- ...that after the Chester Town Hall (pictured) was officially opened in 1869 to replace an earlier building burnt down in 1862, another fire destroyed the council chamber in 1897?
- ...that English civil engineer James Trubshaw's straightening method used on Wybunbury's St Chad's tower in 1832 was later used to stabilise the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
- ...that John Thomson served for 55 years as the schoolmaster of Nantwich Blue Cap School and the school closed some six months after his retirement aged 86 or 87?
- ...that the Port of Runcorn was an independent customs port for two separate periods before becoming part of the Port of Manchester in 1894?