Wirral News Letters – December 23

Dec 23 2009 Birkenhead News

Driver who didn’t stop is a coward

ON the afternoon of Monday 16th November, my husband took two of our dogs on their favourite walk in Burton and well away from any roads.

Unfortunately, towards the end of the walk they went missing and, for the first time ever, ended up in Dunstan Lane.

We will never know why they went there and whether they had taken fright at something or had become lost but I received a call on my mobile to say that one of them had been run over.

I was in Burton village so was with my dog within minutes. It transpired that a Peugeot taxi travelling at speed had hit my little dog and not bothered to stop.

The taxi driver left her in a water filled ditch and, were it not for the kind drivers behind this taxi and some local people from the lane, my little dog would either have drowned or died alone of her injuries.

Sadly, her spinal injuries were so severe that we had to have her put to sleep the following morning.

She was a three year old rescue dog who had had a horrible first year at the hands of her former 'family' before she came to us.

She was gentle, friendly and trusting and didn't deserve what happened to her.

Accidents do happen but this taxi was travelling too fast and couldn't even be bothered to stop, which is a prosecutable offence.

To the driver, you left that little dog to die in agony and I will never forget the look on my children's faces when they had to say their last goodbyes to her.

You are a low life, a coward and have not one shred of decency in you.

By contrast, my heartfelt thanks go to the lady driving behind the perpetrator of this offence, who stopped, a second lady who retrieved my number from the collar and rang me, and the gentleman who lifted our little dog from the ditch and wrapped her up. You are angels, all of you.

NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED

via e-mail

Bright lights

IN reply to Cassandra Hill’s sighting of a meteorite, I too witnessed the spectacle from my south-facing patio in Bromborough.

I was amazed at its brightness, because of the reflection of house lights and street lights in the sky at that time.

From the direction it was falling, I imagine it was over in Wales if it did hit earth.

FRANCES MCMANUS

Bromborough

Star gazing

I ALSO saw the meteorite on the morning of November 16 between about 5 and 5.15am.

I was having difficulty sleeping and spent about an hour and a half watching the night sky.

I live in Eastham and our back garden faces east looking towards Liverpool.

It travelled to my left, decending fast and disappeared between two houses near by.

I was struck by the apparent closeness of it, the tail being very bright and quite wide, it was like no other ‘shooting star’ I had ever seen.

One way and another it was a very interesting night’s star gazing.

I too would love to hear of anyone else who was star gazing that night.

JANETTE

Eastham

Bin break

OUR brown bins will not be emptied until January 21, 2010.

Have a nice long break lads.

RATEPAYER

Prenton