Wisbech

This week – just in time to get yourself a project for Easter – my focus is on the Wisbech Wool Shop, in Union Street, just off the Market Place.

What was it like to walk through 1700s Wisbech? Who were you likely to meet? What buildings would you have seen? What sounds would you have heard and how would it all have smelled?

Upwell Gilbert and Sullivan Society are getting ready to take to the stage to perform Ruddigore this week.

A March air cadet was presented with her Duke of Edinburgh award during a royal ceremony in London.

Roy Brown, chief executive and founder member of CP Learning Trust, has retired after 15 years in post.

Wisbech school children have been learning about film making.

Two Wisbech accountants have merged to offer a wider range of services. Bully Davey and Leighton & Co have joined forces and aim to expand their business.

The price of weddings is sky-rocketing and with the ever-increasing demands of work, newly-weds are seeking mini-escapes directly after their wedding, in order to delay the traditional and longer honeymoon until the best season hits their destination of choice.

National Gardening Week was launched four years ago by the Royal Horticultural Society. Since then it has grown into the country’s biggest celebration of gardening.

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A Chatteris couple who were introduced by their parents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

An outdated wooden pavilion could be replaced by a modern new community centre if planners give the green light.

Two Wisbech day centres are appealing for more volunteers to help make a difference to the lives of pensioners in the area.

Voluntary and community groups can get information and guidance on a wide range of topics at three support sessions being organised by the Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service in Fenland over the next three months.

TV star Nigel Marven was in March on Saturday – and was up-staged by a 250,000-year-old wooly rhino skull!

People in Wisbech had the chance to pose questions to their parliamentary candidates during an election hustings last week. Churches Together organised the event in Wisbech Salvation Army Hall on Wednesday to allow voters to speak to the candidates. Steve Barclay (Con), Lucy Nethsingha (Lib Dem), Ken Rustidge (Lab) and Helen Scott Daniels (Green) took questions. UKIP candidate Andrew Charalambous did not attend.

Film-goers will be able to watch the latest releases within two new screens at The Light Cinema in Wisbech.

Sutton Bridge-based fresh prepared food producers Wingland Foods have celebrated their 15th birthday.

A six-year-old rider and his pony raised more than £1,000 for two good causes after completing an 11-mile hack in memory of his great aunt.

Poets and writers from across Cambridgeshire took part in the fourth annual Fenland Poet Laureate Awards.