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Councillors 'oblivious to civic pride'
10:07am Thursday 8th January 2009
I WRITE to register my dismay and disgust over the proposed closure of our libraries and other public services within our borough.
Comments (0)Our affinity should be with Liverpool
10:08am Thursday 8th January 2009
AS a regular reader of the local newspapers it seems to me that time and time again it is the same names that keep cropping up who voice their objection, mistrust and in some instances anger at the suggestion regarding Wirral being part of Merseyside.
We should ALL be proud to be scousers
10:10am Thursday 8th January 2009
IT is a truth universally acknowledged that Liverpudlians emigrating to the Wirral peninsula begin to acquire a strange accent! They will do anything to rid themselves of their scouse twang. The outcome being that their vowel sounds become more contracted until the language seems like some pan-Wirral and Liverpudlian mixed parlance! They can never get rid of the scouse, of course. It periodically slips out and gives the game away every now and again. These people then appear more affected and foolish than they ever did hitherto. How sad that, unlike the majority of us, they cannot be enamoured of the wonderful scouse accents and become normal human beings representing Merseyside. DP Deevy, Bootle.
Give voters a referendum on cuts
10:11am Thursday 8th January 2009
I HAVE read, watched and listened with increasing incredulity and dismay, with regard to the proposals for closure of many of our libraries and community centres. I was a member of the Labour party for 22 years and a coun-cillor in the 1980s for eight of those years. I always saw the role as being to defend the people, not to attack them, to build libraries, not to close them. If they are in need of repair, then we should repair them. The Labour party on Wirral with or without the collaboration of the Liberal Democrats, has no mandate from the people to implement these proposals. If they are determined they are right, they should have a referendum on the issue. Tom McGenity, Rock Ferry.
Traffic light trouble
10:12am Thursday 8th January 2009
I WONDER if you could mention the problem with the traffic lights at the junction of Park Road East and Conway Street, Birkenhead? I drive through this area regularly, and I think there is an accident waiting to happen. The reason I mention this is because there are no filter lights for turning right and if there are a few cars in front of you and the lights change to red, you find you’re still in the wrong place on the road, you could be fined for jumping the lights, and we don’t need any more of them. The council should have another look at it. BW Smith, Moreton.
Bank acted properly
10:13am Thursday 8th January 2009
WHAT exactly is the injustice in Arthur Williams’ story that warranted a front page in the Globe (Penny prinching bank slammed, December 31)? A business charging for its services isn't exactly news, nor is it unjust for companies to do so. As a customer of Lloyds TSB, I am glad that the bank is not providing free services to non-customers at my expense. Mr Williams is not a customer of Lloyds TSB and can therefore have no expectation of being given free services by them. No doubt there were Lloyds TSB customers waiting patiently to be served. Rachel Hughes, via email
An angel in disguise
10:14am Thursday 8th January 2009
ON Christmas Eve we went to Landican Cemetery with the rest of Birkenhead. After visiting the graves, we needed to reverse the car to try to join the queues going out. We were stuck deep in a rut and the more we tried to free the wheels the deeper we went. We weren’t very good at pushing as we are both in our late seventies. My mother’s grave is in a lonely part of the cemetery and I was reduced to tears, thinking we would never get away. Suddenly a man appeared and following his calm and clear instructions we were free. He dashed off before we could thank him properly and we could find no sign of him. An angel in disguise? If he reads this letter we want him to know how grateful we are. EP Calcott, Prenton.
Plea for radio silence
10:15am Thursday 8th January 2009
IN this age of noise and confusion, can I plead for deliverance from the increasing assault on our hearing by mindless, ear shattering music being pumped into public areas from local pop radio stations? There doesn't seem to be anywhere safe from this assault and parti-cularly in areas where you are a captive audience and where you can't switch it off. Areas where I have recently been a victim of this are doctor’s waiting rooms, dentist’s surgeries, supermarkets and even the operating theatre at one of our local hospitals. No, I am not a killjoy or an old grouch - just someone wanting to live and let live. Stan Thomson, Wallasey.
Cllr Storey shows little regard for others
10:01am Wednesday 17th December 2008
In response to your piece, “Should Wirral give up and brand itself as Liverpool” in The Globe of December 3, I was appalled that a man who serves in high office in Liverpool City Council, and is also a head teacher, could have so little understanding of what a sense of belonging means to people.
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