Heswall Local Magazine August 2009

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Edwardian Day celebrations at Heswall Primary School

August 2009 Issue 11

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Be TravelWise this summer! ThIs summer, a new TravelWise initiative is coming to heswall, Pensby and Irby to offer free travel, advice, information and discounts to local residents. The initiative is part of the TravelWise Merseyside campaign to help people make What’s in it for me? smarter travel choices, walking, cycling, Joining in means you could public transport and car sharing. benefit from a range of It couldn’t be easier to join in. Just a incentives including: ten-minute chat with a member of the TravelWise team will open up a range l Free week’s bus travel of travel options and offers designed l Discount at local cycle shops specifically for you. l Pedometers

How do I find out more? Call Freephone 0800 783 2028 or email [email protected] to book a time for one of the team to call round and have a chat. Look out for our TravelWise team over the next few weeks. They will be visiting your street soon wearing bright red uniforms with the TravelWise logo and carrying an ID badge and business cards.

l The chance to enter our fantastic prize draw And much, much more!

The Travel Advisors can help you save money and time on your travel and help you stay fit and healthy whether it’s for regular journeys to work, leisure trips at the weekend or evening, or making one off trips to somewhere special.

We look forward to meeting you!

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WE’VE been out and about this month taking loads of pictures for the magazine. There is a double page on the Gayton School summer fair and four pages from the Heswall Primary Edwardian Day which went well despite a torrential downpour! Watch out for the TravelWise team who are giving advice on how to cut your transport costs. There’s also weddings, news, features as well as a what’s on guide and business directory. We’ve also got book reviews from Lingham’s of Heswall. Most of the advertisers in this magazine come from the local area so please remember to support your local businesses.

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Claire Wheeler married Warwick Evans at St Andrew’s Church, Bebington and later had their reception at Craxton Wood Hotel Picture by Verity Allen, Cetra gallery & studio, 50 Pensby Road, Heswall, Tel 342 7777

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local news Potholes are ‘unacceptable’ MP Ben Chapman has criticised the state of the roads in Heswall. The Wirral South MP says that the number of potholes and poor road surfacing is creating loads of problems for motorists. He said: “I drive to my office in New Ferry, from my home in Heswall, via Baskervyle Road, Well Lane and Brimstage Road. Their condition is of an unacceptable standard and, of course, they are only examples and everyone will have their own. “My constituents regularly inform me about potholes and tyre and suspension damaging surfaces. These hazards also cause dangerous driving as motorists swerve to avoid them. People in Wirral South are also concerned about temporary repairs which prove only too temporary and probably lead to greater expense in the longer term. They are also bothered about the practice of skimming of surfaces which gives the appearance of repair but is only palliative.” Wirral Council insists that the state of the roads is ‘very good’. Teens visit Africa A GROUP of 25 teenagers from the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Heswall, flew out to Uganda to help communities with their building work. The group, along with 16 adults, visited communities in the rural South West of the African country to do decorating and helping to provide clean water. The scheme has also been supported by St Peter’s CE Primary School, who raised cash to pay for an adventure playground.

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Have your say on neighbourhood spending PEOPLE in Heswall will have another opportunity to decide how the council should spend money in their neighbourhood. Following the success of the ‘You Decide’ scheme in 2008, Wirral Council has allocated an additional £220,000 to the borough’s 11 area forums. Each area forum has £20,000 to spend on extra council services, which can include environmental improvements, security measures and youth and community activities. The Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr Steve Foulkes said: “The money is already making a real difference in lots of ways.” All Wirral residents are encouraged to complete the You Decide suggestion forms, which can be completed on-line at www.wirral.gov.uk/youdecide and are also available from libraries, One Stop Shops and a number of health and community centres.

