Archive
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Time for business
WIRRAL branch of the Federation of Small Business now meets on the third Tuesday of each month following the May meeting at Leasowe Castle Hotel. The agenda ranges from a Four Bridges update report and business rates to a general discussion on issues
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A Wheel triumph!
ONE thousand pounds has been donated to the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation by Neston Inner Wheel Club. The money, to be used for research purposes, was the product of a number of fund-raising events. One of them was a Silent Auction - an auction without
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GALA CALL
THE Bromborough and Eastham Gala day will be held on July 4 at Plymyard playing fields, Bridle Road, Eastham. The day will include a five-a-side football competition with Tranmere Rovers footballers presenting the awards at the end of the competition.
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Bronze for Kieran
SOUTH Wirral schoolboy Kieran Fell won a bronze medal in the Tae-Kwon-Do European Championship in Eindhoven, Holland, earlier this month. Kieran, 13, from Bromborough, took part in the under-14 age group. He has been competing for four years and is a
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Wirral Show latest
COUNTDOWN to Wirral Show and the Red Arrows on July 11 and 12 has started. Entertainment on the Saturday starts at noon with a commando display, Lancaster bomber flight at 12. 45pm, then a White Helmets Motorcycle display at 1.30 p.m. At 2.45pm, there
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Picture postcard memories . . .
FOR a picture postcard stroll through the Rock Ferry, New Ferry and Bebington of a bygone era, you couldn't do better than invest in two books recently reprinted by Sigma Leisure of Wilmslow. The author is the late Dave Mitchelson, who was born in Rock
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Around your area . . .
LANCASHIRE Gospel Tent will be in Bromborough for four weeks from July 4 to 30. The tent campaign has been arranged with Christians who meet at the Gospel Hall, The Rake, Bromborough. LOWER Bebington Methodist Church members have invited people to pop
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Stan makes sure fair goes like bomb!
AN empty gas cylinder caused consternation for organisers of a school's Summer Fair, who thought it might be something more sinister left over from World War II! Comedian Stan Boardman donned a hard hat and was drafted in to check it out. He and Trevor
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Wirral South could win in lottery shake-up
WIRRAL South MP Ben Chapman has welcomed the National Lottery Bill which provides for a fairer geographical distribution of lottery moneys. In the House of Commons he raised the issue of Wirral South fairing particularly badly in receiving lottery money
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DAY OF BLISS FOR 'TRAGIC' GRANDMA
GRANDMOTHER Jean Kiernan was looking forward excitedly to attending her grand-daughter's wedding dress fitting yesterday - after making a detour to collect a TWO THOUSAND POUNDS windfall from Wirral's newest weekly lottery. Jean, who has lived in Woodchurch
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High-flying hopes for the future of Wirral
Wirral Council Leader Dave Jackson ( Labour) writes exclusively for the Wirral Globe. IT'S NOT often that I celebrate the balloon going up. Usually that phrase is the stuff of nightmares for me, preceding, as it does, information about some dire happening
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Around Hoylake & West Kirby
ONE of Wirral's smallest guide units - with only 10 girls - helped shoppers pack their bags at their local Safeway. The 4th West Kirby Guides raised £260, donating £100 to Claire House Children's Hospice Appeal. A COFFEE morning hosted by Hoylake District
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MP Ben warns College Board to slow down
WIRRAL South MP Ben Chapman has called for a deferment of any decision on the future of the Carlett Park site. Mr Chapman is urging people to support the lobby at the Corporation Board meeting on Tuesday (June 23), at the International Business and Management
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Woman in court for silent calls
A 22-year-old woman said to have made 'silence' 'phone calls to the mother of her former boyfriend appeared before Wirral magistrates. Donna Marie Bennett, of Barnard Road, Oxton, admitted persistently making use of the telephone system at Wood Close,
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Taxi driver faces sex charges
A PRIVATE hire driver appeared before Wirral magistrates on four charges of indecent assault on fare-paying female passengers at Bromborough and Birkenhead. David Keith Boyd, aged 25, of Linwood Road, Tranmere, also faced further allegations of unlawfully
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Lib Dem councillor switches sides
INDEPENDENT Lib Dem councillor Ed Cunliffe has joined the controlling Labour Group on Wirral Council. The councillor for Prenton confirmed the switch in parties yesterday. An official announcement is expected at the next full meeting of the council. Coun
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Ex-carer, 81, jailed for sex offences
AN 81-year-old man who sexually abused youngsters while he was a children's home house parent, has been jailed for two years. Henry Christie had been convicted last month of 13 offences involving indecently assaulting two boys and three girls. The offences
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B*witching success!
