Wirral News readers’ letters: 29/4/09

Apr 29 2009 Birkenhead News

Church criticism is wrong

I READ the letter from Richard Landon with dismay.

I am not a member of either his church or Christ Church, Higher Bebington, but couldn't believe that any minister of religion would use the media to criticise a fellow minister.

No matter who is right in the question of lottery funding for a community hall, surely all Mr Landon had to do was to walk the 200 yards from his church and talk to the vicar of Christ Church, or even to pick up the phone.

He has not done the members of his establishment any favours by behaving in this way.

MARGARET PITNEY

Bebington

Daily gamble

YOUR correspondent Richard Landon’s views on gambling reflect a narrow opinion on what constitutes the meaning of life.

Gambling, as with any other activity, only becomes unsavoury when indulged in to excess.

Each one of us takes a gamble every time we throw our legs out of bed in the morning for who knows what fate has in store.

Did not Jesus take a massive gamble when he entered the city on a donkey?

He knew the chance he was taking could be fatal, he could have gone in the opposite direction and saved himself, in fact he prayed that if it was Gods' will, it would not happen.

Where would civilisation be now if he had disappeared into the sunset and was never heard of again?

The principles by which every Christian lives today would have been lost forever.

NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED

Change name

I AGREE with Professor Harding’s suggestion for Tranmere Rovers to adopt a Viking emblem in celebration of the club’s 125th year.

What about changing the Bebington kop into the Viking stand? Professor Harding’s suggestions would be a great way to celebrate both Tranmere and Wirral’s Viking heritage.

A SHAW

Birkenhead

Smiles better

LAST week I went to New Brighton for a day out with my friend and our two seven-year-old children.

We enjoyed the amusements but when we went to the fairground rides the man on the bumper cars couldn’t have been more miserable – why?!

I know jobs are hard to find and it must be mundane but a smile costs nothing.

SJ SOWERBUTTS

Oxton

Save libraries

I READ with interest Hazel Blears MP’s new measures to help local authorities deal with the problem of empty town centre shops and prevent "clone towns from becoming ghost towns" and her announcement to give £3m to help communities find creative ways to reduce the negative impact of empty shops.

She said: ‘These shops could be used for cultural, community or learning services.”

My simple response to Hazel Blears is to have a word with her colleague the Secretary of State for Culture Andy Burnham, in whose hands Wirral’s libraries reside, and tell him to use the same powers and money to prevent our libraries being closed.

Wouldn’t you describe libraries as cultural, community, learning services?

It seems an absolute nonsense that this Government is peddling such creative ways to reduce the number of empty premises when at the same time it is overseeing the closure of 11 cultural buildings at the heart of our community.

If ever there was an argument for joined up thinking and one further reason for Andy Burnham to Save our Libraries, it is this.

ESTHER MCVEY

Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Wirral West

On the map

KEEN–eyed viewers of current television ads will have noticed that the RAC have put New Brighton on the map for breakdown recovery.

Having your car nearly washed away towards the Liver buildings, break down towards the flats by the Dips or maybe a broken exhaust or steaming radiator by the houses near Harrison Drive will tempt you to invest in their services!

I’m sure a couple of the other shots in the two adverts are around Wirral somewhere, does anybody recognise the places?

P HALES

Irby

Help Heswall

HESWALL Hall is a unique and attractive building designed to match the library building alongside.

This facility has been included in the SAR list for future closure if the community do not take over the responsibility of running it.

The council will close this facility in January 2011 if no group or individual offers to take it over.

If this happens, it will effectively bring the cultural life of Heswall and the surrounding area to a halt.

The number of organisations that use this hall is considerable – it is seldom empty !

The hall is also relied upon for art exhibitions, craft fairs, charity fairs and other groups.

I would like to see this hall removed from the council`s list of facilities threatened with closure on the grounds that the hall is a going concern.

If you care about this issue, you can contact your local MP and/or the Asset Manager, Mr Ian Brand, at Wallasey Town Hall.

MRS PS NEWTON

Pensby