme of events awaiting you in September. This is where you can find out about:
All this to mark the anniversary of Edward the Elder fortifying Thelwall in 923 AD – so save the dates!
All events are FREE to the community, apart from Laskey Cream Tea and Ballad's and Blue's Night, which are both SOLD OUT. No tickets needed for the main events, simply turn up and enjoy the fun!
To view the full programme, click this link below...
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 21 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
We’re grateful to The Pickering Arms, The Little Manor and the Grappenhall & Thelwall Royal British Legion for their support and involvement over the Festival period.
We had a bumper crop of entries for the Children’s Thelwall 1100 Logo Competition. A big THANK YOU to all who submitted their designs. The judges were not necessarily looking for good drawing skills but more for concepts and ideas as this is what branding and logo design is all about. They had a really tough time selecting the winners from their shortlist but the results are:
1st - Amelia Grace Williamson – class 5/6
2nd - Annabelle – class 4
3rd - Thomas Pickford – class 5/6
The final logo is a combination of the winning three designs
The runners-up are:
Ben – 6th Scouts
Chloe Williams – 3rd Thelwall Guides
Lucy – class 5
Matilda Sparks – class 3
Sophie B – class 5
Zara Whittaker – class 5/6
Well done all of you! We will display all the entries at one of the celebration events in September
The Thelwall 1100 Stone Painting Challenge
The Thelwall Guides have set this Challenge, open to anyone. The stones produced will be made into a mosaic to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of Thelwall becoming a ‘cyty’.
If you want to see what painted stones look like you can visit the display outside Lymm Heritage Centre.