From P. Wyngarde:- I MUST concur with W. Williams (Mailbox, September 29). I, too, frequent the gents toilet on Hoylake prom on a regular basis, and it is a disgrace! It's about time the so-called do-gooders started thinking a little more about Wirral
From K. Gilbert:- MAY I say, through Mailbox, what a wonderful evening we had on board the Royal Daffodil at the Jazz, Dinner and Cruise evening arranged by The Hamilton Quarter as part of the Hamilton Jazz Festival. The dining room on the Royal Daffodil
From 'M.H.':- IT is indeed great news that Clatterbridge Hospital is getting £3 million to buy new equipment. However, it is scandalous that this funding is coming from the Lottery! Surely the £3 million should be coming from the Treasury? Then we could
From 'Concerned':- IN REPLY to Jim O'Neil's letter (Mailbox, September 29) concerning parking on the pavement, I, too, have noticed a marked increase in this practice. I 'phoned the Borough Engineer's Department, Traffic Management Division, and they
From George Bowler:- J. POWELL'S letter (Mailbox, September 22) draws attention to some problems for many people who have to go a fortnight with no refuse collection on a Bank Holiday Monday. This raises other issues, especially the big task of getting
From Councillor Stuart Kelly:- I WRITE on behalf of myself and my colleagues, Councillors Pat Williams and Freda Anderson, in support of the call by governors of Birkenhead School for traffic safety measures on Bidston Road (Globe, September 29). As Ward
From Christine Lambert:- HOW many more ugly letters do we have to read about Birkenhead Park? 'Disgusted Grandad' (Mailbox, September 29) is right - we do need the wardens. We need lots of them and we need them now! Let's look at the facts:- Someone was
From Joan Kelly:- MY DAUGHTER and I were travelling on the M53 near Woodchurch on Friday, September 17 when we were involved in a horrid smash. My daughter's car was a total write-off. So was the other car. We escaped with minor injuries - cuts and bruises
VOLKSWAGEN'S smallest car, the Lupo, pictured above is now available with a 1.4-litre, 16-valve, 100bhp engine and Sport trim priced at £11,295 on-the-road, which includes a three year unlimited mileage warranty and 12 year anti-perforation cover. For
THE V-reg to be seen in the summer is the new Vectra SXi which joins Vauxhall's range of models with a sporty theme. Like the Corsa SXi and Astra SXi, this new air conditioned Vectra shares their sporty appeal with alloy wheels, sports front seats and
DREAM come true for birthday girl Victoria Sheldon of Prenton, who arrived at her 18th birthday party at the Village Hotel, Bromborough, in a black Porsche convertible sports car. Victoria's VR18 treat was arranged by her mother Margaret through an anonymous
WIRRAL's old car enthusiasts are already planning the motor rally of the new Millennium in Wirral. Chester Vintage Enthusiasts Club and Wirral Classic Car Club are joint organisers. Martin Hughes, of CVEC, is dealing with the pre-war entries on telephone
JUNCTION 8 Car Sales in Ellesmere Port are delighted to announce they are open for business, selling prestige vehicles such as Bentley and Porsche. Conveniently situated at junction eight of the M53 motorway, Junction 8 Car Sales is based on Rossmore
NO wonder Orvis the mascot bear and the team from Cubbin & North's Chrysler Jeep dealership are looking excited. The newly launched Chrysler Neon, pictured below is about to land and it seems to have cracked any questions about the price cars should
BEBINGTON karting ace Carl Hulme (pictured below, left, in kart no 6) has enjoyed a successful season, and is currently lying fourth in the British Kart Racing Championships. Carl's last event was very eventful, winning the Gold Cup meeting at Three Sisters
WARNER Village Cinemas' brand new, luxury Multiplex opens at Europa Boulevard, Conway Park, Birkenhead, next month - and to celebrate Warner Village are staging a Cinemaniacs Fun Day for under-15s six days before . . . . on Saturday, November 13. The
RESULTS: Sunday, October 3:- Under-11 Division - B'head YC 4, Poulton Ath 4; Olympic 8, Hearts 5; N/Brighton Saints 1, Greenleas 2; Greenleas Celtic 7, Wall Wndrs 4; Wirral Panthers 22, Wirral Scorpions 0; Pensby Falcons 5, Upton 1. Under-12 A Division
RESULTS: Sunday, October 3:- Under-11 B Division - Heygarth Utd 3, Eastham Blades 3; Victoria Clts 4, Allport Hawks 1; Squibb 2, Prenton Ath 0. Under-11 A Division - Vauxhall 2, W/Kirby Wasps 3; Shore Villa 6, Stork Yth 0. Under-12 B Division - Alliance
CHESHIRE FA Amateur Cup action in the Wallasey & District Sunday Football League saw Great Float Social come back from 0-2 down to beat FC Greasby 4-2. Robbie Gerrard fired a hat-trick and Jon Sanderson netted the third with a great individual effort
HOULIHAN'S Birkenhead Sunday League side Rock Ferry Social/Abbey beat Sale United 4-0 in the Cheshire County Challenge Cup first round. Glen Rooney, Andy Graham, Anthony Fry and Scott Taylor were on target. In the Premier Division, Ship Inn sailed to
