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  • Texas plaudit

    I READ with interest the comments on the Wirral Egg Run ('Egg-static', Mailbox, February 22) and congratulate Wirral on deciding to keep it going - the revenue generated is always welcome, as is the goodwill and support of non-bikers and bikers alike.

  • Desperate attack on Irish and police

    WILL we see another letter from D.N. Thomson ('Too much time on gypsy charter', Mailbox, January 25) when Merseyside Police launch their policy for the elderly or for the disabled, asking why it is that so many people are working to ensure equal rights

  • Children's home

    THE convalescent home in West Road, Noctorum, was 'Keilberg'. I worked there for a year in 1926 - I'm now 93 - as a porter and gardener. In the morning, I worked in the house - there were about 40 children - and I had to clean shoes every day, as well

  • Wirral football leagues results and fixtures

    Carlsberg West Cheshire League RESULTS: Tuesday, February 21: Pyke Cup (Semi-final): Maghull 0, Poulton Victoria 1. Saturday, February 25: Division One: Ashville 1, Mallaby 3; Christleton 0, Aintree Villa 1; Heswall 1, Maghull 0; Merseyside Police 0,

  • Two new divisions next season

    Birkenhead & Wirral AF League with Alan Ravenscroft THE Birkenhead and Wirral AF League are adding two new divisions to their existing league format - a Youth Division and an Under-16 Division. The decisions come in the wake of the hugely successful

  • Re-cycling woe

    IT'S not surprising that Wirral has such a deplorable recycling record, if our experience is anything to go by. Both garden waste and paper collectors seem to turn up when they can be bothered to drive into the cul-de-sac in which we live. A call to Streetscene

  • Warning to Wirral walkers

    MY wife and I visited Parkgate, parking our car on the Parade opposite Mostyn School. Security minded, and having regard to the advice given by the Police about leaving articles on view, my wife placed her handbag in the boot of the car. Someone obviously

  • A great idea!

    I FEEL that to use the Wirral Preservation Trust ships for a Falklands museum is a great idea. Perhaps money would be forthcoming from central government to maintain the exhibition? What better place for such an exhibition than Liverpool with its great

  • Set your children a good example

    SOUTH Wirral High School opened its doors to 200 interested visitors to show them the new improvements to the buildings and the wonderful facilities now available to enable them to provide the best education possible. It was a bonus that Prince Edward

  • Colts' cup shock

    Wallasey Sunday League by Tom Potter THE Capitol Cup took centre stage this week - and it was youth side Shore Villa Colts who claimed the headlines as they capsized Division One club Pilot Boat 2-1 after extra-time. Matty Carlin scored a superb double

  • Jamie lands extra-time cup killer

    Wirral Sunday League round-up with Rob James WITH extra-time beckoning, Jamie Whittaker bagged his second goal of the game as Sportsman's overcame Premier Division rivals Right Place Recruitment to book their passage to the Wirral Sunday League Premier

  • Richard inspires 'David v Goliath' upset

    Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League with John Traynor A BRACE of goals for Richard Foulkes, supplemented by strikes from Kevin Williams and Robert Foulkes, gave Division Two club Neston Nomads a 4-1 triumph over Premier Division side Brow in a fourth

  • Vics title march brought to a halt

    Carlsberg West Cheshire League with Ernie McDonald VAUXHALL Motors Reserves threw their hat in the ring again for the Carlsberg West Cheshire League's Division One title, after putting the skids under current leaders Poulton Victoria. The 2003 champions