30 new jobs as new restaurant team prepares to stretch, toss and serve 4,000 pizzas in its first month.
Pizza lovers in New Brighton are in for a treat as PizzaExpress opens on 3 April. The new restaurant, which can seat 140, means jobs for 30 new team members including nine pizzaiolas and 15 waiters and waitresses. An estimated 1,760 kilos of dough will be used in the first month as the team prepares to serve up 4,000 pizzas and 2,300 portions of PizzaExpress’ iconic Dough Balls.
Each PizzaExpress restaurant is individually designed – often using well known places, people or historical events from the area as the basis. PizzaExpress New Brighton draws upon the rich nautical history of the area, reflecting the beautiful seaside surroundings perfectly.
Nikki Bartley, manager of PizzaExpress New Brighton, said, “We will have a beautiful new restaurant and can’t wait to show it off to our customers. We have a friendly and enthusiastic team who are looking forward to welcoming everyone over a delicious pizza. Our new restaurant will be a great spot for everything from a casual lunch or dinner to a special celebration – we’re delighted to be bringing PizzaExpress to New Brighton.”
To celebrate the arrival of Spring, PizzaExpress is launching a new menu on 1 April, which boasts classic Italian style and fashionable flavours, perfect for the new season, as well as a wider range of its low-calorie Leggera dishes which call contain fewer than 500 calories. There are 10 new dishes including four new gluten-free options and a cheese-free pizza that is suitable for vegans.
Parents can now book a Kids’ Pizza Making Party. Children from the age of four to 11 will be transformed into mini-pizzaiolas, getting to stretch and toss their own pizza base, before topping it with their favourite ingredients. Once they’ve enjoyed their culinary creations, they will be entertained with games, Like Pin the Moustache on the Pizzaiolo, by their personal party host.
I thought you would be interested in the story about a new and important maritime memorial
in Birkenhead brought about through the tireless efforts of one of our crew – Andy Liston
http://www.newbrightonlifeboat.org.uk/index.php/press-releases/255-new-brighton-lifeboatmans-important-memorial-dream-becomes-reality
Regards
Bob Warwick
RNLI New Brighton Press Officer
NEW BRIGHTON
Community Association
Community Centre
1a Hope Street, New Brighton Wirral CH45 2LN
Tel: 0151 630 2626 – Fax: 0151 639 1291
Registered Charity No: 508310
Web: www.newbrightononline.org.uk
Are you looking for a place to hire for your activity or business?
Very competitive rates
Great Facilities (with kitchen, disabled toilets)
Computer Suite (with interactive smartboard)
Training Rooms
3 Floors with lift
Just pop in or visit our website
www.newbrightononline.org.uk
Community Speedwatch is a scheme to empower local residents to tackle speeding issues and to address concerns raised about speeding traffic. The scheme enables volunteers to work within their community and to assist Merseyside Police. It is designed to educate drivers and encourage them to reduce their speed. Speedwatch is complimentary to, but does not replace existing police enforcement activity.
Community Speedwatch is NOT a speed enforcement scheme, it is about taking positive action and working in partnership, helping to improve the overall safety and quality of life for everyone in the community. The main objective is to secure a measurable reduction in inappropriate vehicle speeds. This will in turn reduce the recorded number of collisions on our roads and the overall long-term objective is and to reduce the number of adults and children killed or seriously injured on both urban and rural roads each year.
If you are interested in taking part in Community Speedwatch, please contact:
Mrs Carol Hankey,
Extended Police Family Area Coordinator,
The Old Court House,
Manor Road,
Wallasey,
Wirral.
Email: [email protected]
My name is Dave Crowley and I’m a Community Support Officer, working for Merseyside Police. I would recommend that everyone register their property with “IMMOBILISE”, the National Property Register web-service, this is a free for everyone to register on-line. If you don’t have a computer, please contact a member of your neighbourhood team and they can add items for you. Essentially IMMOBILISE is a modern version of a document fire safe, however information is stored digitally on a secure computer, away from your home and accessible by you from anywhere in the world. It’s a very simple system to use. In the comfort of your own home and at your leisure, you enter the details of items that you and your family own into a basic template, which then gets saved securely and away from prying eyes. For further details please see the link on the Merseyside Police Website – www.merseyside.police.uk
Interview with Tony Jones the chairman of the lifeboat station and heads up the Management group who oversea the different facets of stations life covering the financial side, fundraising, sea safety and publicity.
