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Stories for 19 July 2005

Birkenhead Letters

Such kindness

I HAVE just returned from England after attending the funeral following the tragic death of my cousin Joan's son, Andrew Ireland.  more...

Still waiting . . .

THE report of a "man stuck in the mud at Rock Ferry" (Globe, June 15) raises an issue which prompts me to respond.  more...

Move over . . .

WHY don't 'plastic Scousers' like Gordon Harper take his free travel pass, capital of culture and his European Cup and go and live in Liverpool?  more...

Private W.J. Major

DO any of your readers remember serving with 14633778 Private Walter James Major in the Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War?  more...

Searching for Gerald Davies

I AM trying to trace an old mate, Gerald Davies, who used to live at Gladstone Road Birkenhead.  more...

Thanks for letting all of us down . . .

ALLOW me to say 'Thanks very much' to the dishonest woman who stole a substantial amount of money from my handbag in the changing rooms at a discount clothing store in Bromborough on a Friday evening earlier this month.  more...

Explain yourselves

WHY has Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council adopted such an unhealthy new system?  more...

Pump price query

WHY do most Shell garages on Wirral have their pump price for unleaded petrol set at 86.9p per litre - yet while in Wales I noticed even in the remotest places Shell garages were charging 84.9p per litre?  more...

Waste of time

WHY does Councillor Pat Hackett think a monstrosity of a 180ft statue in the Mersey would attract tourists?  more...

Birkenhead Rovers

We still have a lot to do - Little

Craig Manning reports from Prenton Park  more...

Birkenhead Sport

Saints put Parkfield into a 'derby' skid . . .

Local Cricket Scene with Andrew Stratton  more...

Sub on target

VAUXHALL Motors continued their build-up to the new Nationwide Conference North season on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over League of Wales club Welshpool Town at Rivacre Park.  more...

Five-a-side battle

SOME vacancies still exist for an annual five-a-side football tournament organised by the Park Rangers.  more...

Never-say-die Wallasey Manor keep their title hopes alive

Wirral Tennis League with Geoff Dewhurst  more...

Wirral pupils shine at Youth Games

THE Merseyside Youth Games returned to The Oval Sport Centre, Old Chester Road, Bebington, for the fifth consecutive year - and it turned out to be one of the most successful in the history of the competition.  more...

Peter strikes gold at special Olympics - and Victoria hurdles to national title

TWO young athletes have added still further to Wirral's ever-growing list of achievements in the world of sport.  more...

Hornets in Welsh Cup triumph

WIRRAL Hornets Basketball Club, champions of the North Wales League, have won the Welsh National Cup for the second year in succession.  more...

Snooker

FIVE players retain 100 per cent records in Rocket Ronnie's Summer League. They are A. Cooper, M. Short, P. Walker, C. Houghton and F. Borg.  more...

Jones heads shooters' leader board

WIRRAL marksman Hwfa Jones currently heads the leader board in the annual Donegal Badge Full Bore Rifle All Day Shoot Competition organised by the Phoenix Shooting Association - a small, friendly target shooting club with some 75 members from Wirral.  more...

Birkenhead Whatson

BANDS/GIGS: Tonight (Wednesday, July 20): The Freddie Smith Band - Bebington Royal British Legion (8

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