Wirral | Archive | 1999 | November
THE temperature may have dropped outside, but thanks to Calor Gas dealer Wirral Bottle Gas and our Winter Warmer competition, you can be warm and cosy inside, all through the Winter months . . . more...
The Grand Cherokee 4.7 V8, which has a highly competitive on-the-road price of £34,995, has like All Saints spent much time at the top of the charts in terms of sales, since its launch. Indeed the girls chose the Jeep because it's their favourite off-roader. more...
AS the inevitable changing of the clocks heralded the start of British winter time, the motorist's thoughts turn to their vehicle and whether it can cope with cold starts and icy roads. more...
VAUXHALL will run three cars in the 2000 Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship, with the third Vectra piloted by Belgian Vincent Radermecker. more...
As a montage of images the picture celebrates the World Rally Championship success of the Toyota Celica which won four driver's and two manufacturer's world titles between 1990 and 1994. more...
MOTORING giant Vauxhall have certainly netted a fine deal with Wirral's premier football club Tranmere Rovers. more...
AN eye-catching Rover Melton jacket worth £60 is the fantastic prize on offer this week to readers of Globe Motorway, courtesy of Wirral's Rover dealer, Windsors of Wallasey and Heswall. more...
From 'ex-North Ender':- more...
From Tony Duggan:- more...
From 'Disgusted':- more...
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From Roger Taylor:- more...
From Mr and Mrs Carney:- more...
From 'Alarmed':- more...
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ON the eve of Remembrance Sunday, Hoylake Choral Society presents a Concert for Peace on Saturday (November 13) at St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake. more...
YOUNGSTERS from Prenton Junior School, Birkenhead, struck all the right notes when they took part in a brand new event - a musical Eisteddford - at Wallasey Town Hall in support of Claire House Children's Hospice. Seven other junior schools from Wirral took part - Millfield Primary, Eastham, Christ the King RC Aided, Bromborough, New Brighton Primary, Arrowe Hill Primary, Birkenhead, Lingham Primary, Moreton, and Egremont Primary, Wallasey. Prenton Junior won a £100 cheque donated by Darlington's Transport and all participating schools received 25 vouchers donated by Rushworths of Liverpool. more...
WELL-KNOWN local photographer Colin Bermingham has raised a total of £700 to help a children's charity. Colin, who lives in Bebington and is chairman of the newly formed Friends of Mayer Hall group, donated the money to Tesco's charity fund, which this year is in aid of the National Children's Homes Action For Children Appeal. Our picture shows him signing the giant-sized cheque before presenting it to Sarah Hills, Customer Services, at Tesco Heswall. Colin raised the money by offering family portraits at a special price. more...
A FATHER and son from Meols are taking up the biggest challenge of their lives to cycle 400kms across the Grand Canyon for charity. more...
IF YOU are injured in an accident at work you may be entitled to compensation, not only for the injuries, but also any other financial losses you have suffered. Few people, however, consider making a claim. more...
MICHAEL Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, gave a talk at the sixth annual Euro Wirral Conference at the International Business and Management Centre, Birkenhead, on Monday. more...
WING walking radio presenter Roger Summerskill, who lives in Wallasey, was brought down to earth with a bump with his latest venture to raise money for the RNLI . . . . washing cars! Roger, one of the breakfast programme presenters on BBC Radio Merseyside, accepted the 'chamois challenge' thrown down by Uncle Sam's hand car wash in Breck Road, Wallasey. "Like most people, I always thought washing a car was just that - washing a car. Wrong! There were cloths for this and cloths for that . . . . they even knotted the corner of one of them so I knew which part of the car I had to use it on!" Uncle Sam's is still boosting the money raised with customers being asked to put donations into the lifeboat collection box. more...
A MAN has died and another is fighting for his life in Arrowe Park Hospital after yet another crash on the A540 Chester High Road. more...
EVICTION THREAT more...
