24 Problems Only People From Cheshire Will Understand

The only place on earth that comes with its own five-year guarantee from John Lewis.

By Tom Nicholson /

When most people think of Cheshire, they€™ll conjure up images of footballers, Bentley showrooms, WAGs, farmers, gilet warehouses, rifle clubs, massive gated palaces outside Alderley Edge, champers galore, and cocaine in the kinds of industrial quantities which would have Tony Montana making noises about having an early start tomorrow and heading for the door. However, only about two-thirds of those are accurate. Cheshire€™s also a very beautiful and historic part of the world - it€™s just that most of that history is to do with either Victorian weaving looms or salt mines. Cheshire-dwellers know better than anyone else that there€™s nothing quite like the visceral thrill of being in a disused salt mine. If you€™re into rolling hills, banging tea rooms and the faint sense that everything you can see around you comes with a five-year guarantee from John Lewis, Cheshire is the place for you. It€™s like a composite of the best bits of the south, but without the southerners.

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