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ONE of the key independent shops on Heswall’s high street is Linghams book store, a small, locally-owned business battling against the giant supermarkets and internet leviathons. The owners Eleanor and Peter Davies are looking to sell but they are keen to see the business survive, rather than the premises end up as a coffee shop or similar. You can read more in this month’s edition. Elsewhere in the magazine there are pictures from the Heswall Arts Festival, Woolgatherers’ rehearsals, the Wirral Christmas Bazaar, lots of local news and the regular features such as Linghams book reviews, what’s on and a Heswall business directory. Remember to say you saw the advert in the Heswall Local magazine! Hayley Heswall Local

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Our regular events are: Hester Hedgehog’s pre-school play group every Friday, up to Christmas, 9.30am to 11.30am. Tea Dance on Wednesday 12th November, 2pm to 4.30pm. Lunch Club on Wednesday 26th November, 12 noon to 2pm. See What’s On in November for details.

Sunday 25th January, if you are getting married, come and visit our Wedding Fayre to get some great ideas. Lots of exhibitors will be on hand to provide everything you need for your special day. If you are still looking for a venue, the Hall is now licensed for Wedding and Civil Ceremonies. We also provide excellent facilities for your wedding breakfast and evening reception and can offer a full day or part day package tailored to suit you. Just get in touch and we will be happy to show you around. Your wedding your way

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The future of Linghams : c Almost four years ago Peter and Eleanor Davies bought Linghams Bookshop in Heswall. They have a lot to be happy about- in their first year as owners they won Northern Independent Bookshop of the Year, and were highly commended for the UK prize. The following year in 2013 they were awarded first place as UK Independent Bookshop of the Year. They would be the first to say that life has not been easy, with competition on all sides from W H Smith, local supermarkets and Amazon, but despite this they have created a fantastic centre, not just a bookshop but a cultural hub. Events including the book club, poetry readings and numerous author evenings create a wonderful atmosphere of enjoyment, conviviality and intellectual stimulation- not to mention the shop’s role as ticket office for the recent Heswall Festival and other local cultural amateur productions. Eleanor has been working at Linghams for the last 14 years and with four married children and five grandchildren under their belts both she and Peter are itching to have more time to spend with the family. They feel that they have re-established the shop and that the time has come for someone younger with fresh ideas to take over the helm. With the outsourcing of the coffee bar to ‘Toast’ and Allan and Emma’s subsequent creation of the beautiful decked area at the front, a new owner would be taking on a wonderfully busy and vibrant going concern. The shop has been re-equipped earlier this year with new computers and a fully electronic till system, and there is plenty of scope for branching out into new areas particularly in non-book stock items. Add to that an incredibly experienced, loyal, helpful and long-serving staff team and you have a great opportunity for a book-loving enthusiast with some money to invest. Peter and Eleanor would be horrified to think that Linghams might become something other than a bookshop and are committed to selling it on as a continuing business. They are open to all enquiries and can give further information on request. 8 To advertise call 01244 350398 www.heswalllocal.com

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It’s been a crazy few months for Cloudy2Clear Windows. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has grown rapidly as homeowners take advantage of their services. Managing Director Alan Ball feels that it’s all about service. ‘Our product is simple. If your double glazing is misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 5 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving

people money, although that obviously helps. Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’ Cloudy2Clear service Heswall & the surrounding area and

Alan is finding that his approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends and family

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Legal Column with Jackie Campion, Principal Solicitor at Campion Solicitors

