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  • JOHN MOVES ON

    FORMER Wirral motor dealer John Bell has moved dealership to Peaks, of Northwich but not his home. John, who lives in Wirral, is one of the stalwarts of the motor trade. In the sixties he sold the excitingly new Marcos sports cars with Roy Humpage, while

  • TIMELY GREETINGS AT CLOCK TO CLOCK

    CIVIC greetings to the Mayor of Wirral and Wirral Globe readers from Councillor and Mrs DJ Neild, deputy Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Chester City Council, writes Robin Bird. (Pictured by Mark Stone). I met them on the Clock to Clock Rally, Big Ben to Chester's

  • LIFE'S A CABRIOLET OLD CHUM . . .

    TO add a dash of style, of colour and life to everyday motoring I tried the special edition Escort Cabriolet Dash. I took a one local family owned K-registration 1.4 Dash special edition Cabriolet from Dutton James in Heswall. It certainly exceeded my

  • A TO Z GUIDE TO MOTOR SHOW

    AN A to Z of motoring includes 60 new cars making their debut at Motor Show, Earls Court, from October 15 to 26. Globe motoring writers Robin Bird and Steve Hunter compiled this A to Z, at yesterday's press preview, getting to X before running out of

  • Playhouse treats

    DO your bit to help the beleaguered Liverpool Playhouse - and have a great night out at the same time - by seeing Barbara Dickson in 'The Seven Ages of Woman' from now until October 25. Devised and directed by Chris Bond, this musical celebration of woman's

  • Soccer coaching course vacancies

    VACANCIES exist for 10-13-year-olds on football coaching sessions each Wednesday (7pm) at West Kirby Concourse. Details: 625-9271. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

  • Soccer coaching course

    A THREE day Soccer Start coaching course organised by Mike O'Brien takes place at St Benedict's High School, Woodchurch, from October 27-29. Fee: £20. Details: 677-8360. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have

  • Birkenhead & Wirral Saturday Soccer League

    RESULTS: Saturday, October 11:- Regent Cup (2nd Round) - Arrowe Park 0, Parkfield BA 4; Ashville 0, Wirral Health 3; FC Beehive 3, Nue Ave 4; AC Brookley 3, Admiral 5; Candy Utd 3, The Clarence 5; Chemdal 5, Old Rockferrians 1; Clipper 0, The Grange 5

  • Wirral Health dish out treatment . . .

    SECOND Division leaders Wirral Health taught Division One club Ashville all about giant-killing in a second round tie of the Birkenhead and Wirral Saturday Soccer League Regent Cup. They triumphed 3-0. Ian Murphy grabbed a hat-trick as Grange toppled

  • Solid display brings Park sweet away success . . .

    BIRKENHEAD Park tasted away success, but Oldershaw fell to defeat in the Thwaites League North West Division One, on Saturday. Park produced a solid all-round display to make it 13-8 at Aldwinians. Matt Walker grabbed a try and a drop goal, with Tom Mapp

  • Parry's treble lifts Vanser

    GEORGE Parry's hat-trick took Vanser Club to second spot in the Wallasey & District Sunday Soccer League Division One. Also on the scoresheet in the 7-0 success over Brackenwood were Danny Westcott, 2, Dean Smith and Darren Kirkham. Still top are

  • South Wirral Soccer League

    RESULTS: Saturday, October 11:- Robin Hodgson Division - Manor Ath 0, Charing Cross 3; Rangers Breaks 2, Grange Ath 4; Newton 2, Mersey Ferries 1; FC Pensby 5, Moreton 3; Bridge Ath 6, Bronze Social 4; Mallaby 7, Bebington Hawks 0; BICC Helsby 6, Bromborough

  • Queens increase lead at top of table

    QUEENS Park increased their lead at the top of the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday Soccer League to seven points with a 5-1 triumph over Shaftesbury (Chris Moores) at Kirklands. Nick Dillon, John Lucas, Phil Hughes, Dave Highton and Damien Lepts were on

  • Wirral Sunday Soccer League

    RESULTS: Sunday, October 12:- Challenge Cup (1st Round) - Brown Cow 3, River Street Social 2; Heygarth 6, Allport 2; Saddle Club 1, Stirrup 4. Division One - Dingwall 2, Red Cat 0; Harp Liverpool S&R 3, Halfway Prenton 0; Nova 1, Hornby Ath 5; Southdale

  • McMullen grabs hat-trick

    JOHN McMullen's hat-trick earned Bebington Hockey Club a fine 3-0 win over Winnington Park on Saturday. The 2nd XI (Keith Millington) drew 1-1 with Southport, while the 3rd XI (Alan Pugh, 2) won 2-1, the 4th XI (Dave Farrington, 2) drew 2-2 against their

  • CRAVEN STUNS CHAMPIONS

    VETERAN player-manager Steve Craven hit a second-half equaliser to enable Newton to pull off a shock 1-1 draw at champions Poulton Victoria, on Saturday. Two weeks earlier, Vics had overcome the same opponents 8-0 in a Pyke Cup tie, but this time had

  • BLUES GO FOR JACKPOT!

