There are plenty of watering holes too, with a range of pubs, bars, coffee houses and restaurants, which bring in food and drink lovers from near and far. ‘At weekends you can barely move for visitors,’ says Moira Yeamans, who first moved to Lymm more than 60 years ago. Moira Yeamans, who first moved to Lymm more than 60 years ago, in her waterside apartment.
(Image: Kirsty Thompson) ‘It’s wonderful. You have couples, families, people with dogs. It gives this kind of holiday feeling.
When my daughter (Radio Northwich’s Kim Smith) comes to visit, she will always say “we've just come through the village and everyone's strolling about, there's people sitting outside”. I feel as though I'm on holiday every day.’ Moira makes the most of the village’s active social life, and has been a key part of the community for all her adult life.
‘We lived in Lymm when my husband and I first married. We bought our first property in 1960, a little bungalow, which we loved, but as our children came along – it was only two bedrooms and we had a boy and a girl – we bought a bigger house on the main road. It was very close to the village and easy to get to school.
‘I bought a little shop, which we called the Baby Boutique, and we sold beautiful babywear and childrenswear. We used to do fashion shows for children. It was great.
’ As her children got a little older, the family moved a few miles out, to Grappenhall, but Moira remained a regular in the village. ‘I’d made .
