"THE GIRL FROM MANWEB" 1971 ~ (see page 194) uke {iirllrom Maliiiiib -1971- DO YOU remember our first "Girl from MANWES" in 1958- Miss Anne Hall from Chester? Anne is now happily married and as Mrs. Anne Harding is still working as the typing pool supervisor at Head Office. Then we had another Ann as the "Girl from MANWES" in 1969-this was of course. Miss Ann Semple, the senior sales demonstrator from liverpool. Ann had a very good year and put in a lot of hard work as an ambassadress for the Soard. This year we have Miss Peggy Francis, a clerk from our offices at Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey. Peggy. a most popular girl. has already done quite a lot of travelling in and out ofthe Soard's area as the "Girl from MANWES". She too. like her predecessors. has projected the Soard's image in a most pleasing manner. So now. who will be the next "Girl from MANWES r" Who will take over the sash for 1971 r The search is now on and as In previous years. each entrant requires a sponsor. This year however. photographs will not be required in the early stages. There will be nine finalists, two selected from Area I. liver­ pool Central. liverpool North. liverpool South and Southport Districts; two from Area 2/3. St. Helens. Warrington. Runcorn. Northwich. Chester and North Wirral Districts; two from Area 4. Crewe. Wrexham. Oswestry. Clwyd. Conway Valley. Caer­ narvon. Anglesey and Aberystwyth Districts; and three from the girls working with the Head Office staff. Preliminary judging will be arranged in the Areas and at Head Office in order to bring forward the girls of their choice. The nine selected will then be invited to Head Office where the "Girl from MANWEB-1971" will be chosen. What the judges will be looking for are charm. personality. beauty. dress sense. speech and deportment. The entrant must work for the Soard and she may be married or single. The girl chosen as winner will receive a cash prize of £50. The runner-up will receive £20 and for the girl in third place there will be £10. Worthwhile consolation prizes will be awarded to the lOSing finalists. There is no entry fee. All we need to start with is the name of the entrant and place of work. together with the name and place of work of the sponsor. The person who sponsors the "Girl from MANWEB-1971" will receive a £5 prize. Send entries to The Editor • •Contact •• MANWEB. Head Office. Sealand Road. Chester CHI 4LR. We will then send you a simple entry form for completion. Most important-please note­ the closing date for entries is November 20th, 1970. So come on girls-and sponsors-get your names in now! 194 THE STAFF MAGAZINE OF THE MERSEYSIDE MaliWeb AND NORTH WALES ELECTRICITY BOARD CONTACT Vol. 22 No.9 September 1970 On other EDITORIAL pages Sufe • • • and Sound The "Cinders" Trophy 196 " WHY DON'T YOU go alld chase murderers ..... ?" is the perhaps natural reaction of anyone who attracts theattention Settling in at Head of the police for doing ten miles an hour over the odds, or for the Office 197 other hundred and one reasons which make every motorist a potential criminal. Talking Notes 202 But a cool look at things reveals that about 200 people are murdered each year (often by their nearest and dearest, who at Safe Drivers- once confess), while about 7,000 die on the roads in the same Northwich 205 period. In terms of overall human suffering, it is therefore true to say Safe Drivers­ that traffic control is more important than villain-chasing. Warrington and Rivalling the roads-not perhaps as a scene of death, but Runcorn 206 certainly in terms of sheer numbers of accidents- is the kitchen. A combination of cookers, hot foods and sharp instruments CEGB / Gas Council makes it one of the most dangerous places on earth, and very Agreement 207 few people can honestly claim that they have never been injured in any way in a kitchen. Questions in the "Accidents don't happell- they are caused" runs an oft­ House 208 quoted adage, and this maxim applies in every case without exception. A logical investigation of the circumstances, with the Weddings 209 benefit of wisdom after the event, will always show how an accident could have been avoided. Safe D rivers- In the elimination of accident-situations, or in minimising their North Wirral 210 effects, there is a job for everyone. Safe Drivers who earn ROSPA awards (there are some in this Retirements 211 number of Contact) do a terrific job in practice and by example in cutting down the slaughter on the roads, while everyone who has devoted the few hours necessary to become a qualified First Aider has the power of life and eath in his hands at the scene of --Editorial Staff -­ an emergency. Keith Baldwin In the battle against accidents there is room for action on many John F. Perry fronts. As a contribution we shall publish in an early number of Sam Doughty Contact a competition which, we hope, will help raise the level of safety~consciousness among MANWEB staff. 