WIRRAL Council is appealing to the government to change legislation because of the state in which utility companies leave Wirral pavements. more...
NIGHT OF TRAGEDY more...
WALLASEY Police are investigating a spate of arson attacks in the Moreton area. more...
A MAJOR gas emergency repair is the problem behind the mayhem around the streets of Birkenhead on Monday. And it is likely to continue for at least two more weeks. more...
IN towns and villages throughout Wirral on Sunday, people of all ages will be paying tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defence of their country . . . more...
POLITICAL leaders have been paying tribute to former MP Edmund Dell, who has died aged 78. more...
TWO Merseyside men have admitted being involved in a plot that imported more than £1.3 million worth of heroin into the North West from the Continent. more...
FAMILY-run farm shop Organic Pick Your Own, Church Lane, Thurstaston, has won recognition from the Farm Retail Association's accreditation scheme. more...
OFFICIALS at St John's Hospice in Wirral have been swamped with letters from people who want to to 'Light Up a Light for a Loved One' this Christmas. more...
A TEENAGER killed after being hit by a bus on Sunday has been named as Peter Mark Mullen. more...
A 36-YEAR-OLD Birkenhead man was brought before Wirral magistrates on a murder allegation after alleged incidents in the town 18 days before. more...
NESTON Horticultural Society's Autumn Show attracted a larger number of exhibits than 12 months ago - but the number of exhibitors was down by eight. more...
A MAN seen with an imitation firearm in a Wirral pub has been jailed for a year. more...
No funds available for New Ferry 'danger' crossing more...
AN inquest into the death of a young Wallasey mother was unable to ascertain the cause of her death. more...
URGENT repairs are to be carried out this weekend on the Moreton Road bridge which crosses the Moreton Spur of the M53 at Upton. more...
SWIMMERS from across Wirral have done their bit to raise more than £1.5million for charity in the BT Swimathon. more...
STONE Manganese Marine Ltd (SMM), based in Wallasey Docklands, is to re-open its foundry to manufacture some of the world's largest ship propellers. more...
VICKY Hamlet and Hannah Hill are the proud owners of brand new bikes courtesy of New Wallasey Regeneration. more...
WIRRAL South MP Ben Chapman has welcomed the delivery of Winter fuel payments to the elderly. more...
WIRRAL rocking horse maker Stephen McGreal has made room in his book, Moreton and District Patriots 1914-19, to pay a timely tribute to fallen heroes from the area in the Great War and to those who survived. more...
A FLEET of buses will be available for Millennium revellers travelling back from Liverpool to Wirral say Merseytravel. The joint initiative with Merseyside's bus companies will take partygoers home to Arrowe Park, Moreton, New Brighton and Upton. more...
WIRRAL'S newest cinema will open with a special charity show on Tuesday. more...
FREE information about drugs and alcohol is available throughout November to customers of Boots' Grange Road, Birkenhead, store. For the fourth year running, Boots, in conjunction with the Health Education Authority, is distributing 'Drugs and Alcohol - A Parents Guide Leaflet'. Further details from the store (Tel: 647-7255). more...
THE painstaking battle to save one of Bebington's finest and most historic buildings is about to reach an important milestone - the raising of the first £1,000. more...
TWO charities have said they are concerned with the number of cats going missing in Heswall and Neston. A spokeswoman for charity Pet Aid said: "People should be on the alert if they own cats." She urged people to report both lost and found cats to Pet Aid on 652-6580 or Heswall Animal Welfare (625-7768). more...
Steve Hunter reports from Prenton Park more...
Tranmere Rovers 3, West Brom. . . 0 more...
NOTTINGHAM Forest visit Prenton Park on Saturday, November 20 (kick-off 3pm) in an attractive Nationwide League Division One fixture - and TWO lucky readers and their guests will see the match free! more...
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:- more...
WIRRAL'S top rugby union side New Brighton face their biggest challenge in years this Saturday as they face first division toppers Otley in the Tetley Bitter Cup. more...
