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Lollipop lady
Janet Dean,
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July 2009 Issue 10

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Jeff Clarke Conservatives

Giving Wirral South people the voice they deserve

It`s a no asset transfer - transfer

Jeff Clarke, Conservative
Parliamentary Spokesman is
concerned at the way the Wirral
Promoted and published by Lizzie Lumley on behalf of Jeff Clarke of 24 Meols Drive, Hoylake CH47 4AN.

council is pursuing their policy of

pushing important community
facilities into community stewardship.
“I have now been to the public
meetings in Heswall Hall and Victoria
Hall in Higher Bebington. It is clear
that whilst a long lease may be
contemplated by Wirral Council, they
are not intending to transfer the legal
Jeff Clarke with Heswall ownership to any community body.
Councillor Les Rowlands visit
The only things that will be transferred
Heswall Hall
will be all the risk and all the
liabilities”.
The administration at the Town Hall is seeking to avoid as much
expenditure as possible. The result is that they are denying the
opportunity for any interested party to reach informed decisions by
failing to provide full disclosure of important financial information up
front. This approach could jeopardise the future of these facilities and
ultimately lead to the permanent closure and disposal of these valuable
community assets”
Jeff Clarke’s view is supported by Heswall Councillor Les Rowlands
who is calling for full disclosure of all relevant financial and structural
information as soon as possible. “In order that community groups can
assess the viability of their local facility and draw up a business plan
they need information now. If the Lib – Lab administration are serious
about making this process a success, they would commission up to date
structural surveys to be provided together with all relevant financial
information to all community groups who express an interest in taking
on the running of these facilities. It is still however our preference that
this flawed project should be scrapped and we will continue to fight for
this outcome”

www.jeffjclarke.com
0151 632 1052 jeff.clarke@wirralsouthconservatives.com

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WELL done to tireless lollipop lady

WHAT’S ON
WHAT’S ON
Janet Dean who has been rewarded for
turnimg out in all weathers for 33 years
with an MBE. You can read more about
janet’s joy in this month’s edition.
8 We’ve also got pictures from a couple
of summer fairs at Heswall URC and St

SPORT
Peter’s CE School and news of a familiar
name taking over the old Woolworths
store.

SPORT
There’s also weddings, news, features as
well as a what’s on guide and business
directory. We’ve also got book reviews
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come from the local area so please
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who married at Wallasey Town
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Pictures by Verity Allen

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local news
l A FORMER Heswall clergywoman has been appointed to one of the most senior
positions within the Church of England.
The Rev Canon Dr Judy Hunt is to become an Archdeacon in Suffolk and will take up
her new appointment in the autumn.
Canon Hunt began as a deacon in Heswall back in 1991 before moving on to rural
parts of Cheshire and later taking up more senior roles within the Diocese of Chester.
She said: “I leave the Diocese of Chester with many happy memories of fellowship
and hard work, as well as fun. The area and its Christian communities have given me
great strength and support over the past 24 years as both a lay and ordained person.”
The Bishop of Chester, the Rt Revd Dr Peter Forster, said: “Judy has been an
outstanding minister in our diocese in a variety of roles.”

l PAUL Hanks, from Heswall, went on a 900 mile bike ride to support an armed
forces charity. Paul and his future brother in law David Pye cycled around the
perimeter of Wales for the Help for Heroes charity, which supports the troops
who have been injured in battle.
Visit www.justgiving.com/paulhankswelshperimeterride2009 for more info

l A LIFEBOAT was scrambled after a yacht was seen drifting on the

Dee estuary near Heswall. Lifeboatmen confirmed that
the vessel was empty and had broken its moorings at
West Kirby.

l LOCAL author Hilary Green launched her new

book ‘The Final Act’ at Lingham’s in Heswall last
month.
Hilary, who hails from Barnston, has set her
novel against the background of the latter
days of World War Two
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, it is
available from most good bookshops
For details log onto: www.hilarygreen.
co.uk
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Sweet reward for lollipop lady Janet

