Chester Railway Station

Chester Railway Station, or Chester General, as it was once called, was a joint station between the Chester and Holyhead Railway, the Chester and Crewe Railway and the Birkenhead Railway. Later these became the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway (GWR). The joint station dates from 1848, replacing at least two earlier termini of the railway companies concerned.

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Chester Film Society

Chester Film Society show interesting, non-mainstream films in a variety of places. Next one showing is 'A Late Quartet' at St Marys Centre on Tuesday 4th February, and it is open to all, not just members of the society. Price is £3.50, a real bargain. You can find out more here: www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk

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City Road Tunnel

Back in the days when the Queen Hotel and Town Crier were owned by the same people, there was a tunnel underneath City Road, connecting the two. If you lean over the railings at the Queen Hotel, you can just see the top of the bricked-up remnants.

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Town Crier City Rd

The Town Crier, down at the station end of City Road, was originally owned by the same people as the Queen Hotel. But whilst the Queen Hotel was for the first class passengers coming off trains, the Town Crier was for the hoi polloi in second and third class.

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Fake Owls

All around the platforms of Chester Railway Station there are fake owls, placed there to deter the pigeons, I imagine. Once you start noticing them it feels quite creepy.

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Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar III

Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar were playing at the Bear & Billet yesterday evening - tickets sold out within 24 hours, obviously their fame is spreading. This year they are up for the BBC Folk Horizon award - a full list of nominees can be seen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ldc63/profiles/winners-nominees
They will be releasing their second album in June, and will be playing again in Chester at the time of the launch, so look out for it - and book quickly!

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Contemporary Art Space Chester

The Russell Kirk exhibition was held in Contemporary Art Space Chester, on the University Kingsway campus. The walls of the corridors leading down to the exhibition were lined with undergraduate work, most of a very high standard and well worth a look. You can see more about CASC here:
https://www.facebook.com/CASCgallery?fref=ts

 

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