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  • Cut Mr Davies some slack

    AS a retired Probation Officer, who served in the Cheshire Probation Service and Merseyside Probation Service from 1969 until my retirement in 1991, I had dealings with policeman Elmore Davies throughout his service in Wirral. He was an officer who had

  • Daily chuckle

    I DON'T know why the author of the letter under the headline 'Political correctness is losing touch....' (Readers' Mail, April 17) withheld his identity. Leaving aside the pedantic references to possible dictionary definitions, it is plain that your undisclosed

  • Search for duo

    MANY years ago, just after the war, my family lived on Overchurch Road, Saughall Massey. My brother, John Fagan, had two friends whom he would like to get in touch with. One named Miriam Holmes, who lived on Saughall Massey Road, and the other was Joyce

  • 'Youth play was unsuitable'

    THE play 'Two' referred to in an article in the May 1st issue of the Globe and performed at the Leverhulme Youth Drama Festival, was considered by many of the people we spoke to after the show to be extremely unsuitable for the attending audience. Many

  • Top 10 singles

    Top Ten Singles at Virgin MegaStore Birkenhead (May 13, 2002) 1. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 2. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 3. H & Claire - DJ 4. S Club Juniors - One Step Closer 5. Nigel & Marvin - Follow Da Leader 6. Sugababes - Freak

  • X-press delivery

    This Saturday (18th May) Cream welcomes back those 'Lazy' boys X-Press2 for some blistering six deck action in the Annexe. Widely considered as one of the most exciting outfits in current music, they have more recently been hitting the headlines with

  • Lend a hand

    Hoylake & West Kirby Theatre Group is looking for new members, both on and off the stage. If you want to help build sets, paint, sew or think you can sing, dance or act, contact Peter Harris on 625-7527 as soon as possible.

  • Cotton Club's as smooth as silk

    ON Saturday Birkenhead will be whisked back to the age of prohibition and Al Capone as Club 57 celebrates the New York club where Duke Ellington made his name. Enjoy the music of the 1920s and 1930s at the club's Cotton Club Night with some fabulous music

  • SHOW TIME

    Rock Ferry Amateur Operatic Society is planning to stage a celebration of the life and music of Cole Porter at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight in November and says anyone interested in taking part should go to 'The Hey', Holy Trinity Church, Chorley

  • FIRM SUCCESS

    More than 200 visitors attended the 2002 Wirral Business Exhibition at Leasowe Castle Hotel, opened by Mayor-elect Cllr Patricia Williams, last week. The event, at which 30 local firms showcased their talents, was so successful that it is now intended

  • PARTY PLEA

    Residents of Allerton Road are looking for a local band or theatre group to perform at their Golden Jubilee Party on June 3. Any locals who are interested in taking up the challenge are asked to call 649-0342 for further details.

  • DAY TRIP

    Kingsland Senior Citizen's Club is organising a day out to Cleveleys, near Blackpool, on Monday, June 10. A few seats are still available at £6 . Call Wally on 342-9569.

  • Lollipop plea

    THE search is on for more men and women interested in joining Wirral Council's school crossing patrol team. People interested in wielding a 'lollipop' are asked to attend open days at Asda in Bromborough on May 23 or 24 between 10am and 2pm or call 643

  • Wirral pilots new drug test scheme

    A pilot drug-testing scheme is coming to Wirral in an attempt to break the link between drugs and crime. The initiative launched by the Home Office has already been successful in Hackney, Nottingham and Staffordshire and is to be extended to six further

  • Power struggle splits cabinet

    THE normally sedate mayor-making ceremony degenerated into a political row at Wirral Council on Monday. Votes on the make up of the cabinet of the new hung council became heated as Labour and Conservative motions were voted down. Labour had proposed a

  • No pension for Davies

    I TOTALLY disagree with Shirley Middleton (Readers' Mail, May 1) - Elmore Davies should not get any pension at all, whether he was dedicated to his work or not. Anyone else in such a situation would lose out altogether, but because he was a policeman

  • THE ELMORE DAVIES PENSION DEBATE - WHAT YOU THINK

    IT beggars belief that an ex-Merseyside Police officer is actually supporting the reinstatement of disgraced police officer Elmore Davies' pension (Readers' Mail, May 1). May I remind Shirley Middleton that Elmore Davies was treated differently to anyone

  • Help at hand for worried parents

    At this time of the year throughout the country about 100,000 families are going through the trauma of not knowing where their children will be educated. This is a worrying and anxious time for them. I have been involved with arranging and clerking school

  • lluminating

    I HAVE noticed a lot of large black lamp-posts being erected in Wallasey over the past couple of weeks. Why is the Council spending Wallasey's rates on Wallasey? Surely all this money could be better spent on Birkenhead, as are most of our rates? Birkenhead

  • One-way blues

    IT'S interesting to see how people interpret the No Entry sign at the top of Portland Road, New Brighton. To the uninitiated, it means you cannot go down the hill - it is a one-way road. We know the price of petrol isn't cheap, but you'd use about 0.3p

  • Police sledgehammer to crack a nut . . .

    IN response to correspondent Mr C. Brennan's question 'What has happened to our policing?' (Readers' Mail, May 1), I think I can provide him with an answer, at least in part. I was strolling around a record fair in a New Brighton hotel two weeks ago when

  • Top 10 albums

    Top Ten Albums at Virgin MegaStore Birkenhead (May 13, 2002) 1. The Doves - The Last Broadcast 2. Mary J Blige - No More Drama 3. Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy 4. Nickelback - Silver Side Up 5. Jennifer Lopez - J To Tha L-O 6. Enrique - Escape 7. Travis

  • Club 57

    IF you're not quite sure what Jazz is then Club 57 is out to give you a taste of its eclectic sounds. Club 57 wants to put you on the right track with their new 'Taste of Jazz' sessions, which start on Thursday 16 May, doors open 8pm. Admission free.

  • Women and Art

    You can discover all about 'Women and Art' during a course on that topic at Tate Liverpool from May 25 to June 8. To book a place, call Barbara Hornby on 794-2536.

  • Violin date

    Liverpool Suzuki Group presents a concert for Merseyside Youth Orchestra at the Pacific Road Theatre, Pacific Road, Birkenhead, on Wednesday, May 22. Directed by Jane Panter, violinists aged four to 15 will play solos and ensembles. The concert starts

  • Big Band bonanza

    The Syd Lawrence Orchestra brings its big band sound to the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, on May 26. The band's hit-list includes Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo and Pennsylvania 65000 among others. Thrilling audiences with concerts

  • Art of noise

    IS IT them - or isn't it? No, despite that wildly curly hair and the droopy moustache, these chaps are not quite the real thing, making up tribute band 'The Sounds of Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel'. And you can see for yourself how good they are at the

  • ART SALE

    Irby Artists' Association holds an exhibition on Saturday at St Chad's Hall, Roslin Road, Irby, from 10am to 5pm. Paintings and crafts will be for sale and refreshments will be available.

  • TAKE IT EASY

    Vintage-style jazz band Big Easy play at the Hotel Victoria, New Brighton, on Sunday from 8pm until 10.30pm, admission £1.