Wallaseyans

THE WALLASEYANS’ CLUB

140 / 142 Grove Road

Wallasey. CH45 0JF Tel: 0151-639 2832

Whatever the occasion, wedding breakfasts, birthday parties, funeral refreshments or private dinners, the Wallaseyans’ Club welcomes enquiries for functions, large or small. Menus can be created to match your own requirements, including vegetarian options.

With a fully stocked bar, including a fine range of real ales and lagers, comfortable lounges and four, full size, snooker tables, the Wallaseyans’ Club welcomes new Members from the community.

You can contact the Club direct from their website at www.wallaseyans.com or, you can follow us on Facebook.

Please mention The Walrus when contacting.

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Mount Primary

The whole school community has believed passionately about the importance in protecting our environment and the need to save energy. Three Years ago the children elected an Eco-Committee who have worked tirelessly on behalf of the whole school to raise awareness of environmental issues.

We have focused on three areas Energy, Healthy Living and developing our school grounds. We have reduced our energy bills and we are one point from achieving our C rating. We were awarded a Gold Star Energy Certificate by the Eco Schools Board for all the fantastic work we had done to reduce our energy bills.

The Eco-Committee alongside the School Council worked with a Catering Consultancy firm to design our own Lunch menus. We now have a deli bar at lunchtime that serves delicious wraps and sandwiches as well as our hot food bar.

We really enjoy learning outdoors; we now have an outdoor classroom which our site manager Mr Parsons built for us. We have a beautiful nature garden and our own allotments that we grow vegetables in, these then go to our school kitchen.

We are so proud of our school community and receiving our Green Flag means so much to us.

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Polystyrene Free State of New Brighton

The Polystyrene Free State of New Brighton

Polystyrene, a.k.a. Styrofoam, is a foam product used for housing insulation, coffee cups, fast food packaging etc. Good stuff then? Well, NO!

Why?

Styrene, the basic building block of polystyrene, is a possible human carcinogen. Toxic chemicals leach out of products into the food that they contain (especially when heated in a microwave), which threaten human health and reproductive systems.

It gets worse ……

The use of hydrocarbons in polystyrene manufacture releases hydrocarbons, which, in the presence of sunlight, form tropospheric ozone – a serious air pollutant at ground level.

And worse ……

Polystyrene is dumped, in significant amounts, into the environment as litter, and is a major component of plastic debris in the ocean. It is notorious for breaking up into very small pieces that choke animals and clog their digestive systems.

And even worse ……

Discarded polystyrene does not biodegrade for hundreds of years and is resistant to photolysis (the breaking down of material through the absorption of [sun] light).

So, is there any good news? Yes ……

There are alternatives to polystyrene ……….

Recycled paper, bamboo, corn plastics, etc. are easily renewable resources that can be used instead of Polystyrene for take-out fast food containers, whether for fish & chips, burgers, tea, coffee etc., AND all of these products are biodegrade and easily recycled.

The New Brighteners Hate Polystyrene ……

Polystyrene is one of the biggest and most serious of our litter pollutants. It’s bad for Animals, it’s bad for Humans, it’s bad for the Environment. In fact, it’s just BAD!

So we want to encourage shops and fast-food outlets of all types, to move away from Polystyrene, to recyclable and less dangerous alternatives. We want to encourage event organisers to only allow fast food concessions at their event, if they are polystyrene free, and for Wirral Council to encourage this when granting event licences.

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This is why The New Brighteners are declaring:

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HAND IN HAND THEATRE

HAND IN HAND THEATRE  have just recieved the news that they have been awarded funding  from The Arts Council as well as the Eleanor Rathbone Trust for their OPENSTAGES production of THE WINTER’S TALE in partnership with The Royal SHakespeare Co , Contact Theatre Manchster and Hoylake school of Dance. The spectacular production will take place in Feb 2015 at the Floral Pavilion. Workshops run by RSC will take place in July and August.

Before that, the company are presenting a FESTIVAL of WAR PEACE and REMEMBRANCE 23-26th October 2014 in the Blue lounge at the Floral for the commemoration of WW1. Local groups, schools and indivuduals will be performing poetry, prose, drama, music and songs. They are delighted that for this project they are supported by Wallasey Bright Ideas helping less advantaged children and families.
For more details on either of these projects email [email protected]

Hand in Hand Theatre
“joining communities in performance”
Reg address: C/o VCA Wirral
224 Liscard Rd Wallasey CH44 5TN
 
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PizzaExpress

PizzaExpress celebrates grand opening in New Brighton

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.

