Crewe Detectives have been operating in Crewe and the North West for almost 20 years.
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A planned redevelopment of Crewe's town centre,including the current Bus Station and main shopping area have currently been abandoned because of 'difficult economic conditions', according to the former developers Modus.
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Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683.
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Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works.
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Crewe was not formally planned out until 1843 by Joseph Locke.
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Crewe was thus named after the railway station, rather than the other way round.
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Crewe was founded in the township of Monks Coppenhall which, with the township of Church Coppenhall, formed the ancient parish of Coppenhall.
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Crewe's railway station was named after the township of Crewe.
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Until the Grand Junction Railway company chose Crewe as the site for its locomotive works and railway station in the late 1830s, Crewe was a village with a population of just 70 residents.
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Winsford, seven miles to the north of Crewe, had rejected an earlier proposal, as had local landowners in neighbouring Nantwich, four miles away.
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Crewe railway station was built in fields near to Crewe Hall and was completed in 1837.
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Crewe has a large park, Queen's Park, the land for which was donated by the London and North Western Railway.
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Bill Bryson described Crewe as 'the armpit of Cheshire' in his 1995 book 'Notes from a Small Island'.
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Crewe is well represented with Supermarkets, Asda, Tesco, and Morrison's all enjoying representation.
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Crewe's Nightlife is well below average, and the 6,000 students at MMU, tend to stay on campus.
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