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."

About 30 students from schools and colleges took part in a sixth form subject day, hosted by the Department of History and Archaeology.

The annual Freemen and Guilds Awards marks success within specific trades and professions.

Chester's Guilds can trace their history back to the 1400s, and celebrating success has always been an integral part of their role.

Students used geophysical survey techniques to catch a glimpse of what may be hidden underneath the surface of the ground, under the training and supervision of Dr Meggen Gondek, a senior lecturer in archaeology.

The village's Trafford Mill has made the shortlist for the Big Lottery Fund's Village SOS scheme.

With the opening of the canal in 1779 and coaches running from London, more people started to visit Chester.

The Royal Hotel, opening in 1785, was the city's first hotel, but was replaced in 1866 by a bigger building which became The Grosvenor Hotel.

Sue Wilkes has already produced a book entitled Narrow window, Narrow Lives: The Industrial Revolution in Lancashire.

But now she has come up with Regency Cheshire, which was published last week.

The physics graduate and specialist in social history and biography has lived with her family in Cuddington, Cheshire, for 11 years.

He attended a Champagne reception at the Eastgate Street shop, where Waltons staff from the jewellers' four shops celebrated 100 years of excellence.

The foot-high trophy, expected to sell for up to £1,800, was discovered in the Surrey home of a direct descendant of the winner.

IN Private Eye's "Nooks and Corners" column - one of the satirical magazine's most famous sections - Gavin Stamp, writing under the pseudonym Piloti, calls Chester Castle a "supreme example of municipal neglect and philistinism" and goes on to describe the Grosvenor Bridge as "neglected and vandalised".

Titled "On The Endangered List", the internationally renowned author's column slams Cheshire West and Chester Council and English Heritage for allowing "some of the finest structures in the land" to fall into neglect.

The familiar sound of leather on willow has now been heard in the rural village for 125 years and cricket is still making the headlines today.

Hilary Smith, née Shore, of Frodsham spotted herself on the photograph (back row, fifth from right) brought in by Grenville Britland and set about naming as many of her classmates as she could.

Mrs Smith, who returned to live in Alvanley six years ago and also owns the picture, recognised a host of characters from her past as well as headteacher Beatrice Hatton.

The museum on Grosvenor Street asked members of the public to lend their favourite outfits along with photos of them in their chosen "get-up" and to tell the stories behind the clothes.

Styles from the 1940s to the 1980s were displayed, as well as clothes dating from the 1930s and 1950s from the museum's own "handling collection".

Students from Upton High School held their own fashion show and were photographed in their chosen outfits from this collection.

Cheshire West and Chester Council are to spend £2 million on the phased project designed to 'breathe fresh life' into the Chester's former local government centre.

The announcement coincides with the sale of County Hall to the University of Chester.
The £10m-plus deal will trigger the movement of hundreds of local government workers to the new HQ building by June 2010 as County Hall becomes the centre of the University's Faculties of Education and Children's Services and Health & Social Care.

The Lache Photographic Project, Life in Lache in 2009, funded by Lache Neighbourhood Management and the former Chester City Council, was started by celebrated photographer David Heke and took place earlier this year in February.