NEW Brighton came an unexpected cropper away to Bridlington in Saturday's Courage League North One clash. The score finished 9-24, with New Brighton having to settle for two penalties and a drop goal by Alex Guest as the home pack dominated. Birkenhead
RESULTS: Sunday, April 13:- Cheshire FA Sunday Cup Final - KEL 3, Thatched Tavern 2 Veronica Conway Premier Cup (Semi-final) - Archers Social 3, Queens Park 2 Premier Division - Shaftesbury FC 2, Pilot Park View 4; Woodchurch Communicare 1, Higher Bebington
RESULTS: Wednesday, April 9:- Division Three - Mackie 3, Candy Utd 1; Sutton Mr Q's 6, Parkfield BA Res 2 Friday, April 11:- Regent Cup Final - Houlihans PR 2, Nue Ave 1 Saturday, April 12:- Division One - Clipper 2, Parkfield BA 3; Royal Liver 7, Comet
MAGNIFICENT KEL, of the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday Soccer League, overturned a 2-0 deficit to win the Cheshire FA Sunday Cup 3-2 against Thatched Tavern at Vauxhall's. Mike Harris pulled a vital goal back before the interval then Graham Wright deservedly
RESULTS: Thursday, April 10:- Manning Cup Final - Cleveland Arms 7, Lairds Veterans 2 (Trevor Bailey won match in 18 darts with a 180 game). FIXTURES: Thursday, April 17:- Three way 2nd Division Runner-up Play-off - Little House 'B' v Halfway House v
BIRKENHEAD St Mary's turned on the style to beat Wavertree on the opening day of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition which was blessed by glorious sunny conditions. Jamie Cullen struck 70 and Adrian Kinsey 62 in a six wickets success. Brothers
POULTON Victoria FC are on their way to Wembley . . . On Sunday, in front of some 5,000 fans at Anfield, home of Liverpool FC, the Carlsberg West Cheshire League club booked their place at the 'Venue of Legends' with a superb 1-0 victory over Hants club
PAUL Cook, the midfielder who joined Tranmere Rovers from Coventry City for £250,000, has slapped in a transfer request. Rovers have circulated other clubs, but so far no offers have been received. Cook, who opened Rovers' account at Portsmouth, is unhappy
TRANMERE Rovers are keeping their options open regarding the proposed flotation on the stock exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Chairman Frank Corfe said the club had been "well advised" by the City to wait for the outcome of this season's
TICKETS for the Tranmere Rovers v Bolton Wanderers match at Prenton Park on the last day of the season - and what a game that may yet prove to be! - go on general sale today. The match, which Rovers may have to win to clinch a place in the end -of-season
These chemists will be on duty on Sunday (April 20):- Upton:- Arrowe Pharmacy, 23 Arrowe Park Road (11am-1pm); Birkenhead:- ABC Ltd, 88-90 Argyle Street (12.30pm-7.30pm); Woodchurch:- Chanins Pharmacy, 98 Hoole Road (10am-12noon); Bebington:- Chanins
A HOYLAKE vicar faces major heart surgery as a result of stress caused by a campaign of hate mail against him. Rev. John Ball, of Hoylake Parish Church, Stanley Road, blames the stress of receiving more than 200 poison-pen letters for his need for a triple
ONE of Hoylake's oldest churches is aiming to raise, by September, the final £60,000 of a £170,000 appeal. That is when refurbishment work is due to start at St Andrew's United Reformed Church - a familiar landmark as people enter Meols on Birkenhead
ONE of the greatest debates of nautical history could be solved by the release of hitherto secret documents on the 85th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Since the ship hit an iceberg in 1912, debate has raged about the role played by Stanley
LOCAL residents are up in arms over plans to continue tipping at Eastham Rake landfill site. A protest petition is being organised calling for the closure of the tip originally planned for June. That's when planning consent for use of the land as a tip
A MUSICAL evening extravaganza is being staged by the 1st Burton Scout Group to help raise funds for a new Scout hut in the group's 50th anniversary year. The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is to provide an evening of classical pops in the stunning
