Village fete full of eastern promise

LIONS came to a village best known for its swans.

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Michael GreenEditor, Chester, Crewe and Nantwich Chronicles

00:00, 4 JUL 2008
Updated00:55, 24 JUL 2013

Village fete full of eastern promise

LIONS came to a village best known for its swans.

There was a Far Eastern theme at the annual fete in Christleton with lion dancing and sumo wrestling.

Tradition was maintained with the crowning of the Rose Queen.

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