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A tasty new arrival for your pet… For many years as a vet I have recommended the use of high quality complete dry foods for healthy pet patients, naming leading top quality brands. From a dietary point of view I am still very happy with this advice. However, over the last year or so, such pet foods have suffered horrendous price increases. Whilst this can be largely explained by costs of commodities, importation and the fall in value of the £, I personally find these huge increases very unacceptable. A second problem I perceive is that these ranges are now so vast and diverse that they are now almost incomprehensible. As a vet I find that, so what chance do our pet owners have? We have foods for all different ages, so many differing flavours and base ingredients, ones for big dogs, little dogs, medium dogs, “natural diets”, GM free and organic diets, diets including herbs and all kinds of additives. Even foods for specific breeds. Isn’t a dog a dog any more? Where, oh where, will it all end?

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So, in recent months, I have set about creating an alternative! My aim was to source a high quality range of day to day “lifestage” pet foods, for dogs cats & rabbits, which was simple and easy to understand, and affordable, with a target that the selling prices should offer a very significant saving over the current “high end” products. Whilst it’s all kept me very busy indeed, I can definitely say that our Annie & Bramble have been very pleased with the taste of the ones they have tried out! More than that I really can’t add.....but you may find an advert close by! Yum yum! Tim Mainland MA,VetMB,MRCVS Churchview Vets, Wirral www.churchviewvets.co.uk

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All the fun of the summer fair

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The Gayton Primary School summer fair was held recently with loads of stalls and activities for visitors

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Cordell Hensley and his ‘splat the rat’ game Why do birds fly south? Because it’s too far to walk

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Catherine Walsh on the plant stall

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We must rid ourselves of this unfair tunnel tax “In addition to the cost pressures they share alongside other motorists, the Heswall motorist pays up to an additional £658 in tunnel tax”. Jeff explained that the cost for hardworking Heswall residents who need to use their vehicle for work, driving through one of the tunnels into Liverpool, pays an additional £658 in fees during a 47 week working year. “This is a significant and unfair burden they should not have to bear”, said Jeff. Jeff in setting out a personal commitment, should he be elected the next MP for Wirral South, accepted that the Conservatives could not at this time simply promise to lift the tolls on the Mersey tunnels “we know that the public finances are extremely tight, and we will not know the true extent of the position until we have access to the books after a General Election”. “That said, we need to have a strategy, and it seems entirely reasonable and realistic first step to stop any future rises in the toll fee”.

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“Once that is achieved, we should look in the medium term to look to make reductions in the toll charged, and moving in the longer term to the abolition of the toll altogether. This will also allow the toll over time, to become less significant in the running and upkeep of the Mersey tunnels.”

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‘I HAVE recently been selected for redundancy. I have been offered a redundancy payment but my employer has told me that I must sign a Compromise Agreement in order to get the full amount. What is a Compromise Agreement and will I benefit from signing it?’ The ‘Credit Crunch’ and the downturn in the economy has forced many businesses within our region to reduce or restructure their workforces and, in some extreme cases, businesses have had to cease trading altogether. A Compromise Agreement is a legally binding agreement between you and your employer. Such agreements are used, in a variety of circumstances, to set out the terms and conditions reached when a contract of employment is terminated. As well as redundancy, these agreements can also be used to settle employment disputes and tribunal claims, and even when individuals leave their job by mutual agreement. The agreement you have been offered should provide a full breakdown of the payments that you are going to receive from your employer. It should indicate whether the payment offered takes into account money in lieu of your notice period, and any holidays that may be owed to you. It should also give you an indication as to whether any tax or national insurance is payable on the sum being offered to you. In return for the payment, your employer will be attempting to exclude you from being able to bring claims against them as a result of the termination of your employment, in a court or in the Employment Tribunal. It is crucially important for you to know that by entering into the agreement you will be signing away your right to bring a claim against your employer. It is normal for the agreement to also include a number of other specific clauses. Your employer may look to include such things as a confidentiality clause, a clause that you will not make any derogatory statements about them and possibly certain other restrictive covenants. If these clauses are included then you will not be able to discuss the terms of your package or your employer’s business affairs with any other party, you will not be allowed to make any derogatory comments about your employer and there may be restrictions on your future employment. As the Compromise Agreement has the effect of turning your redundancy package into a ‘full and final’ settlement of any claims that you may have against your employer, it is crucial that you take legal advice on the contents of the it and whether it offers you sufficient compensation for losing your job. The agreement should confirm that your employer will pay your legal advisor’s fees for providing the advice. The Employment Rights Act 1996 states that you must receive advice from someone who is professionally qualified to advise you on the contents of the agreement and that whoever advises you must sign the agreement confirming that you have received the necessary advice. We will advise you upon the terms of the agreement and consider whether the payment you are being offered is higher or lower than what you are entitled to under the law. It is often the case that an employer will offer a higher redundancy payment in return for an employee entering into an agreement, as the protection offered by the agreement to the employer is extremely valuable to them. For further information on Employment law, please contact Andrew Newton a solicitor at Maxwell Hodge on 0151 625 9154.