JUST a month after visiting Bebington High School to give an introductory concert to 300 pupils, all girl group B*Witched have reached number one in the charts with their first single, 'C'est la vie'. The visit was organised by the same company which
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'Sons' of Wirral die
THE GLOBE regrets to announce the deaths of two sons of Wirral as we go to press. Whilma Howe Wilkie, aged 91, who founded Wilkie's New Brighton Palace, has died. In 1953 he met his wife Suzanne, the girl on the flying trapeze, and after a whirlwind romance
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LARRY IS HAPPY
AS A LA-MBE by Robin Bird TOWN CENTRE Manager Larry Embra is happy as a lamb at getting an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List: happy to receive the award on behalf of Birkenhead market and shop traders, whom he describes as one happy family. Council
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SMART IS NOT ALL BAD
From T.S. Neale:- I AM amazed by the amount of debate generated over recent weeks in response to Wirral's new bus stops. A bus stop is the passengers first experience of a bus journey and if it is bleak, dirty and lacking information, the user has every
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From Miss M Dixon:-
CHEERS, for the new SMART bus shelters now completed at many of the stops. It is a treat to be able to sit in comfort while waiting for a bus. Good news also to overhear a conversation while doing so to the effect that only fire will destroy the glass
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EDUCATION SELL OFF
From M. Smith:- NAIVETY is sometimes a refreshing and attractive characteristic, but sometimes dangerous. Jenny Shackleton's notion (Wirral Globe, June 3) that you test the market for business at Carlett Park by putting up 'For Sale' signs is a dangerous
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Forgotten community
From R. Collins:- WITH regard to the proposed £150m Ocean Dome at New Brighton I note that it has been acknowledged that funding has to be acquired, plus the backing of the people of New Brighton and Wallasey. I am very pleased for the people of New Brighton
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Exhibition invite
From Rusty Keane, Chairman New Brighton Community Partnership:- THE New Brighton Community Partnership consists of representatives from thirty two community groups. The general feeling of the Partnership is of enthusiastic support for the plans for the
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SAVE DUTY FREE
From Lynne Dwyer:- IT is important that our opportunity to purchase Duty Free goods is not withdrawn. Many people look forward to buying Duty Free when they travel by boat or aeroplane and the luxury of having things they wouldn't normally be able to
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From P. Joiner,
Chairman Victoria Parade Residents Assoc:- AS one who is in regular contact with many community groups in New Brighton, I feel sure that the Local Authority and all involved can rely on virtually 100% support for the regeneration plans, including the
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COME ON - KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEAN
From G. Lawler:- LAST week I went for a daily jog along West Kirby beach and was disgusted with the amount of litter in the one mile stretch between Riversdale Road and Stanley Road. I counted 26 glass bottles, for every bottle there were probably three
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Dome will restore prosperity
From M. Schulze:- RECENTLY after an absence of several years I made the mistake of visiting Rhyl. Despite the amount of money that has been spent on new attractions and the re-building of the promenade I feel that the town is dying and everybody is blissfully
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XSARA'S SUMMER APPEAL
CITROEN are leading Xsara buyers into temptation this summer with a series of special offers including a limited edition at just £9,995 on the road and two years free insurance on selected models including the new coupe and estate. For those buyers looking
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WORLD CUP FEVER STIRS RACING RIVALRY
WORLD Cup fever has stirred that auld rivalry between two of Britain's top racing drivers. Former Formula One star, England's Derek Warwick and Scotland's fiery John Cleland, who both race Vauxhall Vectras in the Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship
