Issue 113 – October 2016
BE PROPERTY SERVICES MARTIN & CO MACBRYDE HOMES KINGSWOOD MANOR
To celebrate we have increased our South Liverpool distribution yet again!
IT’S OUR 10TH BIRTHDAY! Yes, 10 years old! Doesn’t time fly? Well we were 10 years old in July actually. And to celebrate we have increased our distribution. From this month we will be delivering a further 2,000 LINKs into homes in Liverpool 19. What started off as a “bright idea” when we were working together at the Liverpool Echo came to fruition in July 2006 and we started by distributing 8,000 copies (now 15,000 copies) of the West Derby and Croxteth Park LINK. In 2007 we launched South Liverpool LINK (now 28,000 copies) and the Liverpool LINK now has a total monthly distribution of 43,000. We have firmly established ourselves as a favourite local advertising paper and we remain a totally independent business. We are the first to recognise that the success of The LINK is entirely down to you – our readers and our advertisers. So we would like to thank you all for your constant support and loyalty over the last 10 years. And we thank you, our readers, for supporting our
advertisers. We would also like to thank all our regular contributors who have helped us so much over the years with their great articles: Stephen Guy (whose wonderful local history articles continue to inform and entertain; Anton Valdemart for his Strange Tales; Jim Stanway (South Liverpool FC); Peter Harrison (Alder FC); Mick Titherington (Stoneycroft FC); Paul Coshott (Fighting Fit); Bill Chambers (Liverpool Sefton Hockey Club); Kevin Edgar (AFC Cronus); Jade Ainsworth (Life ‘n’ Style); all the other readers who kindly send in articles and, of course, Peter (my husband) who does all our competitions/quizzes and who writes and edits many of our articles for us. And where would we be without our designers and printers and of course our distribution team? Here’s to the next ten years! Best wishes and many thanks to you all, Moira, Dawn and Carol
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS By Stephen Guy EVERYTHING seems to have a price today, from the bargains in pound shops and market stalls to the huge variety of goods and services available by tapping a keyboard. This is nothing new, as revealed in
old surveys and registers which give fascinating insights into the lives of our ancestors. Childwall may now be a leafy suburb but is far older than Liverpool itself. It is likely there was a church here 1,000 years ago.
Even in the 14th century the area was wild and remote – an ideal location for a religious community. Parts of Childwall Parish Church date back to Norman times although little of the ancient fabric remains. Continued on page 5
Services LINK, Strange Tales Games, Lilly LINK
DONT’ MISS – THIS MONTH Why Mum’s the Word for singer Michelle Heaton – pages 14 and 15 Have a spooktacular Halloween – page 20 WHAT’S ON Museum magic for kids at half term – page 16 Twopence to cross The Mersey – page 17 WIN, WIN, WIN Tickets for Liver Birdsong – page 17 LOOK OUT IN NEXT MONTH’S LINK Four pairs of tickets to be won for The Ken Dodd Happiness Show at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this December For details see page 4
Tickets to musical ‘Liver Birdsong’ up for grabs
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