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Heswall Primary School’s Edwardian Day celebrations

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The way we were Chairman of governors David Baines was King Edward VII and deputy chair Cathy Pepper was Queen Alexandra, whose attempts to impose some ‘old school discipline’ on the children wasn’t too popular! Two cows in a field. One says ‘Moo’. The other says ‘Darn it, I was going to say that’



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CONGRATULATIONS to Heswall Primary School for staging their amazing Edwardian Day last month. Children and staff dressed up in traditional costumes for a memorable day which included a street party and children’s entertainment with an Edwardian theme. There was also a fantastic beehive celebration cake to match the school emblem. Organised by the Home School Association to celebrate the school’s 100th birthday, everything ran smoothly - right up to the moment when the heavens opened as the children began their lunch outdoors! However, the downpour certainly didn’t dampen spirits.

Children watched an old style punch and judy show The amazing beehive celebration cake

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What does a penguin sing at a birthday party? Freeze a jolly good fellow

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Heswall Primary School’s Edwardian Day celebrations

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Edwardian-style entertainment for the children

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Staff line up for the group photo What is a snail? A slug with a crash helmet



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Pupils ready for their outdoor lunch, shortly before the heavens opened

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SOME GREAT BEACH READS! BY ELEANOR DAVIES, MANAGER OF LINGHAM’S BOOKSTORE, HESWALL

Paperback Fiction:

The Secret Scripture by Sebastien Barry

Roseanne McNulty, nearly 100 years old, has lived in a mental hospital in Roscommon in Ireland for the main part of her life. The hospital is due to be closed, but Dr Grene, one of the psychiatrists, becomes fascinated by the story of his oldest patient. The novel tells of Roseanne’s past life, her unfortunate marriage and the ensuing tragedy which has befallen her. An incredibly moving and beautifully written story with a twist in the tail. Barry has the knack of writing stunning prose without a hint of sentimentality. Autobiography: ‘Carra’ by Jamie Carragher Jamie Carragher is the embodiment of everything that is important to Liverpool fans. Vice Captain, longest serving player and one of the few players to have made more than 500 appearances for the Reds, Carra epitomizes what a real sportsman should be- straightforward and uncompromising. In this book he takes us right through his career, revealing what made him discard his Evertonian roots to become a fully fledged Red, how he mended his wild ways to become a true professional and a multiple trophy-winner, and the truth about a succession of managers in the hottest seat in football. A scouser through and through, Carra also has some forthright views on the England team, and tells why he rejected calls from both Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello to return to the international fold. A thoroughly honest book and a must for all Liverpool fans.

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General Jottings: Home to Roost by Deborah Devonshire

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Deborah Devonshire is the youngest of the Mitford sisters and has definitely inherited their talent for writing. In this great little volume of her ramblings she touches on topics such as the unbelievable list of her husband’s titles and achievements, book signings and literary lunches, tiaras and buying clothes, President Kennedy’s inauguration and funeral and the fall and rise of the stately home. Wonderfully readable and very funny in parts.

