In 2000, the club was approached by the Rolls-Royce enthusiasts club to take part in an attempt to get the largest number of Rolls-Royce cars on a road at one time.
Lion Ron Cain said: "The enthusiasts offered to make a donation to the club so we agreed to get involved.

Neil Rees, who lives in Buckinghamshire, has been carrying out extensive research into the stories of the Czechoslovaks who were exiled to the UK during the Second World War.

Heritage Cartography's series is based on the first large scale surveys of the Ordnance Survey. In that year, Chester still bore its medieval roots as a walled market town set in a defensive crook of the River Dee. Apart from a large lead works, the industrial revolution has had little impact on the city.

On the opening night in 2000, TV presenters Jenny Powell and John Leslie were the special guests along with Geoff Capes, twice winner of the World's Strongest Man title, whose firm was providing security.

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by John C Bridge back in the 19th century, began life as Chester Orchestral Society.

The trust, which was founded on January 7, 1960, celebrates its golden jubilee this year.

It must have been hard to imagine back in 1939 that this place, would one day be the site of a world leader in the manufacture of some of the finest aircraft in the world.

The inaugural meetings of the Family History Society of Cheshire took place in Chester in 1969 so both the society and the Chester branch were celebrating the same anniversary.

The Commercial Hotel in St Peter's Square, behind The Cross, closed for a refurbishment almost four years ago but successive business plans failed to materialise.
Now workmen are putting the finishing touches to the interior with the downstairs bars opening this weekend.

Cheshire West and Chester Council, Portfolio Holder for Recreation and Culture Cllr Richard Short said: "The national importance of Chester's city walls is recognised by their status as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and they are unique in being the only city walls where the complete circuit still survives.

"The unusual repair project is the result of the collapse of a section of the sandstone structure and is expected to take around 12 months to complete."

The live IP camera shows stonemasons removing the unstable material while the council's archaeologists record the structure stone by stone.

It was Mrs Alexander with a lead pipe in the school room.

It traces the history of Cheshire through the use of photographs and covers areas such as Chester, Wirral, Crewe, Knutsford and Warrington.

Francis Frith was the Victorian founder of the world-famous photographic archive who travelled to places such as the Nile in the 19th century, returning to Britain with striking pictures.

Frith had a real passion for the landscape and his aim was to photograph every town and village in Britain, travelling to them by pony and trap.

The historic St Peter's Church at The Cross aims to become a low cost communications centre with proceeds going to its sister church St John's, which needs repairs to its crumbling stonework and rotten roof.

FIREWORKS and street lamps are the only things that light up Chester's skies these days but back in the 1940s it was a different story.

Jim Cadman MBE, of Greenbank Road, Chester, died at the age of 91 on October 29 this year.

He spent the majority of his life looking after Chester Cathedral and its surrounding buildings including the Georgian and listed properties in Abbey Square, properties in Northgate Street and the old King's School.

Jim took over the WH Haswell and Son stonemasons from his father who was the clerk of the works - a position that was later bestowed on him when he left the army after the war.

Peter Hebbelwhite, lay clerk in the cathedral maintenance department, said: "He looked after the whole estate and it was a paradise of buildings to study and maintain for those of us with a love of architecture."