BUPA MURRAYFIELD Hospital in Thingwall celebrated its 50th birthday with a party! A cake to commemorate the organisation's 50th birthday was sent to all 26 BUPA hospitals so staff and patients could join in the celebrations. Converted for the new archive
AN ANIMAL rights campaigner has quit his voluntary duties as a church helper in Wallasey because of pigeon shooting taking place in the church courtyard. Jack Holdroyd used to audit the church accounts and clean the courtyard at St Hilary's - the oldest
MEMBERS of Heswall Golf Club will be playing a round of golf to benefit older people in need by holding the qualifying match of the 1997 Unisys Club Championship in aid of Help of the Aged at the club on Saturday. Converted for the new archive on 13 March
SPEED KING 11-year-old Ricardo Lommano from Mostyn House School, Parkgate, is fast making a name for himself in the growing sport of karting after winning a major national event. Ricardo finished first novice in the Cadet class at the Three Sisters International
STOLEN ties worth £1,457, along with amphetamine, were found when police searched the home of a Birkenhead man. Paul McNamara, aged 26, of Netherfield Close, Noctorum, claimed he bought the ties for £1 each off an unknown man at a service station in Knutsford
STUDENTS at Wirral Grammar School, Bebington, will have lessons that are music to their ears this Friday, thanks to Jazz FM's interactive initiative. Jazz FM is running a series of workshops in secondary schools to make jazz accessible to school children
THOUSANDS of visitors are expected to flock this weekend to the Wirral Globe Ideal Home Fair - universally regarded as the most exciting and biggest exhibition of its kind to be held annually on the peninsula. And the venue, once again, will be Hulme
A MAN who broke another man's jaw and left his girlfriend scarred for life after hurling a glass has been sentenced to six years detention. Liverpool Crown Court heard that intensive care nurse Alison Irvine, of Eastham, needed 60 stitches to her wounds
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery at a bookmaker's in Wallasey on Monday morning. A man carrying what appeared to be a handgun entered Done Bookmakers on Liscard Road and made off with a quantity of cash after threatening staff. The man
FIFTEEN sixth-form students from West Kirby Grammar School for Girls are to become teachers during a two-week trip to Romania. The party, including three members of staff, flies out from Gatwick on July 19 and returns on August 3. The students, all girls
A NEW Comet is heading for Bromborough. Electrical retailer, Comet has taken over the recently closed NORWEB store at South Wirral Retail Park in Bromborough. Former NORWEB staff are being kept on and more jobs created. All existing guarantees and NORWEB
Five accused of plotting FIVE Wirral people accused of a charity fraud appeared in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday. Thirty-eight-year-old David Valentine denied three charges spanning four years involving plotting to obtain donations by falsely
SNOOKER champion and TV's Question of Sport favourite, John Parrott MBE, will be at home in Merseyside next month to launch the 1997 EuroWirral Fit for Business Week. He will host a business lunch on Friday, May 16, at the Leasowe Castle Hotel as a curtain-raiser
A VOLUNTEER care worker who stole from a disabled scientist has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Sentencing 48-year-old Karl Frederick on Monday, Judge Richard Hamilton said that he subjected his vulnerable victim to "a campaign of pressure and cajoling
HESWALL opticians Conlons have sown the seeds of a blooming Summer for the village's flowerbeds by backing them for a further year. The opticians has renewed its sponsorship of the stunning floral displays which are sited just yards away from the Conlons