    WIRRAL'S premier rugby club, New Brighton, currently lying second in the Thwaites League North Division One, take their unbeaten record to Tynedale this Saturday in the certain knowledge that they are already displaying genuine championship potential

  • Prenton Pups celebrate birthdays

    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:- Thursday, October 16 - Phil Higby, Cheryl Phillips; Friday, October 17 - Kerry Moody

  • SET FOREST ALIGHT!

    TRANMERE Rovers return to Nationwide Football League Division One action on Saturday with a simple message from player-manager John Aldridge ringing in their ears . . . Set Forest alight is the instruction for when Rovers, fourth from bottom of the table

  • CHEMISTS' ROTA

    These chemists will be on duty on Sunday (October 19):- Birkenhead:- ABC Ltd, 88-90 Argyle Street (12.30pm-7.30pm); Woodchurch:- Chanins Pharmacy, 98 Hoole Road (10am-12noon); Bebington:- Chanins Pharmacy, 16 Cross Lane (11am-1pm); Irby:- R.A Davies,

  • Grandeur back at Victoria Road

    VICTORIAN grandeur is being restored to Victoria Road, New Brighton, as Merseyside Development Corporation's Shopping Improvement Area scheme moves another step closer to completion. Number 110 has been completely refurbished with a grant from MDC and

  • Training success

    A WIRRAL firm has turned a pilot NVQ training programme into a major success story just twelve months after adopting the scheme. Bromborough-based chemical processing company Lubrizol Ltd initially sent four of its shift supervisors through a pilot NVQ

  • Police call time on teen drinkers

    POLICE in Wirral are toasting the success of a crackdown on the sale of illegal alcohol to teenagers. 'Operation Yorker' was launched in June to help tackle youth crime and disorder, which officers believe is directly linked to under-age drinking. Said

  • TA man in exercise

    TERRITORIAL Army Corporal Dave Hughes, from Bromborough, has been taking part in Exercise Deep Gorge, the biggest military exercise to be held in Scotland since World War II. A crane rigger by trade, Cpl Hughes has been in the TA for 13 years. Cpl Hughes

  • Planning forum

    OXTON Labour Party Chairperson Denise Roberts invites residents in her ward to attend a meeting on planning issues tomorrow evening at 7.30pm, in the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Slatey Road. Chairman of Planning on Wirral Council Coun John Cocker

  • Choose where to plant an oak tree!

    Where would you like to see an oak tree planted on Wirral? John Mowlem & Company plc Group, which includes the Bromborough-based McTay Business Group, celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. To celebrate, 175 oak trees will be planted throughout

  • Love Bus comes to town...

    THE Love Bus stopped off in Bromborough and Birkenhead to provide information and advice on sexual health for young people. A multi-agency project involving Wirral Brook Advisory Centre, Wirral Youth Service and Wirral Health, the aims of the Love Bus

  • Public response 'thrills' hospice

    OFFICIALS at St John's Hospice in Wirral say they are "thrilled" at the public's response to the launch, last week, of the charity's own weekly lottery offering a top prize of £2,000. First indications are that the lottery, officially launched on Friday

  • Around the Globe

    A BLACK and white female cat wearing a red collar was found after being injured on the A41 at Eastham. Details on 334-3870. WIRRAL Met College runs a half day workshop for small firms on Thursday, October 23, to explain contracts of employment. ADMINISTRATORS

  • New landlord has a thirst for history

    BIRKENHEAD'S newest and oldest pub, The Old Colonial, is looking for its history. The Old Colonial has just had a major refurbishment as a traditional pub by Cains, but hosts Barry and GIll McDonagh know little of the building's history. "We have heard

  • Chemists sickened by dispensing cuts

    'Prescription payments could force pharmacies to shut down' WIRRAL could lose a quarter of its independent local pharmacies over the next two to four years unless the Government reconsiders moves to cut pay for NHS work. So says the Wirral Local Pharmacy

  • Around the town

    YOU'RE in the Army now ... Gary Fletcher, of Roxburgh Avenue, Higher Tranmere, has passed out after 12 weeks' training to become a gunner driver with the Royal Artillery. He is now on a driving course after passing his driving test in just one week. The

  • Fatal crash driver goes free

    'Sentence unfair' says widow A WOMAN motorist who lost control of her car and crashed into an on-coming vehicle, killing the driver, has walked free from court. A judge told 28-year-old Patricia Igoe on Monday that it had been a bad piece of driving,