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Memorial to HMS Birkenhead

Memorial to HMS Birkenhead and the maritime disaster call of ‘Women and Children First’

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

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NBCA Hire Information

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

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Easter @ New Brighton Baptist Church

Easter 2014 @ New Brighton Baptist Church
Thursday 17th April Maundy Service @ 7pm
Friday 18th April Good Friday Service @ 11am
Sunday 20th April Easter Celebration @ 11am
All Welcome
As we think about Easter and all that it means let me just ask you a question…Do you consider yourself to be a good person?
Most people do. However, most of us differ as to the definition of “good.”
The Bible says that God is good, and the Ten Commandments are His standard of goodness.
With an honest heart, ask yourself if you have obeyed the following:
You shall not commit adultery. (Even fancied someone else’s husband or wife)
You shall not steal. (Have you ever stolen anything? the value of the item is irrelevant).
You shall not lie. (Have you lied even once? Including answering these questions).
You shall not covet. (Have you ever jealously desired what belongs to others?)
The Bible says that God will punish all murderers, rapists, thieves, liars, adulterers, etc.
He will even judge our words and thoughts.
On Judgment Day, will you be found to be guilty or innocent of breaking His commandments?
Perhaps you think that God is good, and will therefore overlook your sins.
But it is His goodness that will make sure that murderers, rapists, thieves, liars, etc. receive justice.
He would be a corrupt Judge if He turned a blind eye to injustice. Have you kept the Commandments?
God Himself made a way where His justice and His goodness could meet.
We broke the Law, but He became a man to pay the fine. Jesus suffered and died on the cross to satisfy the Law. God can forgive us and grant us the gift of everlasting life! That’s what we celebrate at Easter and we can know that forgiveness right know.
When Jesus said to “believe” on Him, He was saying we should have faith in Him, in the same way you would trust a parachute to save you when you jump from a plane. You don’t merely believe in the parachute – you put it on. Please don’t “jump” without Jesus. If you die in your sins there is no second chance. God will give you justice, and you will end up in Hell forever.
Think about it this Easter time…and if you want to know more come along anytime and find out what God has done for you
Every Blessing
New Brighton Bapist Church
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Community Speedwatch

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]

 

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IMMOBILISE

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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RNLI New Brighton

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

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New Brighton Online TV

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)

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The Wallasey Folk & Acoustic Club

Welcome to ‘The Wallasey Folk & Acoustic Club’
Run by a host of Residents:- George & Gill Peckham, Kathy Runswick, Bernie Thomas, Jim Pearson, John Williams & Alan Ainsworth.
We are based at The Wallaseyans’ Club, 140 Grove Road, Wallasey CH45 0JF.
Every Sunday evening the Folk club opens it’s doors in ‘The Green Room’ at 8pm for an 8.30 start.
Entrance is free, except for Guest nights where there is a £7 entry to pay towards the artists.
If you like to listen to and participate in folk/ other acoustic music, or you want to perform yourself in a friendly  atmostphere, then this is where you should be on a Sunday evening!
There are monthly Guest nights, occasional Residents’ nights, and most frequently performers’ nights where everybody who wants to perform is encouraged to do so in a warm, friendly and supportive club.
At present the club is running a talent competition on Sunday nights along side the singers nights. The winner will be announced on May 4th at the final. The prize is ;- doing a guest night with prize money & also will be singing/performing at ‘Folk in the Park’ on 1st June!
Our last guests in February were ‘The Jones Family Band’, a superb evening was had. So much talent in one family Brian Jones on guitar & vocals, his wife Helen vocals, daughters Laura vocals, Sam vocals & bass guitar & son Andrew vocals, guitar & mandolin all producing such wonderful harmonies. Brian & Laura often sang duets & solos. A wonderful time was had, with lots of audience participation in the chorus’s.
Our next guests are :-
23rd March are ‘Rag Mama Rag’, Ashley & Deborah Dow are one of Europes finest Country Blues acts. We are delighted to be included on their brief UK tour. They have been touring non stop for the last 10 years in Europe, playing at many major festivals in France, Belgium & Germany, clocking up over 2000 concerts, a night not to be missed! They create an exceptionally full & hard rhythmic sound which soon has audiences feet tapping!
They have a wide range of instruments. Their repertoire is 20s & 30s Blues based. They will be fronted by our guest host, the well known  and very accomplished, Roger Parker.
On 27th April our guests are Gary Edward Jones Band. A recently formed band, but one with an excellent pedigree. Gary Edward Jones has put an amazing band together consisting of himself on vacals & guitar, Skeet Williams an amazing guitarist, & Oskar South on the double base. The band are releasing a cd in March & will be on tour over the next few months. A wealth of original material & wonderful musicianship. They will be hosted by Residents George & Gill Peckham.
The Wallasey Folk & Acoustic Club also run a few ‘Folk in the Park’ Sunday afternoons in Vale Park Bandstand,New Brighton which have been run by the club for over 30 years. It is always a super FREE afternoon, especially if the sun shines, & free deckchairs! Dates up to now are 20th April -Easter Sunday and Sunday 1st June starting at 1pm-5pm ish!!
For more information about the club have a look at our website http://www.wallaseyfolkandacousticclub.co.uk/
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