September 2025 Newsletter

Here’s the September Edition of the Little Chester Newsletter for download and/or listen via the podcast. I’ve changed the style of the podcast this month, so please let me know which you prefer!

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Podcasts

Below are the two versions of the podcast. The 1st is a shorter look at the articles, and the 2nd is a longer ‘deep-dive’. Let me know which you prefer in the comments!

August 2025 Newsletter

Below is the August newsletter, which will be arriving in your letterboxes soon. Lots of thank-yous this month for everyone who helped in our 10th free Picnic on the Green event and also details on the exciting roman excavations planned in August by University of York!

Download the newsletter or listen to the podcast version below!

A link to the Denvention Dig page is here

Details on what was found in the 2013 dig can be found here

The projected footprint of the Roman fort and the courses of the Roman roads, with the location of the previous evaluation trenches excavated in 2013

June and July 2025 Newsletters

Please see attached the electronic versions of the June and July newsletters. The podcast version of the July edition is also below. Apologies for the lateness of these!

If you find the podcast useful, do let me know 🙂

May 2025 Newsletter

Below is the podcast and PDF of the May newsletter. There are plenty of events happening. You can attend a quiz night. There is also a ‘pay what you feel’ theatre production. Enjoy the magic circle on the green and the usual History group talks.

March and April 2025 Newsletters!

Apologies, but I forgot to post March’s newsletter, but to make up for this (and hopefully this will be useful for subscribers to this site), I’m trying out a new feature which is a podcast/audio version of the newsletter. Please let me know what you think!

So, for everything happening in Little Chester, have a look/listen below!

Little Chester April 2025 Newsletter Podcast Link

February 2025 Newsletter

The Feb 25 newsletter is out now (you should have received your paper copy already 🙂 ).

Lots of info for the regular classes at the Community Centre, and the QUIZ that’s happening on Friday 7th Feb (always a great night out!)

All this and more in this month’s edition!

December 2024 Newsletter

The December newsletter is out now, and printed copies should have made their way to you, too!

Lots on this December:

  • Rhian’s quiz night is at the Community Centre (6th December, 7pm).
  • The Chester Green Christmas Lights Switch-on at 5pm next to the Christmas Tree at the end of Marcus Street (where it meets the Green).
  • The Christmas Window Trail also officially starts on Sunday (give or take the odd window that is not quite ready!

Lots more in this month’s Newsletter! The Window trail map is below or an electronic version is via this link: tinyurl.com/CGXmasWindows2024

October 2024 Newsletter

Below is the October Newsletter including details on:

  • Snowdrop bulb planting the the Cafe on the Green
  • Halloween Disco
  • Little Chester History Group
  • Parking Permit updates (please return your voting slips!)
  • How to get involved in our annual XMas Window Trail
  • and more!

September 2024 Newsletter

The September newsletter is available below. Details on Rhian’s Quiz night (20th Sept), the Halloween Disco (26th Oct), Local History Group, the 3rd Chester Green Arts Trail (7th Sept) and more besides!

August 2024 Newsletter

Lots to see in this month’s newsletter. A huge thank you to all who put on the Picnic on the Green event. We were competing with many other high-profile events in Derby and the Euros final, but we still got over 200 people to attend this annual free event.

There are details on the next quiz, a message from our new MP, and details on the CG Arts Trail (early September). There is also a petition to install earth bunds around the green to help protect it from unauthorised encampments (this summer’s visitors have just left!) This has been used across the country to keep caravans and unauthorised vehicles off urban parks, whilst still allowing access to be kept when needed via removable posts at key locations.  Linked below are examples from Chichester, Reading and Walsall.

If you agree that something needs to be done about this now-yearly problem, please help by signing this petition.

https://tinyurl.com/CGBundPetition

All this, and more, in the August 2024 Newsletter, linked below