I would like to give a very big thank you to all you people who clicked on the Amazon Shopping Button which appears on many pages of the Christleton website. Just by using that link you raised about 26 pounds during December, the biggest monthly figure ever. This money has been used to go towards an annual sum of 182.72 pounds I have just paid to Easyspace to host the website. There are two other yearly bills for Domain Registration and a SSL Certificate. Please, please could more of you use this link to shop on Amazon. Please tell your friends. You could copy the link and save it as a bookmark in your browser so you do not need to return to the Christleton website each time you wish to make a purchase. Thank you.

Starting in the new Christleton 4 section of the webiste David Cummings will contribute each month photographic files from the Village Archives about a particular aspect of Village Life. January features "Horses" with photographic contributions mainly from Ernest Hall, Reg Morgan and David himself. Ernest Hall's contribution of images of the Littleton Point to Point Races and Romany Families in the Village are particularly fine, and illustrate life in the 1960's and 70's. He was one of the first people in the village to use Kodachrome colour slide film, and as they were rarely viewed they are still in immaculate condition.

The Christleton Website starts 2021 with a brand new section - Christleton 4. It would have been nice to have carried on expanding Christleton 3 which covers five years from 2016 to 2020 but problems were starting to arise. No shortage of space on the server but whenever I added new pages which was every month this changed the structure of the website which meant that several thousand files had to be again uploaded. This all takes time and does not always go to plan. So as our most loyal and regular contributor, David Cummings, is ready to enlighten us with his unbelieveable treasure trove of knowledge about our village of Christleton plus his infectious interest in local wildlife in all its forms, Christleton 4 All Seasons, is born.

The final History File by David Cummings is now online. Read about Thomas Wain, a member of the Wain Family from Skips Lane who in 1935 were to create a very successful builing and hire business on the canal.

The last Wildlife Watch for 2020 is now online. In it David Cummings looks at the plants, butterflies and birds that can be seen in St. James' churchyard. It is also the first Wildlife Watch where I have been able to include a video title at the top of the page. All twelve artticles are avaialble but to go to the December one click the button below.

October if you noticed was a really wet month. But the 8 inches of rain has not stopped David Cummings from getting about and noting how nature has been faring. Whilst you are drying out have a read at the November edition of Wildlife Watch by David Cummings.

When in converstaion and someone asks about that fine building overlooking Christleton Pit you will be all ready to provide them with copius information. That is, providing you have read The History File for November 2020 by David Cummings. All is revealed as we go through the keyhole and meet the Dixon Family.