RESULTS:- Saturday, October 2:- Robin Hodgson Division - Charing Cross 5, Avon Ath 3; Bronze Soc 2, Grange Ath 1; Manor Ath 5, Willaston 2; Mersey Ferries 1, Tricorn 6; Pavillions 2, Rangers Breaks 0. Concorde Trophies Division - Beb Hawks 2, Manor Ath
CARLSBERG West Cheshire League Division Three side Shaftesbury produced the upset of the day in the Cheshire Amateur Cup, on Saturday, when they went to Division One side Capenhurst and won 4-2, with goals from Robbie Stobbart, 2, Ian Crawford and Paul
NEW Brighton slipped to their first defeat of the season, on Saturday, losing 20-13 away to Jewsons National League Two newcomers Bedford Athletic. The Blues must now pick themselves up for Saturday's 'derby' with Liverpool St Helens at Reeds Lane. The
Thursday, October 7:- St Mark's Church Hall, New Chester Road, New Ferry (2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm). Friday, October 8: Bromborough Civic Hall, Allport Lane (2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm). Mobile Donating Unit at B&Q, Bidston Link Road, Wallasey (1.30pm
MARCHING up and down the prom with a rucksack may not seem like good practice for the Himalayas but Brian Clowes is hoping that the exercise will stand him in good stead. Brian, from Wallasey, has also been climbing Mount Snowdon as part of his training
Ben scores for Shelter WIRRAL South MP Ben Chapman joined thousands of people nationwide by casting aside his ordinary working clothes to wear his football shirt. Mr Chapman took part in Strip 4 Shelter day to help raise money for homeless charity Shelter
TRADE Unions who have members employed at Mersey Tunnels have launched a campaign to reverse the decision to increase the tolls by 20 per cent. Five unions have opposed the raise and plans to allow private companies to run the tunnel operations. They
WEST Wirral Lions Club is presenting a "Fashion Show to Try and Buy" next Thursday (October 14) in aid of the refurbishment of Melrose Hall, Hoylake. The event, in conjunction with Creme of Warrington, takes place at Melrose Hall and other local charities
PROFITS increased by nearly 33 per cent for the half year up to July 31, discount department store operator T.J. Hughes plc has announced. The company, which has stores in Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port, said profit before tax improved 32.8 per cent to
Jail for suicidal woman who set fire to house Arson attempt put lives of neighbours in danger A WIRRAL woman who set fire to a house in a desperate suicide bid has been jailed for 18 months. Sentencing 37-year-old Barbara Lawrence, Judge David Lynch said
STAFF at Bidston Observatory fear for their jobs after the agency which owns the site announced it is to introduce compulsory redundancies. The 130-year-old Observatory is facing financial problems after cuts in external funding. Staff believe that this
MEMBERS of Higher Bebington Women's Institute had a "moving" evening when Gill Raine, from Oasis, of Chester, showed them exercises of the Alexander Technique. Next WI meeting is next Tuesday (October 12) at Victoria Hall, Higher Bebington (7.45pm). Fiona
WIRRAL Mayor Hugh Lloyd was on hand to celebrate the success of students at Woodchurch High School. Coun Lloyd, who was accompanied by his wife, Shirley, the Mayoress, presented hundreds of prizes for academic performance, effort and citizenship. He praised
BIRKENHEAD dad Paul Eden will be showing off his juggling skills . . . . as he prepares to juggle a new job, his three children and his studies. For Paul, a former house husband, is the first of 350 colleagues about to start work at the new ASDA Arrowe
Change in industrial tribunal legislation THIS popular weekly column by welfare rights expert Jim Strang concerns employment law and the new order which allows industrial tribunals to hear cases for breach of contract of employment, for which they previously
LIBERAL Democrats in Wirral have reacted angrily to the news that Wirral Council has £2 million more than was expected in its coffers. Liberal Democrat leader Phil Gilchrist claims that the fact that Wirral now has £6 million in its reserves is a result
CHURCH Drive Primary School, Port Sunlight, has applied for planning permission to build a rear single storey classroom extension. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
A MAN who assaulted his woman friend told magistrates it happened after he had drunk heavily. Grant Bartley, aged 21, of Hoylake Road, Moreton, said he had a drink problem but was getting help. He told magistrates that the woman was standing by him because
MAYOR of Wirral Coun Hugh Lloyd went over the top to draw attention to the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust by abseiling down Wallasey Town Hall, on Sunday. More than 60 brave volunteers abseiled the 156-foot drop to raise money for the Trust. The final
WIRRAL ship repair company Cammell Laird has paid £532,000 for Camper & Nicholsons (Yachts) Ltd. The announcement follows the news, as reported in last week's Globe, that the Birkenhead yard has won a £51 million contract to carry out the world's
