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  • Golf club charity invitation

    PRENTON Golf Club is holding a charity contest in support of Marie Curie Cancer Relief on Sunday, July 13. The competition, a mixed event open to men and women, is expected to attract an entry of about 200. Places are still available and if you wish to

  • Happy Birthday, Prenton Pups

    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:- Wednesday,

  • Why it is time to forget old rivalries

    Wirral Council Leader Dave Jackson (Labour) writes exclusively for the Wirral Globe. I WAS recently at a meeting with Richard Caborn, the new Minister for Regeneration & the Regions. The government are setting their agenda for the next five years,

  • CHEMISTS' ROTA

    THESE chemists will be on duty on Sunday (July 6):- Upton - Arrowe Park Pharmacy, 23 Arrowe Park Road (11am-1pm); Birkenhead:- ABC Ltd, 88-90 Argyle Street (12.30-7.30pm); Woodchurch:- Chanins Pharmacy, 9 Hoole Road (10am-12noon); Bebington:- Chanins

  • Litter squad cleans up town's woodland

    PUPILS from Form 82 at St Benedict's High School, Woodchurch, are working with Groundwork Wirral to clean up the Wirral Community Woodland which lies next to the school. Wirral Council has lent a helping hand by supplying grabbers and bags. Youngsters

  • Hospice fayre

    ST John's Hospice in Wirral stages its annual Summer Fayre on Saturday (July 5). The popular event, which runs until 4pm, takes place in the hospice gardens, next to Clatterbridge Hospital, and among the many attractions will be the Silver Magpies Majorettes

  • Angela's first visit - official!

    WALLASEY MP Angela Eagle has just made her first official visit to Merseyside as Environment Minister for a series of urban regeneration engagements, including the launch of the Sefton Eurogateway Regional Challenge programme. She arrived in Netherton

  • Top of the class

    STAFF and pupils from St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School in Eastham celebrated a good school report from OFSTED with a strawberry tea on Friday. "This is a good school, with strong clear leadership," reported the inspection team. They

  • Spinning has 'get fit' fans in a whirl

    MADONNA says it even beats sex, so it's no wonder that Spinning has already taken America by storm and is now set to become the latest exercise craze to sweep Britain. Based on cycling techniques, Spinning was invented by the South African born endurance

  • Follow the Fleet

    SAILOR Matthew Jacobs, who hails from Birkenhead, has successfully completed the initial phase of officer training at Britannia Royal Navy College, Dartmouth. Matthew, aged 22, a former pupil of Birkenhead School, joined the Royal Navy as an Engineering

  • Daredevil Doug

    DAREDEVIL cyclist 77-year-old Doug Phillips (pictured) has raised £306 for the Surgical Day Case Unit at Clatterbridge Hospital with a monumental bike ride over the Horseshoe Pass. Doug, who defies his age time and time again, cycled from his Pensby home

  • CAT CALLS

    ARE there any kind hearted animal lovers out there able to give a 22-year-old cat a new home? The black cat, who has no name, has lived in one of the Little Gayton barns at the back of Heswall golf course for 10 years, but needs a new home because the

  • Tips for the future

    GROUNDWORK Wirral welcomed 200 Wirral children to its Birkenhead offices to mark the end of a number of environmental projects carried out by seven City Lands primary schools. Over the last six months, the children have discussed the kind of place they

  • Townsafe cops swoop, seize gun

    BIRKENHEAD'S Townsafe campaign continues, drug squad officers swooped on a flat off Borough Road, Birkenhead. They seized a handgun, 80 rounds of ammunition and brown powder, believed to be heroin worth £2,500. A couple were arrested but later released

  • Olivia Newton John star at PTA fair

    OLIVIA Newton John - Stars in Your Eyes winner - Faye Dempsey, the schoolgirl from Heswall, stars at Hilbre High School PTA summer fair Frankby Road, on Saturday. Friends of Gayton School hold a Carribean evening at Dee Sailing Club, Thurstaston, on Saturday

  • OUR MAN IN HONG KONG TALKS

    ON the day Britain handed over Hong Kong to China, Wirral South MP Ben Chapman, former Beijing diplomat, chaired a high profile conference - China and Hong Kong: Future Prospects - at the London Arena. Speakers included the Chinese Ambassador, His Excellency

  • Heinz has John West in the can

    BEBINGTON and Merseyside based Unilever has sold Liverpool based John West Foods to H.J. Heinz Co Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Unilever is currently reviewing core businesses locally and throughout the world. John West Chairman Graham Bell said: "Our business

