Wirral News letters, September 21

Sep 21 2011 Birkenhead News

Cyclists ruin a lovely walk

IN response to the letter sent by S. Jones (Your Views, September 14), I agree with your remarks.

Sadly, since the Wirral Way became a cycle path, it is almost impossible to walk along at certain times of day, you have to constantly be looking behind.

Most of the cyclists hardly slow down and many can actually be felt as they pass at ridiculous speed. It ruined a lovely walk.

Indeed, I know of at least two walking groups who have changed their route so as to avoid the Wirral Way altogether.

I have also seen several dogs injured and one elderly lady taken to hospital after being knocked over by a cyclist who didn’t stop!

Something needs to be done. The signs, “cyclists give way to walkers” are a joke.

S. Tait

West Kirby

Try to share

WITH regards to the Out of the Way letter (Your Views, September 14), perhaps S. Jones would prefer the Wirral Way closed to all other users whilst the family are taking their walk?

Many cyclists will also be family groups.

Are cyclists expected to dismount and walk behind walkers?

The Wirral Way is an excellent shared facility and it’s sad to see such intolerant views.

T. McCullough

Bebington

Lasting legacy

REGARDING Tranmere Rovers’ planning application to build homes on the Ingleborough Road playing fields.

I have a vested interest in Tranmere Rovers Football Club, having been a supporter and shareholder for over 40 years.

I have also had the privilege to have worked for the club, so I have a slightly better insight into how difficult it has been to trade and stay afloat over the last couple of decades.

At the same time I come from a family with a history of military involvement.

Remembering and honouring the fallen is not just a passing thought. This is where we play our part in keeping their memory alive.

The planning application for Ingleborough Road throws up a unique opportunity for everyone involved.

It’sŠ time to build a lasting legacy with the help of everyone who shares the sense of duty and responsibility.

ŠThe chance to develop a new sports facility for both the club and the general public is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and millions of pounds that would not otherwise be available will be lost forever.

This planning application could generate a lasting legacy for heroes. I would urge both sides to respect the fallen and the future of this borough, so I suggest a few ideas to think over:

Name the new training facility New Memorial Training Ground, plant 88 new trees, put the plaque on public display and hold a dedication service at the new ground.

Give the plaque to the Williamson Art Gallery for public display.

Give the plaque to the new Liverpool museum where hundreds of thousands would see it.

Name the housing complex the Memorial Gardens, and have a stone monument with a small garden.

ŠŠOr we could do nothing and stay entrenched with the attitude that we wait another hundred years before doing anything.

Andy Doyle

Chairman, Tranmere Rovers Supporters Association

Big thank you

ON BEHALF of Alzheimer’s Society Wirral, I would like to thank Tranmere Rovers FC and the people who attended the match against Sheffield United, on Saturday, August 20, for their support and generosity, enabling us to raise the wonderful sum of £502.75 during our collection prior to kick off.

Thank you to all who donated!

SUE NEWNES

Wallasey

Too much subsidy

ESTHER McVey MP tells us that she has high hopes for the ‘wind industry’, and the green jobs that will flow from it (Wirral News, September 14).

The reality, however, is that the equipment comes from Denmark, Germany and Spain, and that is where the jobs are created.

In addition, this industry is only here because every UK energy consumer and taxpayer is compelled to subsidise it, not just with highly uneconomic payments for the electricity produced, but also with additional millions for agreeing not to produce electricity when it is too windy!

Wind farms involve massive subsidy to foreign firms, make our power more expensive, and destabilise the rest of the electricity production. In this context, talk of green jobs is just political rhetoric.

David Scott

Heswall