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Police seek cyclist

Police are appealing for a cyclist who may have witnessed a serious collision in Mobberley to get in touch with them. At 16.10 hrs on Tuesday 10 January 2012 a serious injury collision occurred on Burleyhurst Lane, Mobberley. The circumstances are that a blue Ford Fiesta was travelling along Burleyhurst Lane in the direction of [...]

Kenyan school benefits from Tech donation

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The visit was part of a partnership programme launched five years ago, following the Knutsford school’s discovery of an African Egerton School in Njoro. Both schools were founded by the Egerton family, the first for children on the family’s home ground in Cheshire and the second for children of workers on Maurice Egerton’s Kenyan estate. [...]

Christmas Carol as you have never seen it before – with apologies to Charles Dickens!

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Knutsford Musical Theatre Company present ‘Scooge’s Christmas Carol – the Panto’. Did you know Scrooge had a housekeeper? He does now. And the Ghost of Christmas Present drives a Rolls Royce?   The cast have been rehearsing for the last couple of months, and now it is all coming together. Tony Barrow, who plays Scrooge [...]

MCLOUGHLIN LIVING THE DREAM WITH MCLAREN

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Mark McLoughlin is literally in his dream job. The 31 year old sales executive works at the new McLaren Manchester showroom in Knutsford, Cheshire where he has been selling the new McLaren MP4 -12C supercar to the North West elite. The MP4 -12C is the first production car wholly designed and built by McLaren since [...]

Win £85k of Gadgets and Gifts in time for Christmas

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– KNUTSFORD TIMES ADVERTORIAL FEATURE – Thinking of what gifts to buy everyone at Christmas can be a major hassle. Not to mention trying to decide who you’re actually going to buy gifts for in the first place. Well one local business, IWantOneOfThose.com, is going to take all the stress out of Christmas for one [...]

Fit 4 Fundraising!

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The Knutsford based Fit4life Pilates and Fitness Studio held an all day event in aid of MacMillan on Saturday,  raising a very worthwhile £1560 from all of the days class activity, raffle and donations. Fit4lifeKnutsford owner, Linda Marshall commented “This was a fantastic result from everyone who participated and I’m so pleased that we exceeded [...]

Knutsford’s history gets a boost

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The origins of the name Knutsford have been disputed by historians but there is an ancient and popular explanation. After one of his victories, King Canute crossed the brook known as Birken and the village became known as ‘Canute’s ford’ later to be changed to Knutsford. The Domesday Book gives some credence to this by [...]

One of a kind ‘marmite’ car created

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A CAR believed to be the only one of its kind in the world has been created at Mangoletsi in Knutsford. The hot pink Alfa Romeo MiTo has been described by workers at the Mangoletsi dealership in London Road as a ‘marmite’ car. “You’re either going to love it or hate it, but we always [...]

A groovy way to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support

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On Saturday 12th November, Fit4Life Knutsford will be holding a day of dance and exercise classes, to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. For a donation of just £7, gym bunnies and couch potatoes alike can groove along to a 70s disco workout, learn some street dance routines with their children or simply stretch [...]

Arley Hall Christmas shopping extravaganza is 21!

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Committee members of the Arley Christmas Shopping Spectacular have been celebrating the event’s 21st Birthday this month. The Committee of busy mums, and one grandfather, are delighted to be staging this well known event in the North West calendar for its 21st year.  The money raised from the Christmas Shopping Spectacular has benefitted many local [...]

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