WIRRAL magistrates told a Wallasey man that offences he committed were premeditated and involved goods of high value and they had no alternative but to send him to prison. Michael Anthony Armstrong obtained goods worth several thousand pounds using a
WIRRAL Met College Principal Jenny Shackleton has replied to a request from Wallasey MP Angela Eagle to outline provision for students once Withens Lane college closes. In a letter to Ms Eagle, she writes: "The Corporation Board's decision of June 1996
VOLVO unveils the eagerly awaited 'R' versions of its S70 and V70 which will be available from Drayton Motors, Bebington. Continuing the trend started by the original 850 T5 and T5-R, the latest R models will attract customers who want high performance
VAUXHALL'S Vectra Estate has won Diesel Car and 4x4 magazine's Diesel Estate Car of the Year 1997 award with it's new direct-injection engine 2.0 Di LS model. Road testers rated the Vectra Estate above the Peugeot 406 TD and Audi A4 Avant TDi, praising
THE UK's happiest car owners drive a Subaru - it was officially revealed last night by the world's most respected automobile consumer research authority. The Japanese-based manufacturer of all-wheel drive passenger cars such as the Impreza and Legacy
ONE of the most famous cars in the history of the cinema will be taking a bow at the prestigious Snowdonia Classic Car & Vehicle Rally at Llanberis over the weekend of 19th and 20th of April. The Aston Martin DB5, driven by Sean Connery in the Bond
WITH nearly 200,000 now produced, sales of Rover 600 are on the increase. This highly successful car is now further enhanced with both style and feature changes for the new season. Revisions to existing specifications include the adoption of a lower ride
JOHN Houston-Birch has been selling cars for the past 17 years, and along the way has gathered a strong following of satisfied car owners. Those of you out there who have lost touch with John over the years can now re-acquaint yourselves with him at Hardings
WITH details of more than 3,000 sites across mainland Europe, comprehensive information on ferry ports and routes and features on 21 countries, RAC Camping & Caravanning in Europe 1997 is an invaluable guide for the outdoor traveller. Entries are
ONE of the country's leading insurance brokers has recently discovered information which will be of value to those single, lonely people looking for their perfect partner! Check out their car first! Colonnade Insurance Brokers, with a branch in Wallasey
TO coincide with the launch of the new Galant range of saloons and estates at Mitchell, Mitsubishi dealers for Wirral, Stephen Dixon, MD of Mitsubishi Uk with Lord Astor, President of ROSPA, start the Campaign for Galant Driving. Every Galant owner, or
THE more expensive the company car, the less likely a woman will be allowed to drive it, according to new research from Cowie Group, one of the UK's largest motor retailers and company car management specialists. Furthermore, women executives generally
D.C. COOK Motorsport races at Oulton Park in Cheshire on June 22, Thruxton on April 13 and Brands on April 27. F1 hopefuls, will be the DC Cook Motorsport duo of Hull's Gary Smith and Paula Cook, in the F3 Championship. Paula Cook has never been in a
From John Willoughby:-THE sixth annual reunion of the Tollemache Road Central School Old Boys Association is to be held on Wednesday, April 23 at the Tixall Bowling and Social Club, Heathfield Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, commencing at 12 noon. Anyone who
MAY I say a big "Thank you" to the following people who so kindly came to my help when I had a bad fall outside Knaggs in Liscard Road. The lady and gentleman who picked me up and the lady who took me to 'Specsavers'; the staff of the opticians who took
From 'Disgusted':-I WOULD like to express how disgusted I am following the behaviour of a motorist and her passenger who pulled up in a dark turquoise car outside my house. The middle aged woman driver and her passenger stopped outside my house in Borough
Bethany Crescent, Bebington. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