WIRRAL Borough Council's £47,000 out-of-court settlement to a teacher suffering from stress of work could set a precedent for a barrage of similar claims from Wirral, the North West Branch of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned. Muriel Benson
From Phyllis Mason:- I LOST my purse on the 7.35 train from New Brighton on August 27 - the day of the bus strike. I would like to thank the kind person who handed it in. Sandymount Drive, Wallasey. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some
From Mrs Jill Newey:- I WOULD like to thank the people who live at 22 Church Road, Seacombe. A few weeks ago, they found my purple purse outside their house and took it to Manor Road Police Station before 'phoning me (the number was on my donor card)
From Helen Johnson:- WITHIN hours of my appeal to hear from old childhood friends appearing in last week's Mailbox, I heard from two of them! I used to go to Pensby Secondary Girls' School and my father, the late Harold Ellis-Thomas, was a governor on
From John Scott:- SEPTEMBER 22 and the first juvenile idiots have surfaced with their bangers, purchased from heaven knows where, for the sole purpose of annoying local residents. Babies probably have nightmares because of them and animals, both domestic
From Stuart Haggett, Headmaster, Birkenhead School:- "BIDSTON Road does not have excessive numbers of cars, there is no heavy pedestrian use," states the Chair of Wirral's Transport Committee (Globe, last week). I would suggest that councillors should
From 'Disheartened Resident of Prenton':- HOW can the state of Flaybrick Cemetery, Birkenhead, be justified? Living not too far away, I see gangs of young men smashing gravestones, taking drugs, burning stolen cars, abusing respectable people. Why is
From R. O'Brien:- WHILE I sympathise with 'Disgusted Grandad' (Mailbox, September 29) regarding the abuse his daughter and her friend received from the four 10-year-olds in Birkenhead Park, I feel he is unfair to single out this much maligned area of
From Monica Bailey:- IT is very sad to hear people like 'Fed Up' (Mailbox, September 29) make sweeping accusations of our young people. Young people are an important part of our community. They are our future. If people would take the trouble to talk
BLIND driver Steve Cunningham claimed an astonishing land speed record when he blasted down the runway at RAF Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, in an 180mph supercar. Despite attrocious weather conditions, Steve averaged 147.56mph over a measured mile behind
THE Land Rover Defender V8 50 special edition, launched last year to celebrate 50 years of Land Rover production, was a sell-out success. In fact, customer reaction was so strong that Land Rover has now launched the Defender Heritage - with just 300 examples
REVISED versions of the widely acclaimed Fiat Coupe range, featuring enhanced specifications at unchanged prices, have gone on sale. A new version Coupe 2.0 20v Turbo Plus, pictured below, joins the range, and all three versions now feature standard equipment
Wirral company DMS has secured a prestigious extension to its Investors in People (IIP) status. The business, now one of the UK's leading independent sales and marketing organisations, first secured IIP accreditation in 1996. Founded in 1990 DMS (Direct
AS the 1999 Formula One season reaches an exciting climax, BMW is already counting down the days to the debut of its new engine at the Australian Grand Prix in March 2000. In the next few weeks the latest version of BMW's V10 power unit, built in Munich
ENTERTAINMENT giant Warner Village Cinemas is about to launch TWO luxury multiplexes and an Iwerks Extreme Screen attraction in Wirral at a combined cost of a staggering £23 million! And the Globe has teamed up with Warner Village Cinemas to give readers
RESULTS: Sunday, October 3:- Division One - ADS Graphics 4, Stirrup 6; Greave Dunning 0, Halfway Prenton 2. Division Two - Farmers N/Ferry 0, Wirral Ath 1; Royal Oak 6, Cavendish 3; Tranmere Rvrs Supps 1, Premier Plant 2. Division Three - Claughton Htl
RESULTS:- Saturday, October 2:- Division One - Abbotsford 11, Royal Liver 0; The Avenue 2, North Star 2; Beehive 2, 7 Stiles Yth 4; Overchurch Htl 7, Archers 3; FC Pensby 2, Parkfield BA 1. Division Two - F2 2, Delta 0; The Grange 1, Higher Beb 3; Greenland
CALDY kept their unbeaten record, but Birkenhead Park and Oldershaw suffered first defeats in North West One League matches at the weekend. The Paton Field outfit ran in six tries against Aspull to finish 37-0 to the good. Touch downs were credited to
JOINT leaders Manchester City visit Prenton Park on Saturday, October 16 in a Nationwide League Division One match - and TWO lucky readers and their guests will see the match free! Globe Sport, in association with Nationwide Building Society, sponsors
Crewe Alexandra . . . . . . . . 0, Tranmere Rover . . . . . . . . 2 Attendance: 6,169 WAYNE Allison's double strike helped Rovers climb three places off the bottom of the Nationwide League Division One. Inspired by Allison and on loan Tony Grant, who
