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The children at Wimboldsley Primary School, near Middlewich, spent some time looking at maps of their area. They found places they knew and liked, imagined stories connected with odd names, and wrote poems. Here are some of them...
A frosty day (Lee Cooke)
It was a frosty day and the leaves
were dropping from the trees.
You could hear the cars zooming
on the main road
from where I live.
I could hear the cat crying to come in
and the dogs barking like a pack of wolves.
And you could hear noises in my house
when you were alone.
My Town (Chris Taylor)
In Middlewich lots of speed humps fill the road
With CW10 as the local post code.
There’s a salt mine, there’s a high school.
The town nearly had a swimming pool.
But the sports hall has most of the action here
And the locals can walk there because it is near.
All these reasons are well known
And that’s why I call this town my home.
Clive Green (Jasmine Farrell)
Clive Green is like a greeny place
Where you can relax in the grass.
When you’re far away it looks like
A patchwork quilt lying on the ground
But really it’s fields after fields
Lying gracefully all on their own.
Crewe Sweet Crewe (Hannah Calvert)
Crewe is one big adventure
With birds singing
Grass swaying
And woodpeckers ringing.
Soon you will be going along a path
And seeing the road going down
Go straight on
And you’ll end up in town.
Crewe can be calm
Just like a stream,
So visit Crewe
And see what I mean!
Middlewich (Kristian Ormandy)
Ten thrilling jumps on your bike
Along the dangerous Mysty Wood
If you look back
You might crash.
My friend’s a thousand metres away
Having to cross the murky waters
Of the Warren on a vine
Like a rainforest
The long canal
Weaving in and out
Confusing people of its path
Like it always does.
Moss Drive (Joshua Lyon)
In the morning it’s more like
Sunny Drive, but at
Night everything changes.
There are no cars, there is nothing
There. It’s
Like it’s deserted.
If you go down there at
Night it’s pitch black and it’s
Damp like a
Sludgy wet swamp, just
Fading away in the
Distance, with
Steam floating
Off it.
Rainbow Lane (Charlotte Barber)
Rainbow Lane is colourful.
Green the big wide field.
Red bright warm rose,
Blue the big layer of sky.
Brown the rough hard bark,
Yellow the bright shimmering sun.
Purple the first born flower,
White the big fluffy clouds.
Rainbow Lane is colourful.
Kinderton Lodge (Bethany Johnson)
Kinderton Lodge, silent and peaceful
and calm. The birds sing the song
of the waving bush. We all lie on
the ground, whistling to ourselves.
Wonder in Winsford (Jensen Beesley)
Flashes
Running slowly and calmly.
Rilshaw Lane
Like standing on the shore
Walking through the sand.
Salt mine
People digging hard
With diggers and pouring
Sweat.
The church
Peaceful and relaxing
Praying to their God
Running slowly and calmly
Flashes.
Loving Wildlife (Christopher Beesley)
Rilshaw is a huge adventurous place
With a flashing lake by the side of it.
You can see the ripples in the water
that remind you of a chocolate bar.
When you’re driving it’s a road to heaven
Calm and peaceful like it should be.
Guess who? (Liam Young)
All of the roads in Middlewich
Are named after an animal
But can you guess who?
Guess who lives down Croxton Lane?
Large animals with powerful jaws
Live down Croxton Lane.
Leading into
Finneys Lane which has a fin,
Lurking in the murky water
Following on to
Webbs Lane which has webbed feet,
Waddling around.
And all of these and more go
Together to make up
Middlewich.
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