195 have eluded them since that date. quick results. With his second That is, until this year. delivery he clean bowled the - Many former members of the troublesome Dent and also got I Southport District staff, still rid of danger man, Arnie Orme­ serving with the Board, have rod. The rest of the side collapsed enjoyed taking part in these needle under the bowling onslaught and matches. with a modest total of 64 runs Mr. T. H. Dutton, now at Head on the board, the last wicket fell. Office, organised the first match Soon after the 'Lords' took and named the trophy. the strike, their confidence was Mr. D. S. Webb Jones, also at on the wane as four wickets tum­ Head Office, always enjoyed him­ bled for only 11 runs. Jeff. self, and was a master at run­ Colvin and Jim Bell retrieved the outs. UI/fortul/ately, the victim position slightly, but when Colvin was I/ever one of the oppositiol/. was dismissed, 35 runs were still Mr. L. J. Scudamore, one time needed for victory. District Manager and now the David Biggs joined his Drawing Board's Management Services Office colleague Bell and they The Officer, had a style that suggested soon got the measure of the that he played regularly. He was bowling and scaled the attack called UpOII al/I/ually to presel/t down to size, their shots pene­ 'Cinders' the trophy to the captaill of the trating the field with slide rule opposition! accuracy. The partnership re­ Mr. R. I. Jowett, now with our mained unbroken as the 'Grand' Trophy Liverpool District, could always score was passed, bringing to an be relied upon to get a few runs. end yet another exciting game, He took a wicket ill 1966! with the 'Lords' once again Mr. J. Heaton, also with our getting their hands on the coveted Report by Liverpool District, had a great 'Cinders'trophy. year in 1966. He scored two runs! Mr. Jim Bell No doubt all these former colleagues will treasure their Scoreline match memories, just as we hope -CONTACT' Correspondent 'Grand': F. Adamson c Capp that those playing today will b Arnold 8; W. Hignett c Smith Southport District have records in the 'book' and b Colvin 0; E. Tomlinson c stories to tell in the years to come. Smith b Colvin 0 ; T. Dent b The picture shown above, is Briody 36; R. Pattison c Briody of the unique" Cinders" Trophy b Colvin 1; D. Rimmer c ingeniously constructed from odd Match Report Smith b Arnold 5; D. Pearce c pieces of metal and played for The big battle of J 970 took Briody b Arnold 3; A. Ormerod annually by cricket teams from place a few weeks ago when the b Briody 4; F. Winter c Briody our Southport District going 'Lords' were confident that at b Colvin I ; D. Winter not out under the names of 'Lords' and last this would be their year. 2; D. Fernant b Briody O. 'Grand.' They began well by winning the Extras 4. Total 64. At the time when the trophy toss and nonchalantly allowed Bowling: J. Colvin 4-6; C. was instituted in 1956, the office their opponents to have first Arnold 3-22; T. Briody 3-3. staff worked from premises in knock. Lord Street, and so they became Opening bowlers Jeff. Colvin Lords ' : E. C. Capp c Hignett b the 'Lords.' Their opponents, and Colin Arnold soon had the Dent 0; C. Arnold lbw b Adam­ the manual staff, were based in 'Grand' in trouble with three son 4; A. Pleasant c Pearce b premises adjoining the old Grand wickets down for only 12 runs. Hignett 7; T. Briody b Dent 0 ; cinema, hence their title of the Then Tommy Dent entered the J. Colvin Ibw b Adamson 14; 'Grand. ' fray and proceeded to score J. A. Bell, not out 22; D. C. The first encounter was held freely seemingly in complete com­ Biggs, not out 14; Extras 7. at Ainsdale when' Lords' were the mand of the game. Total 68 for 5. winners. They were again success­ The introduction of Terry Bowling : T. Dent 2-7; F. ful in 1957 but further honours Briody into the attack brought Adamson 2-5; W. Hignett 1-7. 196 This striking picture of MANWEB's modem office block was taken from Blacoo Puint.