Athletics by Christine Yavari more...
Wirral Amateur Billiards & Snooker League more...
FOURTEEN-year-old Wirral judo starlet Christeyen Sanders became British National Champion at Crystal Palace at the weekend. Sister Jemima Sanders picked up the silver award in the championships. The Moreton pair are on the verge of a call up to the Great Britain squad. more...
Kersal suffer a reversal more...
IN the Cheshire Amateur Cup, Carlsberg West Cheshire League side Cammell Laird stormed into the third round after a 7-1 victory at Cheadle Heath Nomads. Stu Jones fired a hat-trick, assisted by efforts from Neil Larkin, 2, Faddi Hanna and Alan McDonald. more...
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RESULTS: Under 11s knock-out cup 3rd round: Green Leas Celtic 11 Poulton Athletic 1; Olympic 2 Ridgeview 6; WB Saints 3 Hearts FC; Wallasey Wanderers 0 Greenleas 12. Under 11s Division: Glenavon Hawks 8 Upton FC 0. Under 12s Knock-out cup 3rd round: Ridgeview 2 Victoria 1; Upton FC 2 Grenleas 5; Saughall Athletic 1 Glenavon 6; Olympic 2 NB Saints 9. Under 12s A Division: Pensby Falcons 3 Wallasey Wanderers 5. Postponed: Greenlees v Glenavon Hawks; Victoria Colt v Hearts FC; Saughall Athletic v NB Saints. Under 12s B Division: Poulton Athletic 3 Parkgate FC 6; Great Float 1 Wasps 3. Under 13s knock-out cup round 3 - Greenleas Celtic 5 Poulton Athletic 4; Wasps 1 Victoria Colts 4; Ridgeview 3 Greenleas 2; Wirall Panthers 1 Glenavon Eagles 4. Under 13s A Division: NB Saints 0 Glenavon Hawks 0 (abandoned after 10 minutes) Postponed: Victoria Colts v Glenavon Hawks; Poulton Athletic v Wirral Panthers; Glenavon Eagles v Ridgeview; Greenleas Celtic v NB Saints. Under 13s B Division: Birkenhead YC 2 Pensby Falcons 1; Hearts FC 1 Wirral Scorpions 3; Wallasey Wanderers 9 Neston Nomads 1; Parkgate FC 4 Upton FC 2. Postponed: Wasps v Wallasey Wandderers Colts. Under14s Division: Birkenhead YC 18 Poulton Athletic 1; Glenavon Hawks 5 Wallasey Albion 2; New Brighton AFC 1 Olympic Colts 3; Olympic 2 NB Saints 2; Parkgate FC 1 Victoria Colts 1; St Johns Colts 5 Greenleas 2; Upton Manor 2 Upton FC 12. Under 15s Division: Olympic 4 NB Saints 4; Grenleas 2 Birkenhead YC 1; Upton FC 1 Glenavon Eagles 2; Poulton Athletic 3 Victoria Colts 1; Gelnavon Hawks 9 Wasps 2. Under 16s Division: Glenavon Hawks 0 Olympic 6; Hearts FC 4 Bidston Youth 3; Greenleas 4 Wallasey Wanderers 1; Upton FC 3 West Wallasey 2; Birkett Rovers 5 Glenavon Eagles 2. more...
MEMBERS of the successful Wirral-based TAGB Tae kwon-Do clubs are celebrating after four of instructor Richard Saunders' teams all took first placings in the National Team Championship competition in Barnsley. Success just keeps growing and growing for Richard Saunders Schools of Tae kwon-Do on Bebington, Eastham, Pensby and Wallasey. The club is training hard for forthcoming events including the Welsh Closed, British and Inter club competition, held in Eastham on November 20. Anyone wanting to know more about Tae kwon-Do or any of Richard's classes which cater for ages four and upwards, should contact him on 512 6521 more...
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