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Tel: 0151 343 9876 February 2011 Issue 17 Inside this month: St Bridget’s Appeal, Junior Football, Book launch, MP petition, local news, what’s on, car club and gardening Specialists in bespoke Extensions, Conservatories, Windows, Doors and Rooine • • l Installations carried out by our •own very skilled Craftsmen Specialistsl 75% of inour bespoke installations Extensions, come from Conservatories, satisfied customers Windows, Doors and Roofline l 10 Year Insurance backed guarantee • Installations carried out by our ownTel: very 0151 skilled 343 Craftsmen 9876 Registered No 13712 • 75% of our installations come from satisfied customers • 10 Year Insurance backed guarantee Telephone: 0151 343 9876 Open 7 Days: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 11am - 4pm Specialists in bespoke Extensions, Conservatories, Windows, Doors and Roofline Open 7 Days: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 11am - 4pm • InstallationsRegistered No 13712 carriedUnit 1, Dindale out Road, byCroft ourRetail Park,own Brombo veryrough skilled CH62 3PY Craftsmen • 75% of our installations come from satisfied customers The FREE monthly magazine for West Kirby & Caldy Tel 01244 512251 E [email protected]• 10 Year Insurance W www.westkirbylocal.com backed guarantee Telephone: 0151 343 9876 Open 7 Days: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 11am - 4pm Registered No 13712 Unit 1, Dindale Road, Croft Retail Park, Bromborough CH62 3PY Registered No 13712 Unit 1, Dindale Road, Croft Retail Park, Bromborough CH62 3PY A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country – Texas Guinan 6 DID you know that over £800,000 has been raised for the redevelopment of St Bridget’s Community Centre. Now, the fund-raisers are hoping to gather the last £150,000. We’ve got a big feature on the plans in this issue and details of how to make a contribution. We’ve got more on this, as well as stories from 8 MP Esther McVey, Hoylake AC junior football, Ally McDermott’s interior design column, books by Lingham’s of West Kirby and the Wirral Classic Car Club. We hope you enjoy the magazine and please remember to use your local shops and trades people! Hayley 9 The page footers this month are love quotes for Valentine’s Day 16 For advertisement inquiries please call Hayley on 01244 350398 / 07801506538 or e-mail [email protected] visit www.westkirbylocal.com 24 Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1AE 18 We are an independently owned company producing seven magazines, Keep it Local, Neston Local, Heswall Local, West Coast, Tarporley Talk, Overleigh Roundabout and Hoole Roundabout. For details visit www.talkaboutpublishing.co.uk Love conquers all things – except poverty and toothache – Mae West 4 01244 512251 / 07801 506538 E [email protected] W www.westkirbylocal.com West Coast magazine February 2011 5 IN THE NEWS Community Orchard GRANGE Park now has almost 100 extra trees planted by Transition Town West Kirby and The Friends of Grange (FrOG), including apple, plum, damson, cherry, cobnut, walnut, quince, fig, mulberry, medlar and sloe. It is hoped that in a few years the orchard will be a great resource for community activities - apple days, cider making sessions etc. l Transition Town West Kirby have just started a Fruitshare scheme. This involves 14 volunteers who have offered to come and join in sessions picking and distributing unwanted fruit from local gardens. TTWK want to hear from groups that can use the fruit! Visit www.transitiontownwestkirby.org.uk for more info Hoylake and District Gardening Society OUR next monthly Meeting is on Wednesday, 9th February, when Wirral Country Park ranger James Locke will talk about ‘Attracting Wildlife to your Garden’. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at West Kirby Concourse starting at 7.30pm. They are free to members but visitors are welcome at a charge of £1.50. Call Pat on 625 7036. MP’s campaign for justice WEST Kirby MP Esther McVey presented a petition on behalf of Families Fighting for Justice and others in Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside. The petition calls on the Ministry of Justice and the Government to consider with severe caution any changes to Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to ensure that the length of minimum sentences for murder are not altered so as to reduce the term served Miss McVey said: “I am very keen to support victims of crime, some of whom I have got to know really well, in order to try to protect any shortening in the minimum sentence for murder.” Youth given ASBO MerSeySIde Police and Wirral Council have obtained an Anti-Social Behaviour Order on conviction against a West Kirby youth. Action was taken against the 18-year-old, formerly of Paton Close, West Kirby. He had been identified as engaging in repeated incidents of anti-social behaviour in the Grange Park and Gilroy road area of West Kirby. He was part of group of young people who had intimidated local residents, caused criminal damage and been responsible for significant disturbance. The Asbo means that he is banned from entering the areas in West Kirby including Grange Park (playground and cemetery) and an area surrounding the shops on Gilroy road for a period of three years. Chief Inspector Bob Gittins of Merseyside Police, said: “Hopefully this action will send a clear unambiguous message to any troublemakers”. Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage – Ambrose Bierce 4 01244 512251 / 07801 506538 E [email protected] W www.westkirbylocal.com West Coast magazine February 2011 5 LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS TWO-hour drop-in drawing sessions in Hoylake on Tuesdays at 1pm & 7pm Suitable for beginners or more experienced artists. Tuition given as necessary. £7.50 per session. Contact Dennis Spicer at [email protected] or 0151 625 3107 0772 512 1527 RockyRoads.co.uk [email protected] Rocky OFF YOUR NEXT £5SESSION Grouppandp1-to-1 LessonspAvailable Rocky Roads Cycle Skills Training Training Cycle Skills There’s a fine line between true love and a conviction for stalking – Buzz Nutley 6 01244 512251 / 07801 506538 E [email protected] W www.westkirbylocal.com West Coast magazine February 2011 7 Comets soar to tournament success ConGratulationS to Lee robinson and his AC Hoylake Comets for capping off an outstanding year by winning the u10’s Soccer dome Christmas Tournament. After going unbeaten in the group stages , winning the Semi final and beating estW Kirby Wasps Black 2 - 1 in the final. Well done also to Gordon Harrison’s u10’s Meteors who made it to the Semi final of the same tournament. due to the popularity of our under 6’s training on Tuesday nights, in which any children from Reception or Year 1 are welcome, we have decided to add our first ever dedicated under 5s training sessions. On Wednesday we will be delivering a training session between 6pm - 7pm for under 5’s (reception children) in the sports hall at West Kirby Concourse. There’s no need to book a place, just come along and enjoy the fun! Junior football team Athletic Club Hoylake (AC Hoylake) was established in 2001. recognising the need for a local junior football club, to serve the community of Hoylake and West Kirby, successive junior teams have been introduced every season leaving the club with a current membership of over 200 players at under 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15 age groups. We are always looking sponsorship for our teams. For further information visit our club website were you can view club news ,match reports and the club contacts page. Contact Paul Williams on 0781 7684682 or click on the contacts tab at www. achoylake.com Never take a job where winter winds can blow up your pants - Geraldo Rivera 6 01244 512251 / 07801 506538 E [email protected] W www.westkirbylocal.com West Coast magazine February 2011 7 KEEP DRY THIS WINTER DID you know that failure to maintain your gutters can result in water penetrating the cracks and joints of the gutter and when the water freezes in the winter, it will expand and cause the gutter to crack, and in some cases shatter under the intense freezing conditions. Bosworth Guttering & Roofing can help you with any aspects of your roof, gutters, pipes and much more! Winter Offer 10% OFF + FREE WINTER ROOF CHECK (applicable until 31st February 2011) Check out our website for our full range of services www.bosworthgutteringandroofing.co.uk OR PHONE NOW FOR A NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE 0151 625 3712 07565 902 474 when you 1spe0nd o%ver £ 3OG0 inF EFebFruar calico laine T y RTAINS HAB CU SUMMER PRINTS ERDASHERY S PATCHWORK FURNISHING WALLASEY BRANCH WHAT WE SELL Please Call On: 0151 336 3939 16 Liscard Crescent, • PATCHWORK or visit: www.calicolaine.co.uk Liscard, Wirral, CH44 1AE • HABERDASHERY NESTON BRANCH • FABRICS Please bring this advert with Calico Laine, Units 14-16, • CRAFTS Clayhill Industrial Estate, • WOOL you to activate this discount Neston, Cheshire, CH64 3UG • CURTAINS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MORE SPECIAL OFFERS HERE AT CALICO LAINE AND FOLLOW US ON: A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night - Marilyn Monroe 8 01244 512251 / 07801 506538 E [email protected] W www.westkirbylocal.com West Coast magazine January 2011 9 John recalls bar stool wit Ally Interiors Interior design thoughts with Ally MacDermot, from a different era from Your Choice Interiors A WEST Kirby man has just published a book recalling some of the characters who inhabited the local pubs and bars in an era of political incorrectness. John Fagan has written West Kirby Banter to raise Minimalism ‘Less is More’ money for Claire House Children’s Hospice and St IT was Mies van der Rohe who adopted the John’s Hospice, in Clatterbridge phrase “Less is More” when used in design John was born in Birkenhead but has lived in West and architecture.
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