From Thelma Taylor:- THE doggy bins in Victoria Park, Rock Ferry, are supposed to be emptied daily. They are not! The stench in the recent heat is terrific. I have carried a tin of Jeyes fluid disinfectant to empty into bins as I dispose of my dog's dirt
From Paul Miller:- THIS debate should not even be happening, as there are two separate parallel routes for both walkers and cyclists/horses. This is certainly true of the section that I am familiar with between Heswall and West Kirby (with the exception
From Alan Robinson, Chairman, Wirral Show Joint Committee:- THE Wirral Show Committee has no objection to any person making their views known about the Wirral Show. However, your headline Why Rip Us Off? (Mailbox, last week) gave a meaning to Mr Gilmore's
TOURING car action at Thruxton this weekend, Rounds 17 and 18. This Sunday's action will also be filmed by BBC for live coverage. Alello, Leslie, Thompson are leading drivers, Nissan, Honda, Renault, the leading manufacturers. Globe sponsored Paula Cook
COME rain, hail or shine, the forecast is sunny for Volkswagen buyers at leading Wirral dealership Smith Knight Fay, who have launched a special series of cool promotions to put the fun into summer motoring. For Polo fans who want to tan as they drive
Road test by Steve Hunter. BREWSTER Street Garage in Bootle, Liverpool, have a mighty fine selection of quality used cars including a giant of the road, the Land Rover Discovery which I took for a test drive. This metallic green N-registration Land Rover
THE Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Hugh Lloyd officially opened Kwik-Fit motor repair centre in Birkenhead on Friday. The centre, based on Argyle Street South, Borough Road, has been serving Birkenhead for 15 years and has now been traded in for a new model
LATEST Vauxhall Astra Formula 2 kit car makes its debut this weekend on the penultimate round of the 1999 British Rally Championship (BRC), the all-asphalt Stena Line Ulster Rally (July 29/30). It could give Neil Wearden his best chance yet of glory this
Wirral Borough Council leader Dave Jackson writes exclusively for the Globe WELL, it seems like quite a while since I spoke to you last, but I'm out of hospital now and back at my desk. I got some kind of infection and my right leg swelled up to a truly
HOYLAKE Town & Country Car Sales have relocated to Hoylake under the command of a familiar and friendly face in Darren Atherton. Darren has returned to his Hoylake roots and joined forces with Frank Brennan of Wallasey Car Centre. Darren managed Hoylake
CITROEN is celebrating twice over, with record sales in June and a record first half year that saw the company's total vehicle sales rise to 47,279. The successful start to the year follows two all-time record years for Citroen in 1997 and 1998 and comes
LOCAL CRICKET ROUND-UP by Andrew Stratton CALDY, itching to repeat their success at Lord's two years ago, face a big test this weekend, when they travel to Elvaston, Derbyshire, in the quarter-finals of this season's Village National Knock-Out Cup. The
ATHLETE Victoria McConnell is taking the fast track to making quite a name for herself as a rising sports all-rounder. Vicky had the distinction of finishing the highest placed Wirral competitor at the recent Wirral Mini Triathlon - her first-ever attempt
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, July 28 - Lee Hellon. Thursday, July 29 - Jonathan Goodwin. Saturday, July
TRANMERE Rovers' Worthington Cup first round tie against Blackpool has been subjected to further date changes. The first leg is now at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday, August 10, with the return leg at Prenton Park on Tuesday, August 24. Reduced admission
BOLTON Wanderers kick-off the new Nationwide League Division One season at Prenton Park on Saturday, August 7 - and Globe Sport, in association with Nationwide Building Society, sponsors of the Football League, is offering one lucky reader a chance to
NOSTALGIA will envelop Prenton Park on Saturday, when Tranmere Rovers' fans, and many of the club's star players of recent years, bring the curtain down on mercurial winger John Morrissey's distinquished career. John King, the most successful manager
STEVE HUNTER reports from Prenton Park TRANMERE supporters get the chance to bid a fond farewell to a true Rovers legend on Saturday, when popular winger John Morrissey stages his testimonial - an attractive pre-season 'friendly' which sees Tranmere lining
WINNERS of a bowls tournament organised by Wirral Federation of Townswomen's Guilds at Arrowe Park were Mrs B. Ruse (Prenton Evening TWG) and Mrs O. Dunn (Moreton TWG). They beat Barbara Kelly and Alice Nelson (Grange and Newton TWG) in the final. Mrs
