crich area community news
Online events calendar
Find out what is happening in Crich and surrounding areas by looking at our event calendar. Regular weekly events are recorded as well as one-offs. If you are organising an event, you can check for clashes and then slot in your own event. Using the calendar is straightforward, just follow the instructions. It will appear once an administrator has approved it. Alternatively, you can email us with the event date and details and we will publish it for you. The publicity is FREE.
What's on
Below you will find links to some of the cinemas, theatres and so on local to Crich:
Ritz Cinema, Belper
Cineworld, Chesterfield
Showcase, Cinema de lux, Derby
Odeon Cinema, Derby
Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
The Quad, Derby - Cinema, gallery, café bar and workshop
Assembly Rooms, Derby
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Historical events
Some early events from history during this quarter.
- 1460 Aug 3: King James II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso
- 1485 Aug 22: Battle of Bosworth Field; Richard III killed – beginning of Tudors
- 1540 Jul 28: Thomas Cromwell executed; Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard
- 1642 Aug 22: Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham
- 1704 Aug 4: British take Gibraltar
- 1776 Jul 4: American Declaration of Independence
- 1798 Aug 1: Battle of the Nile won by Nelson
- 1833 Aug 29: Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
- 1914 Aug 15: Panama Canal opened
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