  • SEARCH ON FOR A REAL CINDERS

    She will go to the ball this Christmas, says ugly sister Mel BIRKENHEAD'S two shopping centres are looking for a real life Cinderella. She will star in a big parade and, with a wave of a magic wand, bring Christmas shopping to the Pyramids and Grange

  • Star prize Wirral Winner

    WIRRAL man, Mr Wynne is the lucky winner of brand new VW Polo in a raffle organised by Merseyside fire-fighters. Fund-raising efforts were led by 30 firemen who will be travelling to the World Fire-fighters Games in South Africa next year. Local children's

  • ENCOURAGING START FOR NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

    THE fight against vehicle related crime is intensifying. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has announced a significant increase in the accuracy of information received since the launch of its new style V5 vehicle registration document. Combined

  • PEUGEOT 106 RALLYE FOR UK LAUNCH

    PEUGEOT launches its 106 Rallye today at the London Motor Show. Designed more for the fun of driving than luxury and comfort this small sports hatchback will help satisfy demand for performance 106 models. Since the launch of the restyled 106 range in

  • NEW GENERATION ASTRA MAKES UK DEBUT

    STYLING, interior space, high quality and state-of-the-art technology are the highlights of the all-new, fourth generation Astra, which has its UK premiere at the London Motor Show, today. The new Wirral made Astra is the first Vauxhall to feature a fully-galvanised

  • LINDA'S DOUBLE TAKE FOR RADIO MERSEYSIDE . . .

    BBC RADIO Merseyside presenter Linda McDermott does a 'double take' for television detective Anna May (Imogen Stubbs), driving a Sunbeam Alpine around Heswall. Imogen drove the white sixties sports car, in the detective series, a couple of years ago.

  • Monroe's - a star which doesn't fade away . . .

    NAMED after the late, great Marilyn, Monroe's at 45 Liscard Road, Wallasey (opposite Netto) displays all her style, warmth and charm - but, unlike the tragic star, absolutely no sign of just fading away. In business for a decade-and-a-half, Dave Cullen

  • Voyage of discovery

    TWO young disabled people will benefit from a youth concert organised by Wallasey Rotary Club at New Brighton's Floral Pavilion on November 7. For the annual Schools' Concert will help send them on the voyage of a lifetime aboard the sailing ship 'Lord

  • ARTY SHORTS

    IT'S business as usual at the Liverpool Playhouse Studio, where 'Infinite Jest', the fun and dynamic version of Hamlet, runs from October 21 to 25. With a running time of under an hour, this accessible version of the Bard's classic is a fun sideways look

  • WIN TICKETS TO 'WEST SIDE STORY'!

    AFTER a year of searching, two of musical theatre's most coveted roles have been cast: those of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria in 'West Side Story'. Touring nationally before its West End opening, the show which brought together the theatrical genius

  • Grants create 28 local jobs

    TWENTY eight new jobs will be created in Wirral after three regional selective assistance grants, totalling £70,000, were announced by DTI Minister Barbara Roche. Blok n Mesh, of Birkenhead, will recieve £40,000; CBISS Ltd, of Bromborough, will receive

  • Girl power!

    DENIZE Quest, of Barnston, is the first woman chairman to head the Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in what is one of the most exciting periods for the industry in its history. "It's a year for the professional

  • Regatta on the Mersey

    A LATE season Regatta is being staged on the Mersey this weekend by Liverpool Marina Yacht Club. Sponsored by Crosby Homes, the event features racing on Saturday from 12.15pm and on Sunday from 12.45pm. Sadly, most of the local classes will be missing

  • EASTHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY JUNIOR SOCCER LEAGUE

    RESULTS: Sunday, October 12:- Under-10 Division - Fender Youth 0, Shore Villa 7; Allport Hawks 2, Heswall 5; Heygarth Utd 3, Irby Jnrs 0; Ashville 5, Shaftesbury YC 4; Stork 8, Liscard Panthers 1; Neston Nomads 1, W/K Wasps 7; Young Lions 5, Squibb 2.

  • BEBINGTON DARTS LEAGUE

    Sponsored by The Great Eastern for Banks's Brewery RESULTS: Tuesday, September 10:- Division One - Archers 3, Stork SC 6; Cleveland Arms 5, Eastham HG 4; Little House 'B' 8, Lairds Veterans 1; Queens 2, Merseybus 7; Quest (Southend) 6, Gt Eastern 3. Division

  • Biggest crowd of season sees Dooley give Blues flying start!