MARIE Curie Cancer Care thanks everyone who contributed to this year's Daffodil Campaign. A total of £2,217 was raised during street and store collections in the Wirral area. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may
WIRRAL taxpayers have just days left to pay their self assessment tax bills. Today (July 28) is the final date for bills to be paid at any post office in order to beat the July 31 deadline set by the Inland Revenue. More than two million statements of
HAPPY birthday today to Edith Levens, aged 100, who lives at Safe Harbour Nursing Home, Bebington. She is to have a visit by the Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Hugh Lloyd, to mark the occasion. WIRRAL charity ADD is offering tables for an attic sale at Bromborough
A FALL which resulted in a broken kneecap prevented President Jean Drakes from attending the last meeting of Willaston WI. Vice President Thelma Kameen took the meeting, at which Mrs Mary Nieto reported on her visit to the Albert Hall, London, to attend
Wilkinson toy winner! ASK two-year-old Charlotte Jeffries, of Wallasey, what she would choose to do on a sunny afternoon - play in the garden or go shopping with her mum - there would be no choice . . . . Charlotte would choose the garden! However, Charlotte
EIGHT grandparents, all over the age of 80, helped to make it an extra special day at the wedding of Heswall couple, sales executive Helen Skilbeck and architect Ben Collins. The bride, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Skilbeck, of Heswall, married
WIRRAL-born embroiderer and textile artist Rachael Howard has won top honours in an International competition. Her entry Millennium Itinery which was placed joint second in the 1998 Anchor Award for European Embroidery Design, is on show with the top
MERSEYRAIL has seen red after vandals painted a commuter train at West Kirby in New York subway style graffiti. It stopped the morning rush hour hour service between West Kirby and Liverpool. Transport police are treating the attack seriously and say:
A WOMAN called into Wallasey Police Station yesterday following the discovery of a 46-year-old man's body at a house in Elm Grove, Nottingham, on Monday morning. The woman, aged 32, is now being interviewed. Police confirmed the incident, but were unable
BUMPER crowds are being attracted back to New Brighton helped by sunshine and school holidays. Now the funfair has returned as part of a 'Fun all Summer' campaign by New Wallasey Regeneration in conjunction with local businesses to rejuvenate the image
Mrs Pauline Bleasdale, new President of The Inner Wheel Club of Hoylake, receives a bouquet of flowers from Mr Ken Watkins, President of Hoylake and West Kirby Rotary Club, to mark the beginning of her year of office. Converted for the new archive on
THE ongoing confusion created by April's change of postcodes on the Wirral has thrown up a new twist - 'Ernie' refuses to recognise the new addresses at National Savings Premium Bonds' office! Now, Heswall resident Mr E. Nicholls is at odds with 'Ernie
ONYX UK will take over Wirral's refuse collection service from UK Waste Management next month. The hand over takes place on Sunday, August 22 and meetings between Onyx and the workforce were taking place this week. Householders are warned that they may
A SLICE of New York has come to Bromborough with the opening of a new Frankie and Benny's New York/Italian Restaurant and Bar at the former Deep Pan Pizza site at Wirral Leisure Park, Welton Road. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images
BEBINGTON MP Ben Chapman has called on local small businesses to ensure they are prepared for the turn of the century. With less than six months remaining, small businesses are still behind in preparing for the Millennium Bug, says the Wirral South MP
FUNDING for a trailblazing NHS pilot scheme at Leasowe Community Centre has delighted Wallasey MP Angela Eagle. Wirral Community Trust, with Government funding, will operate the Personal Medical Service (PMS) Pilot, which has the backing of grassroots
WIRRAL Methodist Housing Association has been 'Commended' by the Empty Homes Agency, a national organisation highlighting the wasted resource of empty accommodation in the country, for its work in the regeneration of the Market Street area of Birkenhead
BATTLE plans are being prepared to drum up support for a £500,000 campaign to save one of Bebington's most historic buildings for future generations. Mayer Hall, which sits almost opposite Bebington Civic Centre in The Village, already has the support
ANGRY scenes followed the jailing for six years this week of a former soldier who kicked another man to death. Former Cheshire Regiment soldier John Gill denied murder but admitted the manslaughter of Gary Sadler on the grounds of diminished responsibility