From Councillor Phil Gilchrist:-THE letter you printed from Mrs McCarthy (Mailbox, March 5th), writing as a parent of a child at Greenleas School, showed just how frustrated parents are at the funding of our schools. Just before Christmas, Wirral Council
From Christine Devins, Manageress, British Red Cross Shop:-OVER the past 11 months my shop has been broken into and ransacked three times. Recently, two youths were seen to smash our window and steal some of our Easter Draw prizes, two Easter Eggs, boxes
From P. Hatton:-A NOTE of warning to any motorist using a disabled badge in Birkenhead . . . I am a new user of the scheme because my mother has just become disabled with a heart condition. We were very pleased to receive her orange parking badge. Thinking
From Anonymous:-FOR some time there has been a notice on the roundabout by Tesco Supermarket at Bidston requesting a sponsor. The roundabout is in a sad state and is looking very neglected. I can't understand how Tesco can not manage to afford to look
From Keith Crowden, Jones & Chapman, Tranmere:-THE school 'Lollypop' lady outside Woodlands Primary School in Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead must be the friendliest warden in Wirral. She doesn't know me and I have never spoken to her but I drive past
From G.W.R. Hunt:-THANK you for publishing my letter (Mailbox, March 5)which was critical of UK politicians for refusing to discuss the threat from the European Union. The three anti-EU letters (Mailbox, March 26) were encouraging. The Wirral Globe deserves
I AM trying to trace family documents which, I believe, were in the possession of my father's cousin, Olive Rushton. Olive lived in Elm Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, until the 1950s and was born approximately 1900-1902. I would be most grateful for any
IN the Summer of 1946, the Bay class frigates, H.M. Ships 'Porlock Bay' and 'Padstow Bay,' left the UK bound for Bermuda. They were to form what would be, with the later arrival of the cruisers 'Sheffield' and 'Kenya' and the sloops 'Snipe' and 'Sparrow
From Ruth and Kenny Oake:-FOLLOWING our recent accident, we would like to express our gratitude to the emergency services - Bromborough Fire Station in particular - and Arrowe Park Hospital for their wonderful care. Special thanks to the staff in Accident
FOLLOWING the sell-out success of its world premiere at the Everyman, Liverpool, Scouse - A Comedy of Terrorsreturns by popular demand for a further four-week run. Written by Andrew Cullen, one of Britain's most exciting playwrights, the play was a sensational
NEVER reveal your name. Never turn your back. Never surrender your heart. Those are the abiding rules of The Saint, alias Simon Templar, alias actor Val Kilmer in the new 12-rated feature film based on the novels of Leslie Charteris and on our screens
DAYTIME dining really has gone up in the world at Hamilton Square's Pastime Restaurant. From 10am to 4pm, chef Mark Wilkinson presides over the elegantly decorated first floor Le Premier Etage, comprising the Hamilton Room and adjoining bar, the site
SPIRIT of the Dance is coming - to New Brighton! In a rare Wirral visit by the Irish dancers, the Floral Pavilion will ring to scores of tapping feet on Monday, April 24. It seems like it's been around for an eternity, but Irish dancing leapt to prominence
The Players' first production back in 1927 was called Milestones. The group had formed the year before when members of Claremount church decided to get together to put on a play to help raise money for the church and overseas missions. It has gone from
A WALLASEY ceramic designer and teacher is helping to get others hooked on the craft. Kerry Conneely teaches the art of ceramic painting at her newly opened workshop in Wallasey Village. The studio is a dream come true for Kerry. She worked from home
WALLASEY Operatic Society perform Showtime at the Floral Pavilion, New Brigton from May 14-17. The show includes songs from the shows and tickets are priced at £5 and £4. Call 638-3202 for details. ZYDECO band Swamp Fever take to the stage at Stanley's