Q: How important do you think the station is to safety on the Mersey?
New Brighton lifeboat station is intrinsic to the safety of all who use or sail on the Mersey in a professional or recreational capacity. This is clearly demonstrated by the extensive number of service calls during 2013 numbering 68. Lets not forget that our lifeboat and hovercraft crews are on call 24/7 365 days a year and all are volunteers. We are the only RNLI lifeboat station to cover the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Airport.
Q:What are the costs involved in running the station each year?
Running costs for a station like ours are in the region of £100,000 per year and that does not include capital costs for our equipment or refit after our flood in the December storm.
Q: How can people support you most effectively?
First and foremost financially – many of the public may not be aware that we are a charity and we do not receive any regular state support or subsidy and we like it that way. It does however mean that fundraising for us is a high priority.
80% of our lifeboat launches take place at the Victoria slipway – just past the Floral Pavilion and we are often hindered by people trying to park along the main road. Considerate and legal parking especially during the busy summer months would be a great help.
A great benefit to us would be for people using the coast and sea to take notice of advice on notice boards and warning signs, getting weather forecasts and tide information.
If going to sea ensure you have appropriate training for your activity, carry at least basic safety kit like lifejacket, waterproof clothing, torch, spare food etc. Be able to summon help ideally with VHF radio and know how to use it or at a minimum a fully charged and waterproofed mobile phone and flares. Tell someone where you are going and when you will return. Ensure your craft is fit for purpose eg: engine is reliable and serviced and battery fully charged plus spares and most importantly sufficient fuel for your journey and a substantial reserve.
Many of the people we rescue are unprepared for the conditions faced or suffer equipment failure with inadequate backup.
Tony ended saying ‘ 2013 clearly demonstrates to me a total selfless commitment not only from our lifeboat and hovercraft crew but all our station volunteers without whom non of our remarkable achievements would have been reached ‘
website: www.newbrightonlifeboat.org.uk
The idea for New Brighton Online TV started whilst on the last year of my film degree at Liverpool John Moores University in 2012. We decided the web site, when I graduated, would be a base for my freelance work as a short film and video maker. The site was going to include advertising space but that did not materialise.
The site is stand-alone and the host company is Easyspace Ltd. They look after the site while it’s on the world wide web, they make sure it’s up there and people can see it. They also give me feedback, that is they let me know how many people are looking at the site and where those people live, by country that is. At the moment there are about 4,000 to 17,000 hits a month. A hit is when someone has clicked on the site including if they have clicked more than once. I do pay Easyspace for their hosting work but I have managed to absorb this into the business.
My work takes me all over the Merseyside area, not every day, not even every week, doing corporate, private and commercial videos. Most of the work has been in Liverpool. I have filmed with other companies and on my own but one thing is certain I have improved from the time I started. It can be hard work especially if the shoot lasts a full day and you are on your feet and on the go. The time consuming part is the editing. If the filming has lasted a day then the editing could take two maybe four to five days.
I also have a Vimeo account. Vimeo can be described as a posh Youtube site. It is used to put clients videos up in a private capacity. The client is given a password so only they can view the film or they can ask to have it public for others to watch.
I have had my Youtube site for some time now and there are a lot of my old videos on it. An improvement can be seen from the first ones to some of the latest on the site.
Almost everyone has a Facebook page and so to does New Brighton Online TV. The page was started just to go along with the web site but now it is taking over. If I make a video, especially the community ones, people ask will it go on Facebook, can I put it on Facebook. Of cause I can and I do.
Go to one of these addresses and have a look at the videos.
New Brighton Online TV address:- www.newbrighton.tv
Vimeo address:- www.vimeo.com/fredbiddulph/videos
Youtube address:- www.youtube.com/user/BiddulphFC
Facebook page:- www.facebook.com/pages/New-Brighton-Online-TV/170493053029912
(For Facebook go to the top of a Facebook page and type in New Brighton Online TV)
CHORAL PAVILION CHOIR
FREE EVENT
Spring Performance in the Blue Lounge at the Floral Pavilion
on Tuesday 8th April at 1 pm.
It’s a fun choir which includes popular 60′s songs,African and Maori songs sung in Acapella.
Wallasey Soroptimists are actively looking for new members.