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NEW GOLF TAKES PRIDE OF PLACE AT SMITH, KNIGHT, FAY
PEACE of mind is a standard feature at Smith Knight Fay, Mount Road, Bebington. Number one for new and used Volkswagen in Wirral, Smith Knight Fay have a number of new shape Golfs, Passats and Polos available for immediate delivery. Sales Manager Glen
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NEW FACES PROVIDE WARM WELCOME AT MOTORHOUSE
FOUR months after re-introducing its self contained Service Workshop, DC Cook MotorHouse has built upon its growing popularity as the number one choice for nearly-new and used vehicles in Wirral with the appointment of two Customer Care Executives. The
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LAND ROVER INTRODUCE NEW DIESEL
LAND Rover has introduced a diesel engine limited edition version of its top Range Rover model, the HSE. Standard equipment fitted to the Range Rover diesel HSE includes features such as eight speaker audio system with CD autochanger, lightstone leather
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FLUFFY DICE GUARANTEED TO GET RIGHT UP YOUR NOSE
NOW the stuff of legend, the infamous fluffy dice remains the number one car accessory other motorists love to hate, according to a new survey by one of the UK's largest motor retailers, ARRIVA. Often in bright pink, orange or purple, the windscreen danglers
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DOUBLE BOOST FOR PERSONALISED PLATES
A RECORD £5.7 million was raised for the first five days of sales of 'S' prefix Select Registrations by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's Sale of Marks scheme, an increase of 29 per cent over the launch of last year's 'R' prefix series. The DVLA's
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THE weather may be horrible, but a 'Summer Serenade' is promised at Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard on
Guest artists include Joan Fernal-Williams (soprano), David Scott (tenor), Barbara Lindsay (mezzo soprano), Andrew Berridge (violin) and Eva Warren on piano. Tickets at £5.50 available on the door. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some
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Debut display for artists
AMATEUR artists from Wirral are preparing for their first Summer Exhibition of mainly watercolour paintings. Members of the recently formed Wethersfield Group of Amateur Artists will display more than 150 watercolours, most of which will be for sale,
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A Bugsy bonanza!
WHAT features 170 children, seven shows, six Bugsys, three theatre companies, one musical . . . and absolutely no football. The answer is the Starmakers' Summer Showcase Spectacular, 'Bugsy Malone', in which all three Starmakers Theatre Companies take
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If you fancy a game of football . . .
WALLASEY Wanderers Junior Football Club, who play in the Wallasey Junior Football League, seek players, especially a goalkeeper, for their Under-15 team. Boys interested can attend training sessions at The Delph, Rake Lane, on Thursdays (6pm). Phone Rob
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West Cheshire expands to a third division
THERE will be a new division next season in the Carlsberg West Cheshire Football League. The annual meeting voted to extend the League to three divisions. Over past months, Special General meetings had been held to introduce new rules and a new structure
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GOLDEN DAY ON MARINE LAKE FOR NEIL PLATT
WEST Kirby Sailing Club had a 43-strong turnout on the Marine Lake for a special GP 14 Class 50th Anniversary race. Neil Platt claimed the Gold Fleet prize, Mal Jones headed the Silver section and John Burthem was first in the Bronze. Platt followed up
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Wirral youngsters shine over cross country course
LOCAL runners proved their worth by winning a whole host of events at the Midland Bank sponsored Cross Country League meeting held in Arrowe Park for Year Seven and Eight pupils. Abigail Lyons, of Weatherhead School, won all three races in the Under-12
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Enter the Claire House Charity Pool Cup!