  • Road safety call

    HESWALL mother Pauline Fielding is marking the anniversary of her son's death with a re-newed lobby to get speeds reduced on the A540, following Andrew Fielding's fatal accident in June 1994. After gaining support of local MPs Andrew Miller and Ben Chapman

  • Minister to probe College closure

    ON the day 100 years of further education ended in Wallasey, new Environment Minister and busy local MP Angela Eagle, made a dramatic appearance at a public protest meeting over Withens Lane College closure to announce a Ministerial Review. Ms Eagle told

  • D-Day July 7 for Brookfield children's home decision

    JULY 7 is D-Day for the Brookfield protestors. After a stormy passage through committee stages, the proposed children's home goes before the full Council, on Monday evening. Labour-controlled Wirral Council is expected to rubber stamp the controversial

  • Police warning on 'abductor'

    POLICE advise parents to warn children of the danger of strangers after an attempted abduction outside Vyner Primary School in Bidston Village Road. They are hunting the man, who attempted to pull the 10-year-old boy into his car, an old shape, red BMW

  • CHRIS OFFERS CUSTOMERS A CHANCE TO 'TIE' UP A BARGAIN

    WHAT'S our tie up with Corner Garage? Why, it is Chris and his crazy cartoon ties, one for each day of the week. Customers now ask for the man with the crazy ties. Chris began wearing these because his children decided they would buy them to brighten

  • PETE TRIES ACE OF PACE

    TOP tennis star Pete Sampras warmed up for Wimbledon in unusual style - behind the wheel of Volvo's S40 B.T.C.C. racing car. The three-times Wimbledon champion, who is seeking to regain his title over the next fortnight, traded in his racquet for a racing

  • SRT A HIT WITH ENTHUSIASTS

    LAST Saturday saw S.R.T Motorcycles venturing very successfully down to New Brighton promenade for a day out at the races, with their Trade stand offering an extensive range of motorcycle accessories, clothing, oil, in fact everything for the racing enthusiast

  • NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT TARGETS VEHICLE TAX DODGERS

    MOTORISTS responsible for an estimated £175 million of unpaid vehicle excise duty every year are being targeted with the introduction by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of a new vehicle registration document. This new document is aimed against

  • RACING IN THE RAIN

    RAIN at last weekend's motorcycle racing on New Brighton promenade made the event even more exciting. Wirral One Hundred Club - as exclusively previewed in the Globe -staged the motorcycle racing on the prom, only public highway on UK mainland to host

  • NEWHALL MAKE IT EASIER

    NEWHALL, based on Caldy Road, West Kirby, are an independent BMW specialist, and have an extensive range of carefully selected BMW vehicles. Among Newhall's BMW stock is fourteen 3 Series models ranging from £5,995 for an H Reg 319i, 4 door model, to

  • FORD COMES OF AGE WITH 21 SPECIAL PROMOTIONS

    FORD is celebrating its 21st year as market leader and to celebrate, is planning a summer of events, prizes and special offers to say 'Thank you' to customers. Twenty-one special promotions will be put at dealers locally, offering customers some of the

  • VOUCHER THANKS

    From H. Smith:-THE staff, children and parents of St. Annes Primary School, Highfield South, Rock Ferry, would like to send a big thankyou to Wirral Globe readers, for sending us their Asda Computer vouchers and Club wrappers. We now have a lovely new

  • HAVE YOU TIME TO SPARE?

    From Mrs V Grimes:-THE W.R.V.S has been helping in the community for a long time, but in my area of Eastham the Luncheon Club which is enjoyed by many senior citizens could soon close due to lack of volunteers to assist in the preparation and serving

  • RECONSIDER SPEED POLICY BEFORE MORE ARE KILLED

    From Robert Ward:-POLICE say that because a lot of people drive fast along the Chester High Road, they could not enforce a lower speed limit. 'Codswallop' and 'balderdash' are two of the politer words that come to mind! The reason we need a speed limit

  • SURFING

    READERS around the Globe are reading the pages of the Wirral Globe within 24 hours of publication. Surfers on the 'net' around the world have sent letters of congratulations. E-mails from ex-Wirralians from United States of America, Canada, Jersey and

  • BEWARE OF BIKE THIEVES

    From Anonymous:-AS we've just had National Bike Week, I would just like to warn youngsters, even older people to be careful when out cycling. My son who is 19 years old and a friend were on their way back from a bike ride on Moreton Shore a couple of

  • 'BROOKFIELD' ISSUE AFFECTS ALL RATEPAYERS

    From Mr S. Hall:-THE recent controversy over the proposed childrens home to be located in Meols, has obviously caused local feeling to run high but I feel that the small minority of people who are campaigning to have the home in Meols are missing the

