MILLENNIUM plans for Sandbach are to go on display in the town to allow residents to air their views and make suggestions.

From Thursday, September 10, to Saturday, September 12, an exhibition of photographs, designs and drawings of the planned activities will be held in the Town Hall and the Market Food Hall.

Among the plans are a giant tapestry, 15 feet by 5 feet, made by local people, depicting the town's history and already well under way.

The Sandbach Dome is also proposed, with a mobile covered stage to be placed wherever events are taking place.

It is hoped that the Doctor Latham Memorial, currently in the park, can be restored and re-sited and that the fountain on the Hightown roundabout could be repaired.

A wildlife corridor and country walk has been planned by the borough council and a giant fireworks display and New Year Millennium Ball are among the plans.

The Millennium Committee is also hoping to have a competition for an eye catching feature for the new roundabout to be built at the town end of the Wheelock by-pass.

And the committee is planning to approach the relevant authorities to see if signs to the Sandbach Crosses can be placed on the M6 near junction 17.

Committee member councillor John Moore said: "We also think that the Sandbach town signs on the approach roads are frankly boring.

"We should use these signs to tell people entering our town that we are proud of it, and proud of our history and of our present achievements.

"I hope that we can persuade the relevant authorities to allow us to modify the present design of these signs to something with a little more pride and character and a suggestion for this is included in the exhibition."

Committee chairman Aileen Thompson said: "We aim to put before the people of Sandbach a programme of Millennium activities which will bring civic pride to this historic town.

"I hope that people will come along to the exhibition, not just to see what ideas we already have, but to pass on their views on them and to make suggestions of their own."

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