2014 March

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:

5^th March(Ash Wednesday) 7.30 pm – Holy Communion

7^th March (Friday) Women’s World Day of Prayer 7.30 pm – Informal Service

30^th March (Mothering Sunday) 8.00 am – Holy Communion(BCP)

11.00 am – No Service

6^th April 8.00 am – Holy Communion (BCP)

11.00 am – Morning Prayer

13^th April (Palm Sunday) 11.00 am – Holy Communion

6.30 pm – Choral Evensong

18^th 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)

20^th April EASTER DAY8.00 am – Holy Communion (BCP)

11.00 am – Holy Communion

27^th April 11.00 am – Holy Communion

Lent & Easter Services at Emmanuel Church – Seabank Rd, New Brighton

30^th March (Mothering Sunday) 9.30 am – Holy Communion

(Joint Service with St James)

6^th April 9.30 am -HolyCommunion

13^th April (Palm Sunday) 9.30 am – Morning Prayer

20^th April EASTER DAY9.30 am – Holy Communion

27^th 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:

• Good Friday, April 18^th at 7.30 pm – John Stainer’s “The Crucifixion”, sacred cantata sung by the Choir of St James (free entry)

• Saturday 26^th April at 7.30 pm (“inSpire” event)- Concert by the West Cheshire Police Brass Band

• Friday 13^th June at 7.30 pm (“inSpire” event) - Organ recital by Professor Ian Tracey, Organist & Master of the Choristers at Liverpool Cathedral, Organist to the City of Liverpool at St George’s Hall, Chorus Master to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society.

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 4^th 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

Invite you to come and join them

At

Thirlmere Drive Hall

Thirlmere Drive, opposite Asda, Seaview Road

 On Wednesday Afternoons

From 4.15p.m. – 5.15p.m.

Our meetings include crafts, games, badges, special parties and lots of fun

Rainbows are aged 5  – 7 years.

If you are younger we do have a waiting list so why not come and put your name on it or give me a ring

on 630 1519