TIME is beginning to run out for those who still want to enter a team in this year's Claire House Charity Pool Cup competition! The tournament, supported by Globe Sport, is open to any pub, inn or club - or any team from any of the Wirral pool leagues
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Golfers help the elderly
MEMBERS of Arrowe Park Golf Club will be swinging into action to benefit older people in need by hosting, on Saturday, June 27, the qualifying match of the 1998 Help the Aged Unisys Club Championship. Money raised will assist Help the Aged's vital work
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BEBINGTON DARTS LEAGUE
CUP FINAL RESULTS:- Manning Cup Final - Little House 'B' 5, Merseybus 4. Pyke Cup Final - Merseybus 6, Quest 3. Buxton Cup Final - Little House 'B' 7, Cleveland Arms 2. First Division Cup Final - Cleveland Arms 5, Archers 4. First Division Plate Final
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Cricket starlets bid for county places
YOUNG Wirral cricket hopefuls showed off their talents between the wickets in a bid for a place in the Cheshire Schools' Cricket Under-12s team. They were put through their paces at trials by coaches and judges from the Cheshire Youth Cricket Partnership
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Emma's Black Belt 'first'
MARTIAL arts star, 15-year-old Emma Bratherton, of Wallasey, has notched up a first by becoming the first member of the Keto Martial Arts Club, based at the Kings Arms, Wallasey, to be awarded a Black Belt. Now, she is hoping it will be third time lucky
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Birthday Pups
CELEBRATING their birthdays this week are the following members of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe:- Wednesday, June 17 - Lyndsey Rodger. Thursday, June 18 - Emily Little; Sorcha Settle
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Taking away the Disability Living Allowance
THIS week the topic is about the new drive by the DSS to remove people from Disability Living Allowance (DLA). The initial idea is to stop fraud of DLA but inevitably it will result in genuine people being removed from the benefit or having a reduced
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Around Wallasey
NEW BRIGHTON Bluebirds, the women's rugby section at New Brighton RUFC, holds an inaugural mixed 7-a-side touch rugby tournament at Reeds Lane on August 2 in aid of charity. Details from Guy Hughes, women's rugby manager, on 677 2442. Entry fee for a
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Abbeyfield open day
IT'S "open day" tomorrow at the Abbeyfield house at Parkside, 14 Earle Drive, Parkgate (10am-12noon and 2pm-4pm). The event is part of National Abbeyfield Week to raise awareness of the housing charity. Abbeyfield houses exist to provide homes for retired
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Water wonders
WHILE on a camping weekend in Hadlow Fields, Willaston, Overchurch Upton Cubs and Scouts invited parents, Beavers and friends to a fun afternoon to raise money for the Rotary Club of Wirksworth and Water Aid. A local firm contributed £50 to the final
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JOANNE Shone, aged 22, of Larchwood Close, Heswall, was bailed to appear for plea and direction on J
She is charged with theft of a Renault Laguna car belonging to her employers DC Cook Motor Holdings plc at Heswall last December. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Lifeboat crews rescue Festival casualty
HOYLAKE and New Brighton Lifeboat crews attended a boat which got into difficulties during the River Festival Nobby Race and run aground to the West of the Eastham Channel in the Mersey on Sunday. The one-time fishing nobby, the 37ft 'Polly', owned by
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Robert wins his place before the mast
A SIXTH form pupil at South Wirral High has earned a place as a trainee on the Sailing Training Association Schooner, 'Sir Winston Churchill'. Robert Campbell, 17, of Eastham will sail in the second leg of the 1998 Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race from Lisboa
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Postman Pat pops in
POSTMAN PAT will be taking a break from Greendale on Saturday to open the Summer fair at Brookdale Primary School in Escolme Drive, Greasby. Running from 2-4pm, the fair will feature carousel rides, a visit from the 999 services, white elephant and other
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Canal cruise for WI