If you are a female and would like to make a difference on a Local and International Level then contact us via our website www.sigbi.org/wallasey/ or phone
Anne on 632 3989 or Stella on 677 2710.
St JAMES CHURCH with EMMANUEL, Parish of New Brighton
Lent & Easter Services at St James Church- Albion St, New Brighton
* MARCH SERVICES AT BOTH CHURCHES AS USUAL WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:
5th March(Ash Wednesday) 7.30 pm – Holy Communion
7th March (Friday) Women’s World Day of Prayer 7.30 pm – Informal Service
30th March (Mothering Sunday) 8.00 am – Holy Communion(BCP)
11.00 am – No Service
6th April 8.00 am – Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00 am – Morning Prayer
13th April (Palm Sunday) 11.00 am – Holy Communion
6.30 pm – Choral Evensong
18th April GOOD FRIDAY 12.00 – 3pm GOOD FRIDAY DEVOTIONS
7.30 pm – Stainer’s “Crucifixion” a Sacred
Cantata sung by the Choir of St James (free entry)
20th April EASTER DAY8.00 am – Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00 am – Holy Communion
27th April 11.00 am – Holy Communion
Lent & Easter Services at Emmanuel Church – Seabank Rd, New Brighton
30th March (Mothering Sunday) 9.30 am – Holy Communion
(Joint Service with St James)
6th April 9.30 am -HolyCommunion
13th April (Palm Sunday) 9.30 am – Morning Prayer
20th April EASTER DAY9.30 am – Holy Communion
27th April 9.30 am – Morning Prayer/Parade Service
Thursday (weekly) 9.30am – Holy Communion
Canon Revd. Frank Cain
St James Vicarage
14 Albion Street
New Brighton
CH45 9LF Tele:0151 639 5844
St JAMES RESTORATION PROJECT – THE “inSpire” APPEAL
Last year saw the launch of the St James’ Church restoration appeal, “inSpire”, in the autumn edition of Walrus. The first article outlined the history of St James and its importance to the community of New Brighton. It also summarised the aims and intentions of the restoration project which, in the long-term will benefit New Brighton as a whole.
The restoration project for St James Church in Albion Street is about to enter a new phase.
If an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, which was submitted at the end of February, is successful it will allow the next stage of plans to go ahead towards the rebuilding and cleaning of the magnificent spire. It is this spire that stands 52 metres high (that’s 170 feet in old money) which has dominated the New Brighton skyline since 1856. It is hoped that work on the spire will be completed during 2015.
St James is looking to become an integral cog in the heritage of New Brighton with a number of exciting announcements. A new community singing group is to relocate to the church. “Sing Our Socks Off” will add a new dimension to enhance our intention to develop St James as a Centre of Musical Excellence.
Further community engagement is in the pipeline so please watch this space.
A number of fund raising activities under the umbrella of “inSpire” will run regularly throughout the year so please look out for “inSpire” and other church events in future editions of the Walrus and the local press. Here is a taster:
Enquiries regarding these and other events at St James; to Julia Codling on 639 5468.
The Family History Society of Cheshire is having its Family History Day on Saturday, 10th May 2014 at the Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port.
Emmanuel Church Guides and Scouts
Seabank Road, opposite The Flying Dutchman
To cater for the ever increasing number of girls and boys aged between 5 and 13 wanting to join Guides and Scouts, we are in need of extra adult help. A CRB check is a necessity.
Meetings last between one and one and a half hours a week, Guides on a Friday evening and Scouts on a Wednesday evening.
If you are interested, or know someone who may be interested, in assisting the current leaders each week then please contact George Merrill on 639 6712 for a chat. Thank You.
Wirral Scouts and Guides Christmas Charity Post
We would like to thank everyone who bought our 25pence stamps and used our Christmas Card Post this year.
We again delivered over half a million cards throughout the whole of the Wirral and on Tuesday 4th February, at Wallasey Town Hall, the Mayor presented cheques to the value of £27,000 to nineteen local charities. We have now donated a grand total of £567,000 to local Wirral charities since the scheme began.
We would also like to thank all the shops that sell our stamps and, especially, the volunteer scout and guide mums and dads for doing the donkey work of collecting, sorting and delivering the cards. Many hands make light work, so the saying goes.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING SCOUTS AND GUIDES TO HELP OTHERS