Well done to Chris Hoy, tonight named BBC Sports Personality of The Year at Liverpools Echo Arena. Chris was picked by the public throgh a telephone vote. The night was a star studded affair (no, sadly I wasn’t there) I watched it on the TV like millions of others. Well done also to Lewis Hamilton, runner up and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Hope, and Hope O8
Posted in Community, tagged Carol Concert, Hope O8, Insanity Beach, Leah Fraser, Moreton, Moreton Churches on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hope 1, is that Leah Fraser beats Angela Eagle whenever Gordon calls the General Election. To that end I attended a fundraiser for the Parliamentary funds at lunchtime. It was a mulled wine and mince pie event at Leah’s home, the event was very well attended and we had an ‘Irish Raffle’ courtesy of Marg…. Don’t ask, and hopefully raised [...]
Blades FC
Posted in Campaigning, Community, tagged Blades FC, Chris Blakeley, Leah Fraser, Lingham Park, Sport England, Sports Facilities, West Cheshre FA on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon along with Leah Fraser we met in the Pavilion at Lingham Park with local resident, Paul Greenslade and his colleagues who run Blades FC in Moreton. Also at the meeting were Council Officers, Roger Calvert and Neil Irons. Blades have ambitious plans and want to build on the amount of junior teams and [...]
NO CUTS!
Posted in Cuts, tagged Cuts, Lib Dems, New Labour, Wirral Council on December 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That was the clear message from the 200 or so people who I joined to protest,(Pictured L-R Me, Mike Hawk, Cllr Sue Taylor and Cllr Lesley Rennie) outside Wallasey Town Hall this evening prior to the special Cultural Services Committee meeting, called for by Wirral’s Conservatives, who are all opposed to the savage cuts that Labour and [...]
Local Transport Act
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Knowsley, Liverpool, Merseytravel, MPTA, Neil Scales, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please click here to read an explanation of what the Act could mean for Merseytravel. The explanation is in the form of a letter sent to all the Transport Authority representatives by the Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel, Neil Scales. The Conservative representatives on Merseytravel would like to put on record our enormous thanks [...]
Landfill Update
Posted in Campaigning, Community, tagged Brock, Chapman, Landfil, Moreton on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, along with my colleagues Cllr Suzanne Moseley and Cllr Leah Fraser I attended the public meeting at Wallasey Town Hall to hear more about the landfill proposals for Wirral (two sites proposed for Moreton) and Merseyside. The meeting was quite well attended and many questions were asked, sadly not many received what could be classed [...]
Sorella’s Part Two
Posted in Chris Blakeley, tagged Cllr Chris Blakeley, Cllr Ian Lewis, Community Newsline, Leasowe, Moreton, Saughall Massie, Sorella's on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Later today Cllr Ian Lewis and I are hosting a ‘Thank You’ Christmas drinks and lite bites for all our delivers in Moreton, Saughall Massie and Leasowe. Whilst many of our helpers can’t make, it we are still expecting around 40 to attend. This is just one of the small ways we can say Thank You to [...]
Christchurch Primary School
Posted in Community, Education, tagged Chris Blakeley, Christchurch Primar School, Christmas fair, Community, Leah Fraser on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday afternoon, along with my colleague, Leah Fraser I attended the Christmas Fair at Christchurch Primary School on Upton Road. The place was heaving with the queue for Santa Grotto stretching almost as far as Lapland! A huge thanks to the PTA, staff and pupils who made the event a huge success.
The Morning After The Night Before
Posted in Wirral Conservatives, tagged Conservatives, Leasowe, Moreton, Sorella's on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night, along with 19 other Wirral Conservative Councillors I was at Sorellas in Upton Road (Leasowe and Moreton East Ward) for our annual Christmas meal. The food was great and we had a good time, thanks to Jeff for the wine, and a special thanks to all the staff who made our night a great [...]
Community Initiative Fund
Posted in Community, tagged Area Forum, Funding, Leasowe, Moreton, Saughall Massie, Wirral Council on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I attended an Area Forum CIF Fund Panel to allocate money from the ‘Community Initiatives Fund’ for local good causes that have asked for help. There were many applications Some of which were localised and merited our full support, however as with all funding applications some of the bids were not based in our wards [...]