  • Golden days for art group

    AN art group founded back in 1947 at an exhibition originally sponsored by the Hoylake Civic Society has reached its Golden Jubilee Year. DAG's annual art exhibition has been going from strength to strength over the years, with some of the founder members

  • Jazz from Down Under

    IF YOU think you'll have to travel a long way to see North Wales Jazz Society present the Kalamunda Youth Swing Band from Western Australia, bear in mind they've come about 12,000 miles to entertain the people of North Wales. They are appearing on Thursday

  • FOLK DIARY

    FOLK dates for your diary:- Sunday, July 6:- Singers' night with George & Gill at the Albion Hotel, Albion Street, New Brighton, from 8.30pm. Sunday, July 13:- Singers' night with Eddie Morris, at the Albion Hotel, New Brighton, from 8.30pm. Thursday

  • Midland Bank in Upton closes on August 1

    MIDLAND Bank in Ford Road, Upton, is to close its doors to customers on August 1. Midland's area manager John Savine blames the closure on the general downturn in trade in Upton village. Said Mr Savine: "Sadly, in common with many of the local retailers

  • Our five 'crate' winners!

    CONGRATULATIONS to these winners of a recent Globe Sport contest to win a crate of Carlsberg lager:- Mrs Dawson, of Spital; John Wilson, Wallasey; Mr P. Whalley, Eastham; Jack Flewett, Higher Tranmere; and Mr L. Whale, of Birkenhead. They each win a crate

  • Gary signs for Swansea

    A YOUNG Wirral footballer could be set for stardom after signing for Third Division Swansea City. Twenty-year-old Gary Jones, of Birkenhead, formerly with Ashville in the Carlsberg West Cheshire League and Wallasey side St Joseph's, was spotted playing

  • Andrew sails to memorial bowl success

    MIRACULOUSLY, the strong winds abated enough for the Skandia Life Wallasey Yacht Club Regatta to go ahead on Saturday, albeit with a reduced entry as a number of yachts had been unable to reach the venue due to the bad weather. The Wallasey Seabirds turned

  • Sponsor and secretary needed

    NESTON FC, who play in the South Wirral Soccer League, desperately seek a new sponsor and a secretary for the start of the 1997-98 season. Those interest should telephone Brian Tudor on 336-8927. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images

  • Ladies' rugby team appeal

    BIRKENHEAD Park ladies rugby team are looking to recruit more players for next season. Ladies' Rugby has proved to be popular and the team enjoyed a successful last season. Fancy a game? Telephone the club on 652-4646. Converted for the new archive on

  • National Village Cup holders march on . . .

    NATIONAL Village Cup holders Caldy continued their good run in this season's event when they crushed Withnell by 185 runs in their area final on Sunday. Batsmen to shine were Craig Findlay, 69 not out, Phil Eymond, undefeated on 50, and Brett Saunders

  • Cooper, 70 not out, has Caldy smiling in rain

    CALDY were happy after another rain-spoiled day in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition. Despite a late start, they gained a 54 runs home success over Manweb as nearest rivals St Asaph and Irby were thwarted by the elements and could not even

  • Rogers 'set to join Forest'

    ALAN Rogers, Tranmere Rovers' young and exciting attack-minded full-back, could well be joining up with former Prenton Park protege, Ian Moore, at fellow Nationwide League Division One club Nottingham Forest this week. Sources close to both clubs indicated

  • Our golden heroes!

    WIRRAL finished third in the sixth Littlewoods/Reebok Merseyside Youth Games at a rain-soaked Oval, Bebington, at the weekend (writes Steve Hunter). But, unlike in previous years, there was no overall winner and, in keeping with the theme of this year's

  • Support through supervision

    THIS popular weekly column deals with welfare rights issues of interest to people living in Wirral. This is another article about The Disability Living Allowance Care Component (DLA), specifically the criteria concerning continual supervision. CONTINUAL

  • New role for ex-finance chief

    FORMER Wirral finance chief Ian Wood, a consultant with pensions fund managers PDFM, has been confirmed as the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy's new President at the Institute's annual meeting in Edinburgh. Mr Wood, 54, who was born

  • Around Wallasey

    NEW Brighton resident Peter Hardie has built up a collection of old postcards of New Brighton. And now, with the support of New Brighton Traders' Association, he is staging a free exhibitions of postcards and pictures of old, and new, New Brighton at

