This evening I took off to Wallasey Town Hall to take part in some training, however I had to leave early to get back to Moreton to visit the Community Consultation event, with Cllr Ian Lewis and Leah Fraser, being held by Aldi at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre. Aldi want to open a new store [...]
Archive for July 9th, 2009
Aldi Store?
Posted in Community, tagged Aldi, Chris Blakeley, Ian Lewis, Leah Fraser, Moreton, Supermarket, Three Counties on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mersey Ferries – John Newton- Amazing Grace
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Amazing Grace, John Newton, Liverpool, Mersey Ferries, Merseytravel, Pier Head, Public Art, Sense of Sound Choir, Slave Trade, Tourism, William Wilberforce, Woodside Seacombe on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At lunchtime today I attended the official opening of Mersey Ferries, Terminal at the Pier Head. The opening paid tribute to John Newton, a former slave trader who witnessed the horrors of the trade and who in 1748 had ‘A spritual conversion’ and some time later helped Wilberforce to stop this horrendous human trafficking. The Bishop of Liverpool, [...]
