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Wherever you are in the world, we cordially welcome you to...
• Here is an illuminating selection of Quotations & Comments from distinguished visitors to Chester from the 12th to the 21st centuries. • Chester as she was: a growing collection of old maps, aerial photographs- and a magnificent Victorian view from a balloon! In addition, our galleries of old photographs and drawings of Chester and Liverpool are here. • Chester in the Snow: January 2010. • The Chester Gallery & The Liverpool Gallery A small selection from 25 years of photographs by the author. Our picture library contains thousands of images and new material is regularly being added... • Still accurate today after 140 years, a fascinating description of Chester's unique covered galleries- the Rows written by Joseph Hemingway in 1836, with additional material and pictures by your guide.
• Almost everybody is familiar with the works of Louise Rayner, a Victorian watercolour artist who lived in Chester for many years and produced numerous much-loved images of our city. Read about her life and see some of her masterpieces here. • A history of the cinema in Chester by David A Ellis with additions and illustrations by Steve Howe. • Some memories of the recently-demolished Chester Royalty Theatre • A Virtual Stroll Around Hoole is now online, including a useful set of local links (early days yet- sponsorship and advertisers are needed to help this grow!) Now featuring our new Hoole Business Directory! • A short distance beyond the Eastgate is the suburb of Boughton. Here is an article by Tony Cummings (with additions and pictures by the author): Spital Boughton's Litany of Death and Martyrdom, which tells a little of the area's chequered history. • The story of a vanished religious community that for centuries flourished on the site of the new HQ building: The Nuns of St. Mary's. (we will also be meeting with the communities of the Black, Gey and White Friars during the course of our journey). • A visit to a fascinating part of our city very different to the Rows and Walls- and the ongoing story of its controversial redevelopment over the last few years: The Old Port. • Some images of the 1992 Chester Mystery Plays. More and better images will be added here soon. We have a large collection of pictures from this event so get in touch if you're interested.. • A Brief History of the Chester Philharmonic Orchestra by Tony Mitchell • A collection of amusing and irreverent Chester Anagrams by man of mystery, Seranus • You and I may enjoy a gentle stroll around Chester's city walls, but Simon Catterall once did things rather differently: a hilarious true story- Naked Around the Walls! (1984). Also enjoy his Youthful Memories of Chester (1974) •
Explore
a
former disused
railway line
running
from
rural
Cheshire,
through
the
city
of
Chester
and
on
into
Deeside-
since
June
2000,
the
location
of
a
superb
new
cycleway
and
footpath-
but
for years threatened
by
a
madcap, multi-million pound
plan
to
put
a
'guided busway'
on
it.
Join
us
for
our Virtual
Stroll
Along
the
Millennium Greenway -
and
read
a
collection
of
letters for and- very
much in
the
majority!- against the
CDTS
Busway. • If you'd like to visit another example of a British walled city, here's a brief portrait of beautiful Conwy, fifty or so miles from Chester along the North Wales coast. • A useful collection of Links to other sites discovered along the way including: Chester, Cheshire & North Wales, Liverpool, history, archaeology and genealogy, photography, internet & Apple Macintosh, music, environmental and miscellaneous links. Your suggestions are welcome. • "Oh no, not the holiday snaps!" A collection of new images by the author of somewhere very different to Chester- beautiful Cortes Island off the coast of far-away British Columbia, Canada. • Another Place- Anthony Gormley's amazing installation on Crosby beach, north of Liverpool. Photographed by the author (who grew up just down the road!) • Advertise to the world on the Chester Virtual Stroll! A custom-designed banner with your company logo and a link directly to your site- go here for details... • Visit our sponsors- without them this website wouldn't exist! Check out the fine photographic and digital services at The Black & White Picture Place: weddings & special occasions • classic portraiture • photographic restoration & repair • commercial, industrial & archaeological photography • printing, processing & digital services • The Picture Gallery: Images of Chester, Liverpool, people and many other subjects. • Get what you deserve! GoodHiding- fine leather goods handmade in Chester. • The above services, and much more, are available at The Handel's Court Gallery near the Northgate and City Walls.. • All of the original photographs on this site - and many of the older ones- are available to purchase as beautiful, handmade prints- far superior to the online images- in a variety of sizes. The perfect gift! Call 0775 1521 600 or email for details. |
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lmost
as
long
as
people
have
been
visiting
this, the
ancient
and
beautiful
city
of
Chester,
others
have
been
writing
books
to
help
them
find
their
way
around,
and
our Chester Virtual
Stroll is
just
the
latest-
but
the first to
be
published
exclusively
on
the
World
Wide
Web! The
first
such
guidebook we
know
of
was
penned
by
one Lucian,
a
monk
of Chester
Abbey
in
1195-
over
eight
centuries
ago.
You
can
learn
a
little
of
him,
his
community
and
his
remarkable
work
by
going 
• A
selection
of
your 