LOLLIPOP lady Janet
Dean is set to meet
the Queen after being
awarded an MBE.
But the 70-year-old
reckons she also deserves
some recognition from the
sweet manufacturers.
Because every child
who she safely escorts
over Pensby Road gets
a Chewitt sweet to send
them on their way home.
Said Janet: “I think I’ve
made a fortune for them
over the years. I get
through four packets of
sweets every day!”
Janet has been the
lollipop lady in the same
spot at the junction with
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Primary School when it
opened in 1976. She has
done the job for so long
that she is now crossing
her grandchildren at the
same place.
Despite reaching 70
Janet has no plans to
stop, saying that she
loves the job, meeting the
children and parents and
getting to know many of
the motorists on the busy
road.
“I just hope to carry on for
as long as I can,” she said.
“It’s a lovely school and
it’s a nice job to have,
particularly when the
weather is nice.”
Janet says she can’t wait
outfit at Buckingham
Palace.
Janet, who lives on Poll
Hill, has noticed a big
increase in the volume of
traffic over the years but
proudly boasts that there
have been no accidents on
her ‘watch’.
“It’s a lot busier than it
used to be and because
it’s a busy junction
they can’t put a pelican
crossing in,” she added.
“Most of the drivers are
really good and I’ve got to
know many of them over
the years.”
Controversially, she
added: “But there are a
few, usually women drivers

Whitfield Lane for the last to see the Queen to pick and people using their
33 years. up her award and even mobile phones, who you
She began when her joked that she might wear have to be wary of.”
children attended Heswall her luminous crossing

l Hilary Gibson, from Heswall, has also been awarded an MBE for her work with
8 the Child Support Agency, Department for Work and Pensions and voluntary
service

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Oldest business breathes
new life into the high street
FRESH life has been injected
into the high street with a
familiar name taking over the old
Woolworths store.
Heswall’s longest established
business, Gould’s the Stationers,
had been based at the Castle
Buildings since 1937 but last
month they took the plunge and
moved out.
Owner Anne Gould, who started
work at the shop as a Saturday
girl at the age of 14, said they
had outgrown their former
premises.
She explained that they had been looking to move since January but it had taken
nearly five months to secure the lease.
The new premises are twice as big, which means that they have been able to expand
their range to fill the void left by Woolies with sweets, toys and musical instruments - as
well as stationery!
The business was started by her great-grandparents in 1904, initially as a printers in
West Kirby, before moving to Heswall, and has passed through the generations.
Anne said: ““If we hadn’t moved into this store it could have been a competitor.
“When I heard it was becoming vacant, I really took to the idea, mainly because of the
level of goodwill left by the previous business. It was too good an opportunity to miss.”
l Meanwhile, Corks Out opened a new store at 53 Telegraph Road.

Police keep tabs on troublemakers

POLICE have put on extra patrols around the bus station, Puddydale and Tesco to
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keep an eye on anti-social behaviour.

People had reported trouble in the area and asked for action from the police who
have since identified 10 young people who gather at the weekends. A spokesman
said that at this time of year there is an influx of young people from out of the area
coming into Heswall.
The Merseyside force have also promised to support the new community centre on
10 Fishers Lane with a drop-in night for young people once a week.

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Doing a good trade on the cake stall were Cathy Hassen, Michael Clayton,
Debbie Breeze and Tereza Barnes

Wintry weather at summer fair

ST Peter’s CE Primary School had no luck with the weather on the day of their
summer fair last month.
It bucketed down for most of the day which meant that most of the activities took
place indoors or under the cover of a marquee.
Nevertheless, there were no shortage of visitors to the event.

Left: Serving
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Above: Heswall Round Table members manned the beer tent

Below: Peter Hinitt, Dave Cutts and Michael Minter, from West Wirral Rotary
Club, ran the balloon race raffle with funds going towards a ‘life education
caravan’ on the Wirral.
Below, right: A young victim in the stocks

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BICYCLE HELMETS:
TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR:
THAT IS THE QUESTION!
A RECENTLY decided case in the High Court
made important observations upon the merits or
otherwise of the wearing of a cycle helmet.
In that case, the bicycle rider sued (via his wife
since he sustained serious head injuries) the rider
of a motorbike who he alleged drove at speed into
collision with him whilst he was waiting to turn
right off a major road, causing him very serious
injuries, not least to his head. He suffered brain
injuries. He had not been wearing a helmet at
the time of the accident.
There was an issue about who caused the
accident and conflicting accounts in this regard
but the important issue was that, despite finding
the motorcyclist 100% responsible for the
accident, the Judge went on to say that, even
though there is no legal requirement for the
wearing of a cycle helmet nevertheless, if the guilty driver (or rider in this case) could
prove that the cyclist’s injuries would have been less severe than they turned out
to be had the he been wearing a helmet, then there may be a decision that he was
partly responsible for his own accident. In other words, the cyclists’s compensation
may be radically reduced by virtue of not having worn a helmet at the time of the
accident.
The principle is already applied in road traffic accidents where the injured party had
not been wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident. Normally the deduction
from compensation will be 25% although the percentage will vary dependant upon
the circumstances. However, the difference here is that the wearing of seat belts is
a legal requirement for the driver and, since September 2006, all passengers. The
wearing of cycle helmets is entirely voluntary.
As it happened, in the case mentioned above, the Judge decided that, as the impact
for the cyclist had been at greater than 12 miles per hour, in fact, whether or not the
he had worn a helmet, it would have made no difference whatsoever to the injuries
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sustained. In other cases, on different facts, the position may be different.