    New Brighton 19pts, Wigton 13pts IN FRONT of the largest crowd of the season at Reeds Lane, on Saturday, New Brighton produced some thrilling rugby to earn the points - although right until the end the Cumbrians were looking for victory in this important

  • Vaccine Damage Scheme

    THIS popular column deals with welfare rights issues of interest to people living in Wirral. This week the topic is vaccine damage payments: the scheme, who can qualify and how to make a claim. This article is for information only and any queries should

  • Palace honour for Becky

    JUST before her return to university, a West Kirby student learned that she had gained her Queen's Guide badge. Becky Winterson, who is 19 and a former pupil of West Kirby Girls' Grammar School, has helped run local Brownie and Guide units for some years

  • Trade talks

    IRISH eyes are smiling on the Mersey. Plans to build a Ro Ro ferry terminal at 12 Quays could make Wirral a gateway to Ireland and Irish trade. Business Link Wirral, based at Egerton Dock on the doorstep of 12 Quays, is staging a business seminar, 'Ireland

  • Lost post

    HAS anyone seen our goalposts?! Calday Grange Grammar School are a net short of a goal, and are appealing for the return of two sets of five-a-side goals they loaned out to an organisation for a recent tournament. The junior soccer contest took place

  • Boy and girl's adventure tale

    DUKE of Edinburgh Gold Award winner Ross McLeod, aged 19, of West Kirby, goes to St. James's Palace, London, next month, to pick up his award following a real-life mountain drama. For he was a member of a mountain rescue team called out to a girl involved

  • Missing girl turns up

    MISSING Ruth Sharp, a 19-year-old Bebington woman, has been found safe and sound, say police. She went missing after leaving Carlett Park College, Eastham, last Friday, October 10, after telling her boyfriend she was catching a bus home to Lynton Avenue

  • Line dance for Reece

    GET ready to stamp those boots for a Line Dancing Evening in aid of 15-month-old muscular dystrophy victim Reece Liversage (pictured), who has been on a life support machine in Arrowe Park Hospital since he was born. The ho-down takes place in the Arrowe

  • Hospitals on call

    ALL you need to know from Wirral Hospital is a 'phone call away - thanks to the 24-hour medical records helpline. Available throughout the week, the service handles 20 enquiries a day from staff, patients, visitors, GPs and the public and helped win the

  • Around Heswall & Neston

    MAYOR Barney Gilfoyle is holding a soup and sandwich lunch in aid of his charity fund in Heswall Hall on Friday, November 14. Tickets £2 at the door, or from his town hall office on 691-8522. HESWALL branch of the NSPCC held a collection at the Tesco

  • JPs criticise 'carelessness' of driver in fatal crash

    WIRRAL magistrates told a motorist involved in a fatal accident at Moreton that they felt there was a high degree of carelessness. They imposed the maximum nine penalty points against 26-year-old Christian John Pugh, of Millhouse Lane, Moreton, and fined

  • Girl, 12, falls 20 feet through roof

    OFF the critically ill list is a 12-year-old Wallasey girl who fell 20 feet through a garage roof at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard. The girl, who has not been named, was taken to Walton Hospital suffering from severe head injuries. After the accident

  • 'Fun Factory' pub plan at Derby Pool

    PLANS for a 'Fun Factory', licensed premises, restaurant and signage on the car park near the former Derby Swimming Baths, Harrison Drive, have been lodged with Wirral's planning department in Brighton Street, Wallasey. WIRRAL'S licensing panel meets

  • Fireworks safety show sparks into action...

    WITH November 5th fast approaching Merseyside Police is giving a series of safety talks to Wirral schools as part of an initiative to make this bonfire night a safe and happy one. Aimed at eight to 10-year-olds, Birkenhead and Upton Police, in partnership

  • Crime Watch charge

    DETECTIVES have arrested a Wirral man following the BBC television programme 'Crimewatch' broadcast of a serious incident in Birkenhead. The programme featured a video of a man being beaten. Now a 30-year-old Birkenhead town centre resident has been charged

  • Presents galore at craft fair

    WITH Christmas looming, Prenton Infant and Junior Schools' Home School Association hold their Autumn craft fair this Saturday (October 18) between 10am and 2pm. The school hall, on Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, will be full of goods, many made by Wirral crafters

  • WIRRAL WINNER

    WIRRAL racing driver Peter Harrison won his class championship again in the final countdown at Oulton Park, in Cheshire, on Saturday, in his little MG Midget sports car, sponsored by J and R Motors and M and G International, Birkenhead. The Cockshoot

  • WINDSORS TAKE THE WORRY OUT OF BUYING USED

    WINDSORS USED CARS centre, at Wallasey, takes all the worry and chance out of buying a secondhand car. For it is Wirral's only Rover approved used car selection of around 100 vehicles, offered at competitive prices. Each Rover Approved car must pass the

  • NEW SHOGUN UK DEBUT AT MOTOR SHOW

    THE 1998 Mitsubishi Shogun range of three and five door four wheel drive vehicles made its UK debut on press day yesterday at the London Motor Show. The new range features significant bodystyle and specification improvements, including for the first time