All books available from lingham’s books, Heswall Where do you weigh whales? At a whaleway station

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Delight as hotel makes beauty award shortlist STAFF at Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa are celebrating for the second year running after becoming a national finalist once again in the esteemed and prestigious British Beauty and Spa Awards. The four star hotel in Thornton Hough has gained its place in the ‘Destination Hotel/ Spa of the Year’ category for 2009, after being judged by a panel of renowned Beauty industry professionals. The British Beauty and Spa Awards, often referred to as the ‘Oscars of the Beauty Industry’ are widely respected for recognising the highest standards of quality and professionalism. “We very pleased to have been selected, and I am so proud of our team for all their hard work. We are delighted to have been recognised by making it to the final stages of such a prestigious award.” says Andrew Thompson, managing director, Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa. The winners will be announced on Sunday 6th September 2009 at the Awards dinner in the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

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How do you make a duck into a soul singer? Put it in the microwave until it’s Bill Withers

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ON Sunday 6th September, Marie Curie Cancer Care will be holding its annual Thurstaston Walk for Hope. This popular circular walk will be led from Thurstaston Visitor Centre at 11am, with music provided by the Wirral Pipe Band. This scenic route takes you along the Wirral Way through Heswall, The Dales, The Dungeon and back along the Wirral Way. Marie Curie fundraiser Colette Byrne said: ‘This really is a beautiful walk, and the money raised makes such a difference to the patients and their families. Our wonderful nurses simply couldn’t continue to provide the care they do without the kindness of the people taking part in this type of event’. This promises to be a great family day out and is the perfect opportunity to remember loved ones. So pull on your walking boots and help raise much needed funds to support the Marie Curie Wirral Home Nursing service and the Marie Curie Hospice, Liverpool! For a registration form, please contact Colette in the fundraising department on 0151 801 1405 or [email protected] Money raised from this event will be used to support local Marie Curie Cancer Care nurses provide high quality nursing care, totally free, to give terminally ill people the choice of dying at home supported by their families. The Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, also costs over £4.7 million a year to keep going. Only 50% of this amount comes from the NHS, the rest is dependent on fundraising initiatives, such as the Thurstaston Walk. The hospice provides specialist medical and nursing care, with the expert help of multi-disciplined healthcare professionals, to over 1,120 local cancer patients each year. What do you give an elephant with diarrhoea? Plenty of room





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What do you call a donkey with three legs? A wonkey

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WHAT’S ON IN AUGUST

Wednesday 5th - Saturday 15th August Heswall Artist Association & Wirral Potters are holding another Joint Exhibition at the Heswall Parish Hall on Wednesday 5th August - 15th August open daily except Sunday 10am-6pm. Last day 15th August close at 4pm Sunday 9th to Friday 14th August Wirral Festival of Golf, at Caldy Golf Club, Caldy. Details 0151 625 5660

Friday 14th to Sunday16th August Open Air Theatre. Out of Space Theatre present ‘Tales of the Old North’. Promenade theatre at Royden Park, Frankby Sunday 23rd August Open Air Theatre. Illyria present ‘The Three Musketeers’ at Ness Botanic Gardens. Details 0151 353 0123. www.nessgardens.org.uk Sunday 30th & Monday 31st August Wirral Food & Drink Festival. A foodies paradise, specialist food stalls, cookery demonstrations etc. Claremont Farm, Clatterbridge www.wirralfoodfestival.co.uk Sunday 30th August Join members of Wirral Wildlife for a Heathland Walk from 10am. Call 342 4249

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Say you saw it in Heswall Local magazine Monday 31st August Sandcastle Extravaganza. Join the Rangers on Thurstaston beach, be sure to bring a spade and a bucket full of ideas. For details and booking please call the Visitor Centre 0151 648 4371 Monday 31st August Hoylake RNLI Open Day. Air displays, stalls, fairground and family entertainment all day. Free Admission. The promenade, Hoylake. Details 0151 666 3188

The Marsh Cat Good quality food from around the world Inclusive Lunch Menu (Served Mon - Sat 12 - 2.30pm) 2 Courses £9.50 Inclusive Dinner Menu (Served Sun-Thurs 6 - 10pm, Fri 6 - 10.30pm, Sat 5.30 - 10.30pm)

