Wirral News Letters: June 22

Jun 22 2011 Birkenhead News

Thanks and congratulations

ON BEHALF of the members of North Wirral Rotary Club I would like to thank the many clubs and organisations which help us to run the Wirral Coastal Walk.

Space does not permit a complete list as there are so many but it involves many types of help both before and on the day, essential supplies, entertainment, sponsorship, logistics vehicles and buses. Special thanks are due for (a) the publicity given by Wirral News beforehand and (b) the sponsorship from Unilever.

The latter enables our club to support a wide range of charities and good causes whilst keeping the registration fee reasonable (thanks for the goodies issued by Unilever too!).

The biggest thank-you has to be to the thousands of walkers who turn out each year, especially in challenging weather conditions like we had this year.

Their dedication is immense.

From the slips noting the expected sums raised (competed by the majority of walkers) we estimate the total benefit to an enormous range of charities to be around £400,000.

Congratulations – very well done!

We still have some unclaimed lost property including three pairs of prescription glasses and a music player. If any reader would like to claim lost property, please call me on 07541 192 798.

Rex Andrew,

President, Rotary Club of North Wirral (meets on Mondays, 6.30pm at the Heatherlands, Thurstaston)

Station clean up

STAYING with friends in Wirral I have to agree that Wirral is a lovely interesting place though very different from my home town in Thunder Bay, Canada.

When I came to West Kirby I was expecting a lovely little seaside town.

When I saw the centre concourse and station I was really horrified.

The concourse is so bleak and grey and the station frontage is just about the most horrible sight.

Why isn’t the clock working? The upper frontage is covered with filth and pigeon droppings.

Surely it wouldn’t cost a huge amount to clean up here and put the clock in working order.

There’s a good toy shop and cafe, yet all around looks so shabby and neglected.

Not a very good impression of West Kirby when coming in by train.

The promenade is lovely with the views of the Welsh hills and Hilbre Island is unique.

Why spoil the whole place with this bleak centre?

West Kirby could be a lovely place. Please clean up around the railway station.

The whole block needs some loving attention and cheering up.

Tony Stephenson

West Kirby

Safeguard music

THE St Peter’s Primary School orchestral concert in Heswall last Thursday presenting Music for a Summer Evening, was outstanding. A total of 50 children, including our 10-year-old granddaughter, participated.

These young people who have been encouraged to learn to play a range of instruments including, string, woodwind and brass, now face the prospect of losing the local authority funding due to the constrictions caused by the national debt left by the last government.

What a travesty that secondary and primary schools across Wirral might have to close their music departments, depriving so many young people of developing a lifetime interest in music.

At a time when so many youngsters sadly leave school “with nothing to do in their spare time”, surely encouraging our young people to have an interest in music and its performance, is something that should not be sacrificed?

D S Bollans

Gayton

Sheer ignorance

I AM writing in response to the letter printed in the June 8 edition of the Wirral News regarding the piercing of the ears of an infant.

Like Pippa Sutton, I too am appalled. Not only by the ignorance of the adults who submitted the baby to such an unnecessary and painful procedure, but to the shop who performed the piercing.

Only when someone is old enough and able to give their consent to have such a procedure done should the piercing be done by someone qualified to do this. Body piercing of any type holds a risk of infection, especially for a baby, and aftercare is crucial.

Ellen Goldman

Wallasey

Show respect

I UNDERSTAND the sentiment behind leaving fresh flowers at the roadside in memory of tragically departed loved ones.

I can’t understand why these should remain brown and dead several weeks later with the Cellophane blowing everywhere essentially leaving a gesture which can only be described as “rubbish”.

Please show respect for our environment as well as those we have loved and lost.

Nick Ellis

Via website

Cycle danger

IT HAS become increasingly common over the last few years to see adults routinely riding, often very quickly, on pavements.

They seem to assume that all pavements are cycle paths and that it is up to pedestrians to get out of their way. The danger to pedestrians, particularly the elderly and young children is obvious but it is also dangerous for the cyclists, especially at junctions.

The police and CSOs should take this matter more seriously but it is also up to us when out walking to make it clear to such cyclists that their behaviour is not acceptable.

R Wood

Noctorum