ENGINEERS from Wirral Borough Council are working with the Wirral Association for Disability (WAD) on a scheme to lower kerbs to make it easier for people to cross the road. Engineers are liaising with WAD to identify locations, mainly at the corners
A TRIO of intrepid travellers will be taking a break from their studies next year to broaden their horizons. The three students from Birkenhead Sixth Form College will be travelling to Africa, the Czech Republic and Germany to work before starting their
HEALTH and Safety officers are investigating an accident in which a Liverpool man trapped both hands in a factory press. Tool-fitter Frank Comber, 50, from West Derby, trapped his hands in a power press at AC Giles, Seacombe. Shocked workmates freed him
A DRUNKEN teenager who walked away from the scene of an early morning crash later flagged down a police car to say he was responsible, Wirral magistrates were told. Mathew Harry Millington, 19, of Shawbury Avenue, Bebington, who had earlier attended the
A TRIAL date was fixed this week for a 47-year-old businessman accused of murdering Wirral solicitor Cheryl Lewis. John Frederick Allan, of Woodbank Park, Oxton, denies murdering his girlfriend Miss Lewis in Luxor, Egypt, while they were on holiday together
OFF to annual camp in North Wales, on Monday, were these happy youngsters from the Leasowe Estate. The week-long camp has been organised by local residents for the last 19 years. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting
A 'stolen to order' BMW raced through built up Wallasey at speeds of 60 mph before driving through the wrong side of Wallasey Tunnel, writing off three cars and putting one luckless motorist in hospital with whiplash. The full story of this hellish drive
A REPORT in last week's Globe gave an incorrect telephone number for a Domestic Violence Helpline. The correct number is: 0151 652-6300. Local solicitors Lees Lloyd Whitley, who supplied the erroneous number which the Globe published in good faith, apologise
From Beryl Davis, Press Officer:- THROUGH Mailbox, may we, the members of the British Red Cross Wallasey Centre, thank the people of Wallasey for their generosity during the recent Red Cross Week? Every penny was gratefully received and their continued
From Alf Lawrence:- AS a motorist, I can only say that the council's idea of keeping the bus lanes open from 7am to 7pm is just a load of rubbish. It might work most of the day, but at rush hour time it is just daft. Also, the council and the government
From 'Fed Up Ratepayer':- WHY were hundreds of Wallasey residents like myself subjected to the appalling noise from Vale Park on July 11? This infernal cacophony was entitled, I believe, 'Rhythm and Blues' - it certainly gave the blues to everyone living
From 'Cyclist':- MY husband and I have walked and cycled on the Wirral Way for more than 20 years. Recently, we cycled from Thurstaston to West Kirby. Three times we came off the cycle path and onto the pedestrian path - once because of a long stretch
From Katherine Parry:- AS both a keen walker and cyclist, I am sympathetic to both sides in the Wirral Way debate. I must, however, speak up for my boyfriend and I when we use our bikes . . . On many occasions we have been treated with contempt by walkers
From Elizabeth Steele, aged 15:- LOCAL drivers are causing danger for themselves and horses. Reckless drivers are causing a real problem for riders by driving too close and too fast to the animals, which can result in either the horse spooking or worse
From 'Irate Resident':- MAY I first congratulate New Brighton on the huge success of its 23rd annual Wirral Show? I would, however, like to ask the Rotary, Lions and Round Table Clubs of Wallasey, when they are organising any future events, to please
MITSUBISHI Motors have joined forces with Barry Hearn's Matchroom Organisation to bring Britain's anglers a sensational addition to August's Fish 'O' Mania final - a fish called Mitsubishi! Yes, just as snooker has its 147 and golf its hole-in-one, Fish
LAND Rover's Freelander and Discovery and the Rover 75 have all won Car of the Year awards in the coveted Auto Express New Car Honours 1999. Rover 75 2.0 CDT has been voted by the editorial team of leading car magazine Auto Express as diesel car of the
By Robin Bird. CHESTER Vintage Enthusiasts celebrated 40 years as a club with a Ruby Run on Sunday. CEVC drivers are known for regularly using their pre-war cars, many of which were polished and waxed for the birthday rally from the Royal Oak, Little
SATURDAY'S scorching heat brought the crowds out in their droves to see Wallasey Motor Club's MTM Promenade Stages Rally in New Brighton, as promenade master John Price, with co-driver Justin Brooks in the MG Metro 6R4 recorded a seventh Promenade Stages
