Taffy Davies

16:07, 12 OCT 2016

Fun loving ex-vicar shows artistic side

Taffy Davies, 65, will be showing his illustrations at a charity event next month in Macclesfield.

Theatre group's new Christmas night of performances

Purvies Productions put on a special evening of poems, prose and drama named A Christmas Miscellany at Sutton scout hut.

Fun-loving vicar bids fond farewell

Now the grandfather-of-two, who worked the patch for more than 20 years, is moving on to pastures new.

Bonkers vicar Taffy’s not-so model behavior

Some time ago I was walking my dogs around Teggs Nose Reservoir when I spotted my vicar, Taffy Davies, sneaking around the car park waving a video camera. To my horror he was filming a lady in pink high-heels with legs like Bernard Manning.

Sutton show must go on

Tickets are selling fast for the biennial fundraiser Sutton on Stage. The event, which raises funds for the 1st Sutton Scouts and Guides, has been staged since 1991.

And so it came to pass ...

This is the time of year vicars enlist ‘volunteers’ for their church fetes, so I shall relate to you a parable.

Survival is the bee all and end all

A Sutton vicar whose own bees have mysteriously died out has vowed to help save the insect from extinction.

The vicar who hates Christmas

THE REVEREND Taffy Davies may be a devoted leader to his Sutton flock – but he is also Macclesfield’s very own Scrooge!

15 rural phone boxes are facing final pips

IT MAY be the end of the line for some of Macclesfield’s iconic red phone boxes.

Success of play is no mystery

WITH A blizzard howling through the streets, I never expected to see a crowd gathering in Macclesfield town centre on Easter Saturday. But just like Baldrick, Sutton vicar Taffy Davies had "a cunning plan".

Free beer sparks bitter dispute?

FOR WHAT we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful...for it is free booze!

Tributes to gran who inspired generations

East Cheshire Hospice

RESIDENTS have been bidding farewell to a much-loved stalwart of the community and an inspiration to generations.

I love summer but it’s a shame about the vicars

YOU KNOW what I like best about summer? It's the village fetes, garden parties and country shows. They really brings out the best in us. You know what I don't like? Vicars. I have found vicars to be sneaky individuals never to be trusted.

Hero took on axemen

EXCLUSIVE HAVE-a-go hero postmaster Simon Rumsey was this week nursing a black eye after bravely taking on two masked axe-wielding robbers who fled with £900 cash.

Mum dies in holiday tragedy

Macclesfield Hospital

EXCLUSIVE A HEARTBROKEN husband has told how he is "numb" after the tragic death of his wife in Lanzarote - only three years after their blind and deaf son lost his fight for life.

A proud day for our Taffy

SUTTON'S parish vicar has been given the honour of being Macclesfield's rural dean.

Vicar will sell sermon to the highest bidder to help scouts

VICAR Taffy Davies might be holier than thou - but at least he is willing to practise what he preaches.

Stones are to be ‘topple tested’

CHURCH gravestones are to be "topple tested" later this month as part of a new Diocesan initiative.

I won’t bury thieves warns vicar

A VICAR said he will boycott the funeral of thieves who pinched a magnificent floral tribute to fallen war heroes.

Victory for stand alone protesters

A SENSATIONAL U-turn by Macclesfield Police left residents battling to block a new town centre bar single-handed.