RETAILERS T. J. Hughes, with a major outlet in Birkenhead, has appointed George Foster as managing director of the 18-store group. Mr Foster, whose appointment takes effect from May 19, joins T. J. Hughes plc from Allders plc, where he is currently Group
BEECHCROFT Training has been successfully re-assessed for the Investor in People Award. To mark the occasion, Beechcroft invited employers, trainees and staff to a presentation at The Bowler Hat Hotel, Birkenhead. MD Anne Davies said: "It is rare that
IT was trophy winning day in the Wallasey Sunday League as St Joseph's took the Premier Division Cup, Gorsedale secured the Division One title and Harvest won the Second Division. The Premier Cup Final began at a frantic pace with neither side dominating
FORMER world snooker champion Terry Griffiths is to take part in an Exhibition Snooker Match on Wirral. The popular Welshman will be in action at Port Sunlight Royal British Legion on Saturday, May 10 (7.30pm). Tickets - £10 each, including buffet - are
HOULIHANS FC won the Regent Cup Final in the Birkenhead Saturday Soccer League, beating Nue Ave 2-1. After a close and tight game, Houlihans pressure paid off with a winner in the last minute to break Nue Ave's hearts. Having won the First Division Championship
WEST Kirby Sailing Club put on a two day open meeting for Fireflies on the tide this weekend with an early start around 9am. The first class tidal races of the season took place last Sunday. Roger Glover and Steve Dransfield shared the honours in the
RESULTS: Sunday, April 13:- Under-11 Division - Shaftesbury Yth 2, Ashville 2; Stork 3, Neston Nomads 3 Under-12s Invitation Cup - Parkdale 1, Stork 1 Under-14 Division - West Kirby Wasps 1, Ashville 5 Under-15 Division - Ashville 8, Irby 2; Shaftesbury
RESULTS: Sunday, April 13:- Premier Cup Final - Poulton Royal/Dale 1, St Joseph's 2 Premier Division - Hilbre Court 0, Millhouse 2 Division One - Windsor 2, Armchair 2; Prince Alfred 1, 27 Club 3; Gorsedale 3, Kings Arms 0 Division Two - Brackenwood 0
RESULTS: Tuesday, April 8:- Division One - Birkenhead Great Float 0, Dingwall 0 Division Two - Eaton Landscapes 4, Tranmere Rovers Supporters 2; Lancelyn 4, Parker Litho Neston 0; River Streets Social 4, Brown Cow 1 Division Three - O'Donnells 0, Great
FIXTURES:- Saturday, April 19:- South Wirral League Trophy (Semi-final) - Sportsman v Bridge Athletic Bill Johnson Bowl (Semi-final) - Grange Athletic v Rangers Breaks Robin Hodgson Division - Neston v Mallaby; Manor Athletic v Runcorn Town Subsidiary
Tuesday, April 8:- Division One - Cleveland 5, Victoria Lodge 'A' 4; Abbotsford 4, Rock Villa 5; Birkenhead Park CC 4, Houlihan's 5; Meadows 6, Lord Raglan 3. Old English Gents v Tut 'n' Shive: no result card. Division Two - Bromborough 'A' 6, Toll Bar
WHAT a week it has been for Poulton Vics! Our congratulations to them for winning their way through, on Sunday, to Wembley for the final of the Carlsberg Pub & Club Cup. On Saturday, Vics virtually assured their retention of the Division One title
WALLASEY'S Dave Gilmore won the 1997 Wirral Flyer Play-offs in style! (writes Jack Edder). He saw off Rob Fitzpatrick and Bill Brown in the early rounds and in the semis had a real tussle on his hands before edging out Frank Calloway 21-20. In the final
CELEBRATING their birthdays this week - they each receive a card signed by members of the first team squad - are the following members of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe:- Thursday, April
TRANMERE Rovers are now just three matches away from snatching a place in the Nationwide League Division One end-of-season Play-Offs - and a possible Wembley springboard to the cash-laced Premier League (writes Steve Hunter). Rovers' fans everywhere were
Claiming the DLA Mobility Component THIS week the topic is about Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This article deals specifically with the Mobility Component. As you will be aware from last week's article, there are age conditions. WHO CAN QUALIFY?