THE 58th West Cheshire Open Junior Tennis Tournament is being staged all this week at Upton Victory Hall. Billington's Sugars are again the sponsors. The finals are scheduled for Saturday. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and
THE Joey Griffiths Memorial Trophy, between St Joseph's (Wallasey Sunday Football League) and Archers Social (Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League) takes place next Wednesday (August 4) at Cammell Lairds FC (kick-off 6.30pm). Admission is £1 (all proceeds
SAILING by Andrew Stratton A NUMBER of Merseyside and Wirral yachts will be taking part in the Menai Strait Fortnight which begins on Monday. Royal Mersey and Wallasey will host regattas at Beaumaris during the second week, with Wallasey Seabirds joining
CYCLING star Julie Forrester, of Prenton, added another title to her growing list when she won the British Cycling Federation National Track Championship 500m Time Trial. Julie beat four times Champion Wendy Everson, of Cardiff, for the title - and, just
A MODEL railway exhibition organised by Merseyside Model Railway Society has been switched to a new venue. The three-day show was to have been held at Mosslands Upper School, Wallasey, on October 29/30/31, but will now be staged at South Wirral High School
NEW Brighton lifeboat station marks 175 years of the RNLI with a celebration day on Sunday (August 1). There will be a rescue display in the bay off Harrison Drive and events at the Derby Pool pub. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some
CHESHIRE CATS-formerly Merseycats Wirral-rock in Vale Park, New Brighton, on Saturday, July 31. Admission £1 from 12-30 to 4 p.m. Cheshire Cats include many members who were in Merseyside bands in the sixties. They meet on a Wednesday night at the 27
A MAJOR step in securing the long term future of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (RLPS) was taken this week with the news that the organisation has been accepted onto the Arts Council of England's Stabilisation Recovery programme. The society
PARENTS in Birkenhead are being encouraged to take to the swimming pool with their young children as part of a campaign to raise water safety awareness. The town's appropriately named Water Street Clinic run parent and toddler swimming classes at nearby
WIRRAL children 'dying for a swim' this Summer have been given a chilling warning by Port of Liverpool Police. They are pointing out the dangers to both teenagers and younger children of playing in the waters around Wirral's dockside areas in Birkenhead
New century, new future for historic Port Sunlight village OFFICES of the Port Sunlight Village Trust were opened by the Chairman of Unilever last week. The Trust was established by Unilever to take over the administration of this historically important
WIRRAL transport museum at Pacific Road re-opens on Friday evening, July 30, as a venue for all kinds of events. The former transit shed as been converted hall, which can now be used for all kinds of events not just motoring and transport. On Friday Wirral
LISA, Natalie and Debbie celebrate with happy smiles the opening of the new Tropical Heat tanning studio in Allport Lane, Bromborough. You could be celebrating, too - by winning a course of tanning sessions! Simply visit the store for either a sunshower
TJ HUGHES plc, the quality discount department store operator with an outlet in Birkenhead Shopping Centre, has seen its share price soar from a low of £1.22.5 to a high of £3.36. And at the annual meeting, Chairman David Winterbottom gave an encouraging
WIRRAL residents are invited to put their best feet forward on a new wildlife walk to explore the diverse sights and sounds of Thurstaston Common, starting this Saturday. The walks, accompanied by Wirral Warden Johnathan Twigg, are part of a national
CHEERFUL Lilian Chadwick has always enjoyed her work as an auxiliary nurse - but now she is looking forward to a well-earned rest. Lilian is retiring from Victoria Central Hospital after 28 years' service on Wirral. "I love my work, but there comes a
PUDSEY Bear, the BBC Children in Need mascot, was guest of honour at a reception on the roof of the Royal Liver Building for the launch of the Millennium Scouseology Awards. The building is the home of leading Friendly Society, Royal Liver Assurance,
BIRKENHEAD Branch of The Royal British Legion raised a record total of £19,331 for last year's Poppy Appeal. "We thank the people of Birkenhead for their efforts," said Mr T. McKenna, Honorary Poppy Appeal Organiser at the Birkenhead Branch, Park Road