GOING on a ferry trip along the Manchester Ship Canal later this month are members of Ness and Little Neston WI. The outing is on Saturday, June 27. Speaker at this month's meeting was Mrs Gina Fairhurst, of the Ideal Home Road Show, who demonstrated
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STUART BROADLEY, originally from the Neston and Parkgate area, has been appointed senior surveyor at
Stuart, 41, has joined Lightly and Lightly, bringing his experience in conservation projects to broaden the range at the firm. The former Wallasey Grammar School pupil, has been involved in many internal and external refurbishments of major Grade I and
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Celebration ends in court
A LOCAL football club manager celebrated Everton's Premiership survival and then got arrested for drink driving. Peter Brammer, 26, of Forwood Road, Bromborough, pleaded guilty when he faced Wirral magistrates and also admitted not having insurance cover
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'Barbaric' kidnap gang members are jailed
A YOUNG man was branded on the face with a red hot iron during a violent kidnap ordeal, Liverpool Crown Court has heard. The victim, Andrew Iddon, had been infatuated with 17-year-old Emma Francombe and his nightmare experience began after he allegedly
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Around your area
GET a taste for India at the Methodist Church Hall, opposite The Brewer's Arms, Neston. That's where Diane Griffith holds a slimming class every Monday at 10.30am and 6.45pm. "The holiday season is fast approaching. How do I eat Indian or Chinese and
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'Children betrayed' - claim
TORY councillor Jeff Green accuses the Wirral Labour Administration of betraying the children of Deeside for political ends. He claims: "The Labour Party have always had a deep-seated hatred of selective education. Their latest attempt to blame the Deeside
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Up, up and away . . .
WIRRAL hosted a colourful balloon festival in Birkenhead Park and 12 Quays as part of Vision 2000 to promote tourism and the waterfront. There was a Giant Action Man, Bertie Bassett, Sainsbury's Carrots, Can of Bud and Mitsubishi hot air balloons, to
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DOME - WHO NEEDS IT?
From G. Walsh:- WHO needs a £150 million Ocean Dome? The view that "Local people have been crying out for some form of all year round baths" is not the opinion of my New Brighton friends and neighbours. The consensus seems to be that all year round pools
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CONCERNS RAISED OVER ERECTION OF TELEPHONE MAST
From Coun. Audrey Moore:- AS a local councillor, I am very concerned that mobile telephone transmission masts can be erected without requiring planning permission, particularly when the effect microwaves have on the environment remains a matter of controversy
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SPARE MAYER PARK SOME OF £150M!
From Olive Parry:- WITH all the publicity regarding the transformation of New Brighton and the vast amount of money to be spent, perhaps Wirral Council would consider allocating a little of that money in order to tidy up Mayer Park, Bebington. It is in
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NEW BRIGHTON BACK ON THE MAP
From B. McDonald:- I AM all for the Ocean Dome as I have watched New Brighton go from a brilliant seaside resort over the last 30 years to a dump. When this proposal comes off it will put New Brighton back on the map and about time to! Just think of all
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LESS LEG WORK FOR GROUNDWORK WIRRAL THANKS TO VAUXHALL
THE generosity of Vauxhall Motors has made life a great deal easier for Groundwork Wirral. An original donation of an Astra Van by National Grid proved invaluable for Groundwork's practical environmental projects. However as Groundwork Wirral becomes
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AA WARNS OF PETROL DRAIN IN THE FAST LANE
MOTORWAY drivers who habitually cruise at 85 mph not only break the law and risk lives, they also burn up a quarter more fuel than if they had stuck to the national speed limit, according to AA petrol consumption tests. For every 10 miles that a 1.8-litre
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SKY'S THE LIMIT WITH MITCHELL MITSUBISHI
WIRRAL'S Mitsubishi dealer, Mitchell Mitsubishi takes to the skies! As part of the Mersey River Festival, Mitchell Mitsubishi, New Chester Road, Eastham, had their own balloon during Balloons Across the Mersey. Mitsubishi Motors Hot Air Balloon is booked
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SPIRITED DEBUT THANKS TO LADY LUCK!