Tuesday 1st September 2 Courses £12.50 Heswall Friends of the Phil present Inclusive Sunday Lunch (Served 12 - 3pm) another popular recital at St Peter’s Centre, in Heswall Lower Village. Liverpool 2 Courses £12.50 pianist Tom Kimmance will play music by JS Bach, Haydn and Chopin at 1pm. Tickets are £5 each (and include tea and biscuits from 12.30pm). They can be obtained from Lingham’s book store or by 1 Mostyn Sq, Parkgate calling 342 3587

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Clubs Dee Sailing Club Station Road, Thurstaston. Tel 648 2300 Concert Band Rehearsals on Sundays 9:45am-12noon in the Scout Hall, Sandy Lane. Tel 342 1944 Film Society Films shown on nine Wednesdays each year at 7.45pm in Heswall Hall. Tel 342 2379 or visit www.heswallfilmsoc.org.uk Flower Club Meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 8pm at Alexander Hall, Rocky Lane. Tel 342 2060 Heswall Society Established for the public benefit to conserve the heritage of the parish. Contact Carolyn Eddowes on 342 5066 Horticultural Society Meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm in Heswall Hall. Tel 342 8204 Lawn Tennis Club Quarry Road East, Heswall. Tel 342 1775 Model Aircraft Club Meets each Friday evening at the clubhouse at Gayton. Web www.deesidemac.fsnet.co.uk National Trust Association For local members of The National Trust - organises social events, speakers and outings to places of interest. Tel 342 2847 Operatic Society www.heswalloperatic.co.uk Photographic Society Meetings held at St.Peters Centre, Village Road, Lower Heswall. Tel 648 5787 Riverside Players Amateur dramatics company, based in Heswall, with rehearsals at Richmond Hall on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Visit www.riverside-players.org.uk Rotary Club Heswall group meets every Thursday at The Grange, Thornton Hough at 12.45pm. Secretary 342 2370 Round Table Social club with a conscience open to men between 18 and 45, meeting at The Black

Horse, Lower Heswall & other venues. Tel 342 9159 Senior Swimmers Open to anyone over 50, for “serious “ or light exercise, at Caldy Grange Swimming Pool every Friday morning Tel. 342 3703 Squash Club Brimstage Road, Heswall. Tel 348 4732 Soroptimists The group meet on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month at the Grange, Liverpool Road, Neston. Tel 342 3446 Wirral WIldlife The local branch of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. www.wirralwildlife.co.uk Tel 342 1395. Woolgatherers Heswall-based drama group. New members welcome. Call 648 2717 Useful Numbers MP Ben Chapman, Wirral South. Tel 643 8797 Stephen Hesford, Wirral West. Tel 522 0531 Councillors Peter Johnson, 342 1399 Leslie Rowlands 342 2454 Andrew Hodson 342 6253 Surgeries held on the first Saturday in the month at Heswall Library, 10.30am-12noon Police Heswall Police Station. Non-emergencies call: 709 6010. Monday - Friday 10am-5pm Richmond Hall Community based Hall in School Hill Heswall available for hire to local community groups . Contact 342 5742 Schools Barnston Primary. Tel 342 5229 Gayton Primary. Tel 342 3772 Heswall Primary. Tel 342 7491 St Peter’s CE Primary. Tel 342 2556 Travel Co-op Travel, 206 Telegraph Road, Heswall. tel 342 6103 Wirral Council General switchboard 0151 606 2000

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McLEOD’S DRIVEWAYS & PATIOS Traditional block paving and flag-laying Garden walls, LED lighting Cleaning and waterproof sealant service

FREE QUOTATIONS TEL 0151 200 5049 (HOME) 07947 022497 (MOB)

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GORDON HATTON & COMPANY Drainage Consultants EST 1965

Blocked Drains Cleared CCTV Drain Surveys Drains Relayed Drains Relined Septic Tanks

0151 336 2287

Decorating / Painting

PAINTING & DECORATING TEL IAN 0151 632 5656 or 07973 842010 BARRY MORRIS PAINTING & DECORATING SERVICES Private & Commercial No job too big or too small

Tel Paul 0151 632 1550 07969 598336 Table / Chair Couture

Covers & Bows

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Chair Covers & Sashes Table Runners & Swags Dressed Bay Trees Candelabras Table Plans For prices and further details

tel Ronda 07769 664953 www.coversandbows.co.uk

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Electrical

All types of domestic and commercial work carried out by Part P registered electricians.