MAYOR of Wirral, Councillor Hugh Lloyd, performed a 'stone-laying' ceremony for a new cornerstone development of retirement apartments on the site of the former Orange Grove Hotel at Hoylake. Demolition of the original building caused controversy among
BEBINGTON Central Library is open for business as normal! That's the message librarian Julie Hougham wants to get across to customers who think the main library is closed due to building work. It has, in fact, re-located to temporary premises at Bebington
WALLASEY people wanting to give blood can do so at two donor sessions being held next Monday (August 2) by the National Blood Service at the Methodist Church Hall, Pasture Road, Moreton (2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm). Converted for the new archive on 13
MEMBERS of Poulton Lancelyn WI have undertaken a voluntary project at Spital Station. The project involved completely transforming flower beds with a colourful array of new flowers to create a pleasant setting for train commuters. Converted for the new
MEMBERS of Grange and Newton Evening Townswomen's Guild were given a talk entitled 'The Centenary of the Commercial Gramophone Recording' by Mr Albert Howell at their last meeting. Next Guild meeting, after the Summer recess, is on September 16 at St
A maintenance engineer forced a car to stop by pulling his van in front of it and then attacked the driver, Wirral magistrates heard. Stephen McPeake, prosecuting, said 31-year-old Mark Robert Copeland was extremely aggressive. He hammered on the car
HEALTH Secretary Frank Dobson visited Wirral, last Wednesday, to open the new constituency office of Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford. The office includes a new drop-in centre for constituents which follows Mr Hesford's pre-election promise to make himself
A WIRRAL man who describes himself as, "a lazy, overweight, couch potato," is preparing to pedal 350 miles for Claire House Hospice. Des Ferguson, from Storeton, will set off in September for Dublin. He will then get on his bike to head North and will
TWIN Simon Dawson died from drowning after a savage beating, a jury at Liverpool Crown Court has been told. They resumed sitting this week. Before the court are, Carl Harrison, 20, of Hillfoot Close, Beechwood, Birkenhead, and a 17-year-old from Tranmere
IT might be some years before youngsters from Somerville Primary School, Wallasey, take their driving tests, but it hasn't stopped them brushing up on their Highway Code and practising tricky manoeuvres - on their bikes! Road safety skills, cycling manoeuvres
AFTER 30 years of hard work and dedication, the Birkenhead and Bebington branch of the British Heart Foundation, led by chairman Olive Perry, is set to retire. The branch has raised £200,000 over the years, funding research into the prevention, effective
A WIRRAL man who is responsible for a NHS budget of more than £40 billion is celebrating becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Mr Colin Reeves, a former student at Birkenhead School, who played
A MARVELLOUS moggy from Thingwall has scooped up an award for being one of the UK's most caring cats. Lilly, a red tabby, won the title of Britain's number one family cat when her human pals Emma, ten, and Kate Edwards, eight, nominated her to Arthur's
A SPONSORED car wash has raised more than £400 for Shaftesbury Youth Club, Birkenhead. It was jointly organised by the American Car Wash company and Gordale Garden Centre, Chester High Road, Neston, where the weekend event took place. Converted for the
WALLASEY man Tony Kelly is looking for sponsors for a bike ride in aid of the Alder Hey Rocking Horse Appeal. He is cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats in August. Sponsors can contact Tony at work at Pump-Tec UK on 639-6339. Converted for the new
WIRRAL motorists are being encouraged to take the train or bus to work, to avoid congestion in Bebington caused by major roadworks on the M53 and at Hooton. The town is en route to several factories employing thousands of workers. Merseytravel is asking
HAVE a nice day now! Birkenhead's new blue-coated town guides hit the streets this week. The ten smartly dressed town guides were unemployed but are now employed to give a friendly, helpful view of Birkenhead from Woodside to the town centre. They will
YOUNG entrepreneur Carolyn Simmons, of Neston, will be displaying her talents at the Nantwich Show today (Wednesday, July 28). Carolyn specialises in the restoration of antique rugs, carpets and related textiles. Converted for the new archive on 13 March
WIRRAL'S Ranger service is organising an Activity Day at Royden Park, Frankby, on Thursday, August 6. Children are invited to explore the woodland area with the Rangers and go on a local safari to learn about the hundreds of creatures that make their