Emergency services - police, fire and ambulance - (24 hours) 999. Merseyside Police (all departments) 709-6010. Merseyside Fire Brigade, (Western Div Wirral) Exmouth St, Birkenhead, 647-9555. Community Patrol: 666-5265. Gas escape (24 hours)0800-111-999
ONE of Bebington's oldest public halls celebrates its 100th anniversary in June. A special event is being organised to mark the centenary of Victoria Hall in Higher Bebington. It is hoped a social event with people dressed in Victorian costume, brass
THE FAMILY of a woman who died after discharging herself from hospital have criticised doctors for allowing her to leave. But bosses at Arrowe Park Hospital say that her family was notified of her discharge. Wirral Coroner Christopher Johnson recorded
THE former Totteys Garage site in Column Road, West Kirby, has been sold to motor dealers Robert Smith Group for a sum in excess of £200,000. The site includes the showroom, workshops, offices and parts stores, totalling 700 square metres. Totteys, part
RESEARCH into the history of West Kirby Free Church, in Brookfield Gardens, has revealed that the famous conductor Sir Adrian Boult assisted with music at the church as a young man. To celebrate this historical discovery, church members are organising
BIRKENHEAD'S Sarah Spencer realised every football fan's dream when she lifted the World Cup, European Championship, European Cup, Cup-Winners Cup and the UEFA Cup - all on the same day! Sarah flew to Geneva to bring football's most famous trophies -
TESCO Superstore in Heswall has raised £1,776 for Muscular Dystrophy. The money was collected by staff and customers and presented to everyone's favourite bear, Rupert, and six-year old Catheryn Alexander, a muscular dystrophy sufferer. Converted for
TROOPER Mark Smith, from Noctorum, is now a serving member of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment after completing full military training. To achieve this, Mark endured 11 weeks' arduous work at the Army Training Regiment in Winchester, before moving on to Bovington
ONE local practitioner joining the battle against stubborn, chronic pain during National Osteopathy Week, April 14-18, is Anthony J. Bush, of Neston Road, Willaston. Research shows that 11 million people in Britain suffer from aching joints, seriously
IRBY Wren Gina Allen, serving with the Royal Navy in Hong Kong, met up with HRH The Princess Royal, who was in Hong Kong to officially open the New British Embassy prior to the hand-over in June. Gina, aged 27, formerly of Upton Hall Convent School, was
START lobbying now!" is the warning to Wirral's MEP, Lyndon Harrison, from European Grants Chief, Commissioner Monika Wulf-Mathies, in Strasbourg's European Parliament. The advice has been given to Mr Harrison and fellow Merseyside MEPs Richard Corbett
LIBERAL Democrats have chosen local councillor John Thornton (pictured) as their candidate for the Wirral West Constituency in the General Election. Coun Thornton, who lives in Meols, told his adoption meeting that only the Liberal Democrats could bring
DAVID Hunt pledged to secure the future of Wirral's grammar schools as he was adopted as the Conservative candidate for Wirral West. In his adoption speech, Mr Hunt said: "We are proud in Wirral to have some of the best schools in the country and I shall
SEX allegations against a Rock Ferry man have been transferred to the crown court without the requirement for committal proceedings. Wayne Anthony Holman, aged 32, of Gothic Street, faces three matters of rape and three of indecent assault on a boy aged
Bridge of sighs DID you know that Birkenhead Park was the first park ever to be created just for the enjoyment of ordinary people? In the past there had been Royal Parks, and private estates for the enjoyment of the select few, but Birkenhead Park was
CHRIST Church, Port Sunlight, is holding a concert in aid of Claire House this Saturday (April 19). The concert features the Port Sunlight Tarmac Lyceum Band and guest organist, Graham Jordan Ellis. Tickets are priced at £2, available from the Claire
The mixed choir, based in Heswall and formerly the Wirral Choral Society, is conducted by Jill Broadbere. The event is in aid of the Bebington and Birkenhead Branches of the United Nations' Association. Tickets are £3, children £1 from Bebington Library
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Wallasey pub was gutted by fire. Arson is believed to be the cause of the blaze at The Fishermans Wharf in Seacombe at around midnight last Sunday. Four fire crews from Wallasey and Birkenhead took around two
A HANDFUL of students at crisis-torn Withens Lane are angry that half the collection raised at a recent public meeting to save the college is going to the sacked Liverpool Dockers instead of to the campaign. In a letter to the Action Group, full-time