To advertise in this section for as little as £15 a month call 01244 350398

Interior & Exterior Time Served Tradesman with 25+ years experience FREE ESTIMATES TEL: 0151 339 5924 MOBILE: 07790243159

Excavation

Davies Bros Gardens & Drives Dug Out Land Drainage Pond Excavations Top Soil Available Small Demolition Mini Digger & Driver Hire Contact James on: 0151 336 4637 or 07990765605

Glazing Glaze-rite: Misted units replaced, all glazing work, lead repairs, UPVC fitted and PVC repairs. Tel 0151 342 0059 / 078375 84482 www.glaze-rite.com Handyman

Handyman Services l Plumbing & Tiling l Painting & Wallpaper l Laminate Flooring l Flat Pack l and much more No job too small For quality and reliability call Bill on

327 6883 or 07768 792251 Free estimates

Handyman Service Painting & Decorating, roofing Paving, Gutter cleaning, gardening and all DIY, (24 hours) Tel 0151 342 0059 / 078375 84482

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r Bathroom installations r Showers and tiling r Taps, toilet & basins r New radiators r Bursts and leaks r Free Estimates r No callout charge 20% oFF dUrinG AUG & sePT Plumbing

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Tel 342 7067 Mob 07799557700

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Tool Hire

2 Counties tool Hire Tel 0151 342 3366 l Service/repairs/sharpening all makes of garden machinery l Domestic and professional l Lawn mowers, strimmers, ride on tractors, chain saws, cement mixers, hedge cutters etc. l Hire equipment l 25 years experience.

Tyres

A&M TYRES AND EXHAUSTS Quality service at a price that’s right

0151 334 9385

No job too small, call Ray Corgi & IPHE Registered

A friendly and reliable local business Established for over 25 years

0151 336 1965 07747797110

www.maxonplumbing.co.uk

Colin Whatmore Plumbing, Heating and Gas Services * Central Heating * Boiler Swaps * Bathroom Installations * Landlord Certs Covering the Wirral area

0151 200 0539 Mob 07966 474960 26 years experience

w Tyres w Exhausts w Brakes w Wheel Alignment w Puncture Repairs w Mobile tyre fitting unit No call out fee

0151 336 1508 Mob 07789 817652 www.rwhplumbing.com

Open 7 days a week Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm Sunday 11am-4pm

Outside taps supplied and fitted from £49 Tarmac

15 Dinsdale Road, Croft Retail Park Bromborough, Opp Asda goods entrance

www.amtyreswirral.co.uk

Wills

CALDY TARMAC (R. EATON & SONS)

FOR QUALITY WORK & SERVICE

Tel 342 6299 The Depot, Station Road, Barnston Wirral

Will In Time Ltd Will In Time Ltd

Provide local, friendly and professional services in the comfort Single/Couples Wills Will Trusts of your ownfrom home including: Property Protection Local Authority Care Fees Powers Of Attorney l Single/Couples Wills Fixed fees apply to all services l Will Trusts Call Colin to discuss your requirements and obtain a free quote on 0151 348 0181 or 07971 434458 l Property Protection from Local Authority Care Fees l Powers Of Attorney

Provide local, friendly and professional services in the comfort of your own home including : -

Fixed fees apply to all services Call Colin to discuss your requirements and obtain a free quote on 0151 348 0181 or

07971 434458

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KITCHENS l BATHROOMS l BEDROOMS l HOME STUDIES Over the past 30 years Merilyn has been harnessing her skills and resources to bring innovative and inspirational designs to her clients. Her vast experience ranges from one-off pieces to whole house projects. Merilyn’s unrivalled passion and ability to understand her clients’ needs and aspirations is a breath of fresh air BESPOKE LIFESTYLE INNOVATIVE INTERIORS

64 Telegraph Road, Heswall CH60 0AG Tel/fax: 0151 342 2144 Mob: 07773 540888 E-mail [email protected]