Review – The Little Dessert Shop, Bore Street, Lichfield By Rebecca Hill When I was a child there was no such thing as ‘dessert shops’ around (I think if there had been, it may well have been where all my pocket money got spent!) so I was delighted to be invited to try just a […]
Lichfield District Council has confirmed that Lichfield Proms in Beacon Park 2020 will not go ahead this year. Since the coronavirus pandemic started, officers and councillors have been looking at possible ways to deliver the event. However, with September fast approaching and given the covid-related government guidance, it has become clear that going ahead with […]
Food Review by Jono Oates The weather outside was not exactly summery as we pulled in to the car park at Café Prego in Shenstone, but the fabulous food certainly transported us to the sun-drenched olive fields of Tuscany, providing us with a lovely slice of Italian food sunshine in deepest Staffordshire! Café Prego is […]
Lichfield District Council is launching a special offer across its Lichfield city car parks, and from Monday 6th July it will only cost £1 to park all day, any day of the week in council-run city centre car parks. The special offer, which is running from 6th July to 2nd August 2020, will apply to […]
Lichfield District Council is urging residents to shop local! With coronavirus restrictions slowly being lifted, Lichfield District Council is working to make sure residents are confident visiting their local high streets. As part of the Reopening High Streets Safely project, which is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the council is launching a […]
Gin at Home Goes Down a Treat! Review by Citylife Director Helen Smith It’s wonderful to see so many creative ideas and activities taking place in order to bring everyone together ‘virtually’ in these unprecedented times. So when Helen Smith was invited to join a ‘Zoom’ virtual gin tasting evening hosted by The Cheese, Gin […]
First World War Militaria Collection Up for Auction THE First World War militaria collection of a man who spent a decade sharing his specialist knowledge as a volunteer at the National Memorial Arboretum is to go up for auction at Richard Winterton Auctioneers. David Bryant, who died shortly before Christmas 2019 aged 71, was particularly […]
Scamp: The Miner and Pit Pony Seven years ago, on Saturday 8 June 2013, the miner’s statue was officially unveiled at Sankey’s Corner, Burntwood. The statue, of a miner leading a pit pony, was the brainchild of the late Rob Bradbury, a very well known Burntwood resident, historian and councillor. Ron organised a succesful fund […]
The history of gin – and some gin tasting as well! By Jono Oates There’s nothing better on a warm summer evening than sitting in the garden, or on the patio and sipping a refreshing glass of gin and tonic as the sun goes down. Gin has, in recent times, become more and more popular […]
The History of Hoar Cross Hall By Jono Oates Situated 10 miles from Lichfield is the former stately home of Hoar Cross Hall, now a residential resort spa, but previously home to many generations of the Meynell-Ingram family. The land on which the hall was built was part of the Needwood Forest and in the […]