BOUYANT at hauling themselves off the bottom of the Nationwide League Division One after Sunday's televised 2-0 win at Crewe, Tranmere Rovers face two tough games in four days. On Saturday, they travel to London to take on fellow strugglers Queens Park
DUE to the damage caused by the recent torrential rain, urgent repairs are to be carried out on the West Kirby Road, Saughall Massie. The work will take place on Thursday and Friday between 9.30am and 3.30pm. During these times traffic will be diverted
PERSONALITIES from television, Parliament, football and the comedy world paid a visit to Claire House Children's Hospice in Bebington last week as part of National Children's Awareness week. A signed Liverpool FC football raised a superb £5,000 for Claire
MEN'S Captain of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team in the 12th World Transplant Games in Budapest was David Lindsay, from Wallasey, who had a kidney transplant 20 year ago. Aged 47, David won five Gold and one Silver medal in the Veterans' age
EVERY one a winner... that's the Wirral Met College students after being presented with achievement awards for the best academic performance on a range of construction courses. Delighted student Paula Nielson, the first female plumber in Wirral, is seen
BEBINGTON 'Water-loo' campaigner Malcolm Smith has written to the Globe to express his personal thanks to all those who supported his successful fight to get public toilets in Higher Bebington Park. Mr Smith, who started his campaign after he saw mums
SEA Cadets from Hoylake travelled to Edinburgh to contest the Sea Cadet Corps National Sailing Championships with counterparts from all over Britain. Cadets Sam Reaney, Ben Cliff, Emily Jones and Huw Jones, all of TS Stork based in West Kirby, together
MFI Homeworks in Wallasey is joining stores from across the North West in helping to kick-start a £5m fund-raising appeal by the Francis House children's hospice to care for terminally ill children. The chain has donated £2,000 to the Rainbow Appeal to
THE newly renovated Newton Village Hall was re-opened on Saturday by local MP Stephen Hesford. Having undergone several alterations, the Hall can now boast a new meeting room, a new roof and an improved heating system, after successfully obtaining lottery
A CALDY pensioner committed sucide by hanging, an inquest heard. Mary Josepha Reid, aged 77, of Caldy Road, Caldy, was found on May 20 hanging by the cord of her dressing gown tied around an exposed ground floor ceiling beam. Her husband, Robert Reid,
MISS Wirral Globe paid a visit to the Folk and Steam Rally in Royden Park, Frankby, last Saturday. The event which last year raised more than £2,000 for Claire House Children's Hospice - and was aiming to top that amount this year. The rally combines
GUEST speaker at the last meeting of Poulton Lancelyn WI, Mrs Rosalie Gorton, gave a slide show and a talk on the Egerton Family of Tatton Park, Cheshire. Rosemary Bolton, October's guest speaker, will talk about Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. WI meetings
Wirral service to stay put MERSEYSIDE Police have made a u-turn over plans to centralise Wirral Coroner's Officers in Liverpool. The decision was made earlier this year and put on hold last month. The Coroner and local MPs are now celebrating victory
THE Castle Singers present their annual Autumn Concert tomorrow (Thursday, October 7) at Heswall Hall (7.45pm). Proceeds are in aid of North Wirral Branch of the Arthritis Research Campaign. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images
UPTON Village Youth Centre, in the former Midland Bank building, is to be opened on Sunday (October 10) by the Bishop of Chester. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
A CASHIER at an American Express bureau who fiddled the accounts narrowly escaped a jail sentence last week. Mark Sumner, of Sandfield Road, Wallasey, a former special constable, pleaded guilty to two offences of false accounting at the Lord Street branch
HOYLAKE and West Kirby Rotary Club are looking for people between 25 and 35 years of age from West Wirral who would like to spend up to six weeks in North Carolina next year. The idea is for them to see how their job is done within a different culture
WALLASEY Age Concern is appealing for volunteers to help them continue their programme of day centre activities for the elderly and carers, social clubs, luncheon club and skill-activity centre. Drivers, carers, attendants for the minibus, cooks and club
A WIRRAL man who was fighting for his life last week has died. Michael Gallimore, 31, from Moreton, was in intensive care following an incident in Liverpool on Saturday morning. He was put on a life support machine but the machine was switched off on
A JEALOUS man who followed his former fiancee and repeatedly knifed her in her car at traffic lights in Birkenhead was jailed on Monday for eight years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Alan Chittock thought Jane Forrester was having an affair with another