THE Mirror RAC Insurance Direct team of co-driver Des Kelly and driver, Caldy-born ITV Formula One pundit Tony Jardine, finished the Kerridge National Rally, fourth round of the Mintex Rally Series, in a creditable 21st position overall - fifth in class
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DAEWOO SALES GROWTH FASTEST IN INDUSTRY
DAEWOO is continuing its remarkable sales success for the year, with May registrations up 84 per cent on the same month last year, in a market up just 1.7 per cent. More significantly, the May result continued a sustained growth trend of similarly dramatic
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CITROEN'S 'BIG SCOOP' FOR SUMMER
FROM now to the end of June, every new Citroen ordered and registered comes with 500 litres of fuel and road tax absolutely free - worth up to £500. Part of Citroen's 'Big Scoop' summer promotion, the offer comes on top of a host of other incentives including
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BMW Golf day fund booster
WILLIAMS BMW, Liverpool scored a hole in one, when they held a charity golf tournament and raised £750 for the Newborn Appeal. Staff and customers from the dealership took part alongside more than 60 guests in the charity golf tournament at Royal Liverpool
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Blakes Blue X Bargain Bonanza
IF SOMEONE asked you how to save money when buying a new car you would usually say that you can't save money on cars. However, if you had recently visited Blakes, Birkenhead, you would be able to say that until the end of June, there are savings to be
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HOW NEW ASTRA HELPS VAUXHALL TURN AN 'S' BEND
VAUXHALL motor dealers all over the country are being invited to tour the Astra factory at Ellesmere Port to see how the workforce in-builds quality into vehicles. Vauxhall has just been along a bumpy road, with the future of Luton in doubt, but all that
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Cream o' the Irish
OUTSTANDING Irish guitarist Louis Stewart crosses the sea to Gwernymynydd, near Mold, TONIGHT, June 17, as guest of the North Wales Jazz Society. His appearance at the Plas Hafod Hotel will give locals the chance to hear a man whose CV reads like a Who's
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ART WITH HEART
FOR art with heart venture out to the Black Sheep Gallery in the Old Stable Yard at Hawarden Gallery. Director Peter Garbutt recently organised a fund-raising exhibition with proceeds going to the Elleray Park School Nursery in Wallasey. A total of £647
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Art to get your teeth into . . .
THE Tate Gallery has just reopened at Albert Dock amid swooning reviews about its use of size, space, light, texture. But for a real appreciation of modern art, for a glimpse of how beautiful food can be exquisitely prepared to put a painting on the plate
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Shaftesbury win by more than a head!
FIVE youngsters from Shaftesbury Youth Club, Birkenhead, used their heads to win the UK's first Soccer Head Tennis Tournament. The five-strong team, all aged under-12, competed against 60 teams from all over the country at the tournament at Pontin's,
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Five-a-side football challenge
BIRKENHEAD Youth Club, Watson Street, Birkenhead, invite football mad youngsters to 'come and play five-a-side football' on the following dates:- Sunday, June 21 (for 6-8 year-olds), 2pm. Sunday, June 28: 7-8 years, 11am; 9-10 years, 2pm. Sunday, July
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Five Wirral athletes power their way to county crowns
ATHLETICS REPORTS by Christine Yavari WIRRAL AC had some excellent performances in the 1998 Merseyside County Schools' Athletic Championships at The Oval, Old Chester Road, Bebington. No fewer than five athletes achieved National Standard Performances
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BLUES GO IN FOR WOMEN'S RUGBY
ROSES are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and lady rugby players are - Blue! Women are homing in on Reeds Lane as, for the first time in its 123 year history, the ambitious Wirral club launches a women's rugby section. Playing as the Blue Birds,
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Late order batsmen steer Irby to victory
Local Cricket Scene with ANDREW STRATTON IRBY scraped to victory in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition, thanks to a late rally against Rainhill in a low scoring affair. Neil Parkinson's figures of 4-13 helped dismiss Rainhill for 56. But at
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ROVERS' FIXTURES: 'Tame Wolves' is No.1 task
TRANMERE Rovers kick-off the new football season on Saturday, August 8 with a testing trip to the Midlands to try and tame mighty Wolves in front of a bumper, and partisan, Molineux crowd. First game of the 1998-99 Nationwide League Division One campaign