It must still be a matter for individuals as to whether or not they should wear a
helmet but the safe approach, one would have thought, is to do so since in anything
other than a major crash the helmet will afford some, albeit limited, protection.
For further information on Personal Injury, please call solicitor,
16 Andrew Newton on 0151 625 9154.
Maxwell Hodge Solicitors , 34 Grange Road, West Kirby, CH48 4EF.

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Fearless Minister heads

straight to the top!

There was glorious

weather for the
Heswall United
Reformed Church
Family Day last
month.
Attractions included
loads of stalls, a
teddy bears picnic,
climbing wall and
bouncy castle.

Minister, the Rev

Gwynfor Evans must
be a secret adrenaline
junkie. He showed
no fear when scaling
the 20ft climbing wall,
although he did suffer
with cramp on the
way up!
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The ladies of the cake stall get ready for the rush

David Gwynne, with children Louisa and Ross - and

their giant teddy bear

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The stewards at the

Heswall URC family day:
Dave Parry, Hannah
Pendleton, Gary Leighton,
Matthews Fowler and
Jonathan Cummins

Gary also had a go at the

climbing wall
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Enjoying a picnic at the Heswall URC family day

Born on 22nd July 1964: Actress and singer Bonnie Langford.

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Lambanana needs a good home

THE family of a seriously ill man want to find a good home for their Beatles
lambanana.
The sculpture has been in Maria and Paul Challis’s Wirral garden for quite some
time but the couple are anxious to find it a permanent home.
Paul is gravely ill and Maria is keen to carry out his last request.
She said: “We are looking for a more
permanent home for our John Lennon
lambanana.
We did have a lot of requests a while
ago for him but when Paul got ill it
went on the back burner.
“It was never meant for our back
garden, it should be where the public
can see it, that was what Paul always
felt should happen and I would like to
carry out this last request for him.”
If you think you can offer a suitable
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this month to raise money for Cancer Research UK. They are pictured with the
sculpture, getting ready for the run.

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BY ELEANOR DAVIES, MANAGER OF
LINGHAM’S BOOKSTORE, HESWALL

Paperback Fiction: The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year, this is the story of two families living opposite
one another in Sheffield during the 1970s. The day the Sellers family
arrive in the North there is a crisis in the Glover family across the road:
Malcolm Glover has left home after becoming convinced that his wife is
having an affair. The aftermath of this revelation has a profound effect on
both couples and the repercussions for their children only come to a full
climax twenty years later. There are also many other smaller interlinking
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parts will make you laugh out loud. A great beach read.

Travel Biography: The Last Supper (A Summer in Italy) by Rachel Cusk

If you’re spending your summer holiday in Italy here is a book you might like to tuck
in your luggage. Rachel Cusk is a stunning writer both of fiction and non-fiction, and
her books about child rearing have been completely transformed by her
unusual and imaginative writing style. In this book she describes her deep
disillusionment with her home city of Bristol and her spontaneous decision
to remove the children from school to spend three months wandering round
Italy in search of art and its meanings, freedom from routine and a different
path into the future. Her descriptions of art , beauty, and the desire to travel
are balanced with a down-to-earth attitude to domestic life when away from
home. Although only in hardback at the moment it is a delightfully neat little
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Leisure Interests: The Most Amazing Places to Walk in Britain-

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For those feeling the effects of the credit crunch and holidaying at home,
here is a super book to inspire the whole family to discover new areas of
the United Kingdom. Beautifully illustrated and clearly laid out with highly
detailed maps, the book covers the whole of Great Britain with walks
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after your exertions. The sort of book you will come back to time and time
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kinds of walkers.

