Bank Holiday Success

40,000 were in Hoylake, watching the Red Arrows, for the RNLI Lifeboat Open Day, and 13,000 attended the first annual Wirral Food and Drink Festival.
Organisers of the Food and Drink Festival are now hoping that they will be able to make the event a yearly fixture on Wirral’s calendar, while it is expected that the [...]

Farewell, Little Yellow Bus

It’s the end of the line for Birkenhead’s free eco-bus service. From September 3, the Hamilton Quarter Circular (as it’s so catchily known) will be cancelled. The Wirral Globe had this to say when they were first launched in 1998:
ELECTRIC powered ‘eco-buses’ are now running around Birkenhead town
centre. Mayor Margaret Green launched Jupiter, the free [...]

Lungs of the Mersey…

BBC News Online have been highlighting traditional seaside resorts in recent weeks. Last Saturday was the turn of New Brighton, and it’s actually pretty favourable…
Australian Bob Williams, 51, has returned to the town for the first time since leaving it 32 years ago.
He said: “I’m really impressed with the place, how [...]

Bank Holiday Rundown

There’s loads to do in Wirral this weekend (August 26 – 28), so get out and about. Here’s some of what’s on around the area (If you know of any other events that aren’t listed, email us at theleftbank@nerdshack.com):
Hoylake
Hoylake Lifeboat Open Day (Bank Holiday Monday, 10am – 6pm, FREE, Prom closed to traffic)

1200: RAF Red [...]

Hello, Sailor…

If maritime history is your thing, then get down to Wallasey Town Hall in the next fortnight to peruse retired Merchant Navy man, Gordon Sykes-Little’s cap badge collection.
The collection contains more than 120 badges, with many from companies that no longer exist, spanning from the early 1900’s, through to 2000 and includes badges from the [...]

Billy’s Smart Circus

The world renowned Billy Smart’s Circus rolls into New Brighton’s Kings Parade for a week from Thursday, August 31 until Wednesday, September 6.
With two shows a day except for the opening and closing days, everyone who wants to see this fantastic show should be able to. Prices start from £10 for kids and £12 for adults, but [...]

Blooming Marvellous!

If you’re at a loose end on Sunday, August 20, get down to Birkenhead Park’s new pavillion for the first annual Wirral Flower and Vegetable Show. Open to the public from noon until 4pm, the show will feature over 35 different classes of plants, fruits and vegetables. The Lord Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Peter Johnson, [...]

Looking For Work?

On Thursday, 7 September, Wirral’s retailers will be holding the Wirral Retail Jobs Fair from 10am until 4pm which is open to all members of the public.
The event will be held at the Lauries Centre, Claughton Road, Birkenhead and is aimed at getting local people into Christmas retail work.
It may well be too late to [...]

Things To Do In August

Coming up this month (next week in fact) we have the Wirral Festival of Golf at Caldy Golf Club. It runs from August 13th until the 18th and has a numberof categories for all manner of stick and ball fans. For more info, contact Caldy Golf Club.
The bank holiday weekend sees the first ever Wirral [...]

Saving Lairds

News came out this week that Northwestern Shiprepairers are bidding to purchase the Cammell Laird name and trademark. Cammell Laird’s administrators, KPMG, are auctioning off the assets to the highest bidder, and everyone with an interest in the company can only hope that Northwestern, who occupy and work from the northern end of the Lairds [...]

Symbols of Wirral

If Wirral was to use one feature, be it a landmark or an historical symbol, what would it be? Would it be the Wirral Horn? The Mersey Ferry (which, nowadays, is more a symbol of Liverpool, rather than the Wirral owned and operated entity it always was.)? Parkgate? Bidston Hill? (The Former) Cammell Lairds? What [...]

A Call To Arms!

The Wirral Show has been and gone, Nautical has set sail, Tiger burned bright at the Open, but there’s still much more to come in Wirral this summer!
I have some photos of the Show (mainly the Household Cavalry) that will be uploaded and posted just as soon as I bother myself to de-phone them. But [...]

Football Is Back! (Did It Ever Go Away?)

For those of you not getting down to the Wirral Show on Saturday, perhaps you want to go and cheer on Wirral’s own representatives in the Football League?
Tranmere Rovers’ League One campaign kicks off on Saturday at 3pm. For Ronnie Moore’s first game in charge, his former club Oldham visit Prenton Park. Prices start at [...]

New Brighton Is The Place To Be This Weekend!

Despite the planning knockback, there’s still plenty to do in New Brighton this weekend.
Nautical sets sail on Saturday night (5th August). I’m reliably informed that they’ll be selling tickets again tonight in Wallasey’s Lightouse pub. Look out for the big, silver Nautical shield, apparantly.
Also, Saturday and Sunday see the 30th anniversary Wirral Show on The [...]

New Brighton Scheme Rejected

The Government have thrown out Neptune’s controversial scheme for New Brighton’s regeneration.
While it’s all well and good arguing the toss about heritage and NIMBYism (and there’ll be plenty of that to come…), what needs to happen now is for all sides to sit down and find a proposal that will work for the resort.
As it [...]