A Memorial Garden - a lasting tribute to three Neston teenagers who were killed in a tragic car accident last August - will soon be laid out at the school where they were pupils. A start date on work to construct the Garden, on a site to the left of the
THE FATHER of a five-year-old Birkenhead boy who was killed on the railway is to sue Railtrack for negligence and damages. Edward Hall's son Andrew was electrocuted on the live rail near Birkenhead Park station last November. Mr Hall blames inadequate
THE ONGOING closure of the Four Bridges between Birkenhead and Wallasey has forced the hand of father and son John and Arthur Cropper to open a new Wallasey Tyre Centre site. The new base is on Gallagher Industrial Estate, off Wallasey Dock Road. For
VILLAGE Motor Company continues to supply a wide range of very attractive used cars, at extremely affordable prices ranging between £2,000 - £15,000 suiting most pockets. The 80 to 100 cars are split between the two sites, the more prestigious cars being
The record turnout of car makers is due to a number of newcomers, most notably Chevrolet and Cadillac who have chosen the London show to help strengthen General Motors' revived European ambitions. Show organisers are also confident of a record showing
HAVING come to the rescue of trains, boats and planes in its time, the RAC is now galloping in with a new breakdown service for horses on the move. With a distressed horse in transit a potential danger to itself, the horsebox driver and other road users
EUROPCAR, the UK's longest-established car rental company, celebrates 75 years of car rental this week. To commemorate the occasion, a special 75th anniversary logo has been created. 'Europcar - 75 years of car rental in the UK' will appear on all promotional
After all, when you have paid up to £400 for a crash helmet, the last thing you want to do is cut holes in it take earphones! says Peter Burden, of Alpstar Electronics, Bromborough. Peter thought he had completely cracked the problem with his first economical
I had purchased a tin of paint from Homebase and had walked back to the bus stop to catch the 12C bus. After putting the tin of paint down it was then blown over and the lid came off leaving me with paint on my shoes, dress and hands. A lady was kind
From Ron Shaw:-I AM hoping Globe readers can help me in my search for ex-Royal Army Pay Corps members, of whom I am helping to compile a list. All that is required is Army number, when and where served, home address and telephone number. I am also trying
FOR many disabled people, the motor car offers vital independence. The RAC guide for the disabled traveller, 'On The Move 1997', contains all the information about the best facilities. 1.5 million motorists in the UK are in the Orange Badge Scheme. Apart
From Mrs Eileen Harman:-THE letter from K. Rowan (Mailbox, March 12th) brought back childhood memories of New Ferry Baths. Even I ended up arguing with myself over the height of the top diving board. I say it was 25ft - or was it just my child's eyes
From R.E. Swift:-I WAS very sorry to read of the job losses at Littlewoods, but I would like to point out that the pools have had it all their own way for 60 'glorious years'. I myself have been doing the pools for 50 years. Same numbers every week, and
'From A Disgusted Single Parent:- I WOULD like to voice my concern about the drunken 'gang' problem around the Hoseside Road corner junction with Mount Pleasant Road in Wallasey. Myself and my 13-year old son have been jostled, sworn at, and had filthy
Anyone who can help trace Bob should contact Carol Brown (Readers Letters) 666 2244. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
From D.G. Marriott:-AT last we have action being taken against the rat problems in our sewers - or should I state North West Water's sewers? Since privatisation of our water and sewerage systems and high costs now imposed plus other charges, why at large
From two dismayed rail users:-ON a rare excursion to Neston to visit a restaurant, we were disgusted at the dilapidated state of Neston railway station. The scene that greets passengers upon arrival at Neston on the Bidston-Wrexham line beggars belief
From Hilary Holden, Appeal Director, Claire House Children's Respite Hospice:-I WOULD like to thank the generous public who gave so freely outside Sainsbury's, Prenton, on Easter Saturday. The collection raised £448.27. So much interest came from the
1: If you must lop or remove trees, do it before the foliage appears, remembering that evergreens are the main shelters and nesting grounds. Nesting starts around March. 2: Avoid pesticides and weed killers, as both destroy the insects upon which birds
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