Cricket commentator Peter Baxter will be in Heswall on the evening of 15th

July talking about his new book at Linghams Booksellers. Contact us for more
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WHAT’S ON IN JULY
Saturday 11th July
Attic Sale by Windmill Sales, at Heswall Hall, 2-4pm. Call Gary Banks on 342 4959.
Wednesday 15th July
Cricket commentator Peter Baxter will be in Heswall talking about his new book at
Linghams Booksellers. Call342 7290.
Saturday 18th July
Wirral Multiple Sclerosis Society presents “It’s Abba Nite” , includng Carol’s Fish
and Chip Supper, with bar on 18th July 2009 at 7.30pm at Heatherlands Court, 100
Thurstaston Road, Irby. It includes Karaoke, dancing and 70’s fashion optional.
Tickets £8 available from Karen 342 8829 or Ali 334 8436.
Sunday 26th July
Port Sunlight Village Festival. Featuring stalls, fairground, live entertainment in
Port Sunlight Vlllage. Details 0151 644 6466 www.portsunlightvillage.com
August
Heswall Artist Association & Wirral Potters are holding another Joint Exhibition at
the Heswall Parish Hall on Wednesday 5th August - 15th August open daily except
Sunday 10am-6pm. Last day 15th August close at 4pm
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Clubs
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Station Road, Thurstaston. Tel 648 2300
Concert Band
Rehearsals on Sundays 9:45am-12noon in
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Film Society
Films shown on nine Wednesdays each year
at 7.45pm in Heswall Hall. Tel 342 2379 or
visit www.heswallfilmsoc.org.uk
Flower Club
Meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 8pm at
Alexander Hall, Rocky Lane. Tel 342 2060
Heswall Society
Established for the public benefit to conserve
the heritage of the parish. Contact Carolyn
Eddowes on 342 5066
Horticultural Society
Meetings on the first Monday of the month at
7.30pm in Heswall Hall. Tel 342 8204
Lawn Tennis Club
Quarry Road East, Heswall. Tel 342 1775
Model Aircraft Club
Meets each Friday evening at the clubhouse
at Gayton. Web www.deesidemac.fsnet.co.uk
National Trust Association
For local members of The National Trust
- organises social events, speakers and
outings to places of interest. Tel 342 2847
Operatic Society
www.heswalloperatic.co.uk
Photographic Society
Meetings held at St.Peters Centre, Village
Road, Lower Heswall. Tel 648 5787
Riverside Players
Amateur dramatics company, based in
Heswall, with rehearsals at Richmond Hall
USEFUL NUMBERS
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings.
Visit www.riverside-players.org.uk
Rotary Club
Heswall group meets every Thursday at
The Grange, Thornton Hough at 12.45pm.
Secretary 342 2370
Round Table
Social club with a conscience open to men
28 between 18 and 45, meeting at The Black
True story: In 1972 a man walked for 16 miles with a milk bottle on his head.
Horse, Lower Heswall & other venues. Tel
342 9159
Senior Swimmers
Open to anyone over 50, for “serious “ or light
exercise, at Caldy Grange Swimming Pool
every Friday morning Tel. 342 3703
Squash Club
Brimstage Road, Heswall. Tel 348 4732
Soroptimists
The group meet on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays
of the month at the Grange, Liverpool Road,
Neston. Tel 342 3446
Wirral WIldlife
The local branch of Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
www.wirralwildlife.co.uk Tel 342 1395.
Woolgatherers
Heswall-based drama group. New members
welcome. Call 648 2717
Useful Numbers
MP
Ben Chapman, Wirral South. Tel 643 8797
Stephen Hesford, Wirral West. Tel 522 0531
Councillors
Peter Johnson, 342 1399
Leslie Rowlands 342 2454
Andrew Hodson 342 6253
Surgeries held on the first Saturday in the
month at Heswall Library, 10.30am-12noon
Police
Heswall Police Station. Non-emergencies
call: 709 6010. Monday - Friday 10am-5pm
Richmond Hall
Community based Hall in School Hill Heswall
available for hire to local community groups .
Contact 342 5742
Schools
Barnston Primary. Tel 342 5229
Gayton Primary. Tel 342 3772
Heswall Primary. Tel 342 7491
St Peter’s CE Primary. Tel 342 2556
Travel
Co-op Travel, 206 Telegraph Road, Heswall. tel
342 6103
Wirral Council
General switchboard 0151 606 2000
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