  • Council give up fight against the Halifax

    CHESHIRE County Council Leader, County Coun John Collins, has recorded 'great regret' that the council will not be taking legal action against the Halifax over share issues to the mentally disabled in its care. Top lawyer Cherie Booth QC - wife of Prime

  • Boy, 16, faces murder charge

    A 16-year-old youth appeared before Liverpool Crown Court last week accused of murder. Richard Pinnington, of Bankville Road, Tranmere, is charged with the murder of 36-year-old Janet Stephanie Smith in Sandringham Road, Waterloo, on February 21 this

  • Marina may not be plain sailing

    A STORM is brewing over a proposed waterfront marina between Rock Ferry and New Ferry. Wirral Council's planning committee is studying plans for Rock Park Waterfront in the Lairdside regeneration area. The idea is a for a marina and watersports centre

  • NVQ successes

    CONGRATULATIONS to staff at the Wirral Globe who have recently achieved their telesales NVQs, says Angela Cottrell of A & J Training Consultants in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. "The staff have worked well towards their qualification, but also have

  • Around the Globe

    EUROPEAN Commissioner Christos Papoutsis will visit Wirral on July 8, as guest of Euro Wirral. Wirral is the only metropolitan borough in the UK to have its own Brussels office. WARREN Nursery at Thingwall supply plants for major events staged by Wirral

  • Around Hoylake and West Kirby

    THREE Calday Grange students - William O'Neill, Andrew Horton and Daniel Mackinnon - are off to Strasbourg and the European Parliament later this month after winning a modern languages award sponsored by Champion Spark Plugs in Upton. The students will

  • Around Heswall and Neston

    A SOUTH Wirral licensee has won a trip to Dublin courtesy of Allied Domecq Inns. Alan Williams, landlord of the Brown Horse, The Cross, Neston, will stay for three days and tour the Guinness Brewery and Jameson's Whiskey Corner. ANNE Gould of Gould's

  • School sale shocker is a fair cop!

    PARENTS, don't be alarmed! St George's Primary School in Wallasey isn't up for sale - it was simply a mock auction to publicise the school's Summer Fair on Saturday, July 5, between 1pm and 4pm. Pupils from the school had to make a mock bid and the nearest

  • Boy, 16, admits teenager's manslaughter

    A TEENAGER appeared at Liverpool Crown Court last week accused of murder. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied murder but admitted the manslaughter of Keith Newton on February 25. Seventeen-year-old Keith Newton, of Big Meadow

  • 'Being raped led to my husband's death'

    Man jailed for attack on unconscious victim A 23-YEAR-OLD man raped an unconscious man in broad daylight after leaving the Toll Bar pub, New Ferry, and stole his jewellery. Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 49-year-old victim has since died from a

  • Police controlled 'animal' with CS gas . . .

    A TEENAGER who attacked others for no reason on New Brighton Promenade in the early hours was sent to a Young Offenders' Institute for four months by Wirral magistrates. Stipendiary John Finestein told Gary Ian Morris, aged 18, of Ashville Road, Wallasey

  • Caring Mick's killing role

    BROOKSIDE star Louis Emerick, of New Brighton - whose private life has been featured in Sunday tabloids - this week finds his acting role as Mick Johnson getting all the media attention. Brookside goes weekly with Mick's mother-in-law killing herself,

  • Crack addict jailed for spate of armed raids

    A RUTHLESS robber who carried out six serious raids, including an armed attack on a Wallasey businessman's home, has been jailed for 14 years. Thirty-year-old Paul Metcalfe was told by a Liverpool Crown Court judge that he was a dangerous man. During

  • Hoylake Five 'O

    TV's Baywatch image of young and glamorous life savers, enjoying sun and sand, is a long way off from Hoylake. Lifeboatmen often put to sea in cold, wet, perilous conditions and are on call 24 hours a day. After 38 years' service with RNLI, Coxswain John

  • Heart of Gold song

    HEART of Gold was the favourite song of Bromborough car crash victim Kerry Hughes Jones and inspired a charity in her memory to raise money for Arrowe Park Hospital. Kerry's parents, who live in Eastham, launched the Heart of Gold Appeal in the Globe,

  • Estate mourns Daniel

    THE death of four-year-old Rock Ferry boy Daniel Jones has touched the hearts of the residents from the estate where he lived, who want to build a community centre in his memory. Daniel died in a road accident on New Chester Road, Rock Ferry, last week

  • SHAPE OF NEW ASTRA?

