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  • New lease of life for The Old Vicarage Hotel

    A PUB owner is set to breathe life into an empty 17th century coaching inn and hotel in Holmes Chapel. The Old Vicarage Hotel, on Knutsford Road, has been let to an experienced operator in a deal brokered by specialist property adviser Christie

  • 'A total lack of respect': Knutsfordians slam Moor litterers

    KNUTSFORDIANS have spoken of their disgust after litter – including broken bottles, cigarette papers, pizza boxes and cans of lager – were left strewn across the Moor at the weekend. The rubbish had been left behind on the Moor on Friday night

  • Stop complaining

    I have been fighting to have Knutsford roads maintained since February of this year. I have written letters to the highways department to no avail. Now Mobberley folk are condemning their road closure. Thanks a bunch Mobberley! You’re lucky

  • Save paint and use single yellow lines

    While it may be inconvenient and inconsiderate, parking on Heritage Way or Cotton Shop Yard, as highlighted in the Guardian last week, it is not actually illegal. One would hope that the introduction of double yellow lines in these areas would

  • Take over wood

    I am referring to the article in the Guardian, July 16, regarding the Windmill Wood. This wood is a vital amenity for walkers, runners and even off-road cyclists. It should be bought and managed by the local authority. Paul Thomson Knutsford

  • Nothing we can do

    I am writing regarding the article about the parking issue on Heritage Way in Knutsford, and in response I guess legally there is nothing to stop people parking there if they want. But for those of us living on the Royal Streets, i.e. Queen Street

  • Left the building

    In reply to last week’s letter ‘Unfair sniping at the town council’ in which “name and address supplied” cast several slurs on The Knutsfordian’s character, the Knutsfordian would point out that his invitation being lost in the post is something of

  • War memorial

    Although not a resident of Knutsford, I do pass through two or three times a week. Heading towards the Heath there are two blocks of houses all painted the same, on the left hand side. On one of the houses is a stone tablet which reads something