Hi Carolyn
The local paper is The Congleton Series who have a weekly glancing back feature edited by John Conliffe. Their web address is www.chronicleseries.com. Email address chronicleseries@aol.com. I would suggest you contact John Conliffe, if you give him the date he may look it up for you, especially if he thinks there may be a story in it
www.cheshirebmd.org.uk may be of interest to you