    VAUXHALL is launching this seven seater Zafira into the 'Space Age'. It goes on sale in 1999 for the Millennium. What I find really interesting is that Zafira, pictured right, could also be giving us a glimpse of how the new Wirral-made Astra will look

  • FUN DAY AT D.C.COOK

    D.C. Cook is in pole-position for entertainment on Sunday July 6 as they host an action-packed open day full of music and Motorsport at their dealership on Chester High Road, Heswall. Motorsport will be at the front of the grid on the 6th with local radio

  • DIARY DATES

    MEMBERS of Wirral Classic Car Club will vote for the car they like best on Friday, July 11. Merseyside Tramway Preservation group has a model tram and railway exhibition at the Transport Museum, near Woodside, on July 12 and 13. The museum is open weekends

  • SPORTY VW COUPE FOR SALE AT UPTON

    PROTON dealers Arrowebrook, at Upton, have a tax exempt collector's car for sale, this VW TL Fastback, a sporty coupe from the VW stable. On a J-plate, with around 44,000 miles on the clock, plus full service history, it offers lively, economical, reliable

  • CHILL OUT WITH FORD THIS SUMMER

    FORD dealers in Wirral have come up with some refreshing offers to suit anyone who wants to look and stay cool whilst driving around this summer. To sparkle in those sunny rays and allow a gentle breeze to soothe you as you drive, try a Fiesta Azura,

  • TALES OF DONKEY TOWN

    From Mrs R. Reeves:-I WAS interested to read in 'Mailbox' about 'Donkey Town' which to my knowledge was in Stewarts Place off Old Chester Road in Tranmere. The mother told us that it got its name because the owner of the donkey kept it in the parlour.

  • PARENTAL ABDICATION IS CAUSE OF PROBLEM

    From K. Pickford:-WHAT a waste of money to purchase a home, in a residential area to house uncontrollable children; at a cost of £150,000 added to this there will be a huge amount of money on going to run it. I am of course refering to 'Brookfield', Meols

  • LET'S BE PROUD ONCE AGAIN

    From Hopeful:-I WAS pleased to hear of possible plans for a Mariner and Marine lake in New Ferry. At the very least they should tidy up and clear rubbish from the waterfront, as at the moment, it is unkempt and dangerous. New Ferry used to be known as

  • Win a wonderful Woodhey leisure licence!

    YOUR Wirral Globe has teamed up with the Woodhey Leisure Club and Hotel, Little Sutton, for a fantastic competition and reader offer! We have four full leisure club memberships to give away, valued at £300 each! And that's not all, any Globe readers joining

  • Good food has Hey-day at the Hollins!

    FOR the meal of your dreams and service with a smile, let the Hollins Hey Hotel and Restaurant in New Brighton transport you to paradise! Situated on Victoria Road, the hotel is in glorious surroundings with panoramic views across the Mersey Estuary.

  • Dr Hook helps Faron on road to recovery

    SIX months ago he collapsed while singing in a Wirral pub. Sixties heartbeat Faron, of the Flamingoes, was rushed off to Arrowe Park. The old 'ticker' had let him down again. Faron's Christmas Eve comeback following by-pass surgery could have been the

  • WIN tickets for the Last Night of the Pops!

    HERE are two great chances to win a pair of tickets to the spectacular culmination of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Pops 1997 season at The Arena in The King's Dock. The Wirral Globe has joined forces with the RLPO to offer two winners

  • MEPs visit Vauxhall

    VAUXHALL'S Ellesmere Port plant recently played host to Cheshire West and Wirral MEP, Lyndon Harrison and Alan Donnelly, MEP for Tyne and Wear. The MEPs were updated on the £300 million plant developments now under way. "I was delighted to visit Vauxhall

  • Bumper profit for TJs staff

    STAFF shareholders with Birkenhead-based discount department store group TJ Hughes are celebrating a £100,000 collective profit, just five years after opting to invest in the company's future. With 300,000 shares being initially purchased by 85 TJ Hughes

  • Direct action will boost local firms

    WIRRAL Direct, the inward investment agency for Wirral, has won more cash from a European funding programme. The grant is part of of the Konver programme and the money is being used by Wirral Direct to help identify local firms' expansion plans - up to

  • Cheshire Oaks expansion

    WORK starts on the third phase of development at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village today. The South Wirral development is Europe's largest designer outlet village. Since opening in 1995 it has attracted over seven million visitors and established

  • BUSY SHORTS

    WHEN Lloyds Bank customer Faye Davies, from Heswall, used her new Mastercard, she never expected to win a draw for a holiday voucher worth £1,000, says branch manager Sarah Jones. Now Faye is planning to jet off to either Egypt or Turkey with her boyfriend