Campion Solicitors:

employment Law We are pleased to announce that Campion Solicitors now offer employment Law advice, support and representation as part of the legal services we provide having recently engaged with a specialist Solicitor in this area Do you have ISSueS at Work? If you are employed and you are suffering from issues such as harassment, discrimination, flexible working, maternity or paternity rights, health and safety issues or any other similar matter we will be able to offer advice on what steps you can take and where you stand legally. Similarly, if you have recently been dismissed or found that you have felt forced to leave your employment or considering leaving then we will be able to offer advice as to the merits of any potential claim you may have in the Employment Tribunal. We also provide full advice and guidance in the event that an employee has been offered a settlement agreement by their employer, this will help you assess whether you should accept the terms on offer or not. empLoyerS anD SmaLL buSIneSSeS We can assist Employers in making sure all contracts, policies and procedures are in place to protect the business and to avoid employment issues arising. We can discuss fixed fees and other funding options. We can also offer support in managing day to day staffing issues as they arise in line with legislation. If you have a disgruntled Employee we can assist in dealing with the case. For further information on this please contact Jackie Campion on 0151 342 9021 for a no obligation meeting.

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local & approachable, we are here to help Your local solicitor Jacqueline Campion LLB (Hons), who has over 20 years legal experience on the Wirral and her assistant legal clerk Gemma Fenney, offer a full, friendly and efficient legal service for all members of your family. Our services include: • Wills, Estate Planning and Probate Matters • Conveyancing Buying or selling properties, equity release and remortgages. • Family Matters Divorce, co-habitation, financial issues, children and prenuptial agreements. • General Litigation JACKIE: SOPHIE: Contract disputes, issues and in 1993. Sophie Teague is the office Administrator Gemma Scott is a Paralegal who has worked consumer Jackie Campion qualified as a solicitor debt collection. in residential property for over 10 years. She has extensive experience in different areas and receptionist who supports all of the GEMMA:

She joined Campion Solicitors in 2010 of Law including Family, Property, Commercial, team in many areas and assists in legal and • Lasting Power of Attorneys and specialises in all aspects of residential Wills and Probate. Jackie established Campion secretarial duties. somebody to property. If you would like to appoint Solicitors in 2010.

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Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority number 542774 Principal: Jacqueline Campion, LLB(Hons) Campion Solicitors is a trading name of Campion Solicitors Limited, a firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA Identification Number 614811. Campion Solicitors Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, Company number 9016590, registered office 45 Pensby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7RA.

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The way we were:1914

Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, on Telegraph Road, was built on a nine acre site, purchased for £2,500 in 1900. The first patients were admitted in 1909. It was deemed that the fresh air was the answer to most ailments, hence the children had been wheeled out of the hospital Antique Clock Care on their beds. The open air balcony above led onto the Repair & Servicing wards and the children’s beds would be put out each night regardless of the weather. Quality Assured Service from a British Horological Institute Award-Winning Horologist 31 years experience Free estimates Free Collection/Delivery Please call - Stephen Rose Tel 01244 566222

Pictures taken from the book Yesterday’s Wirral, by Ian Boumphrey. The book can be bought from a number of local shops or by writing to Ian at The Nook, 7 Acrefield Road, Prenton CH42 8LD, by phone on 608 7611 or by email at ian@yesterdayswirral.co.uk. You can also visit his website at www.yesterdayswirral.co.uk

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Christmas gifts at the Wirral Bazaar The Wirral Bazaar in aid of North West Cancer Research is due to take place on 4th and 5th November at a new venue: The Walled Garden Marquee at Thornton Manor. Visitors can choose from a huge selection of stalls selling food, drink, jewellery, clothing and Christmas gifts. Every penny raised goes straight to the charity. NWCR supports research at Liverpool, Bangor and Lancaster Universities. On Tuesday 4th November it is open from 4-9pm, and on Wednesday from 9.30am-3pm. Entry is ÂŁ3. Full details can be found at www.wirralbazaar.com

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Among the visitors to the Heswall Arts Festival was former Conservative Minister Ann Widdecombe. She was at Heswall Hall being interviewed by BBC Radio Merseysideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roger Phillips about her life and her new novel. It was a very lively evening and much enjoyed by all - even if the good people from Linghams, who were on hand to sell copies of her book, were unable to fully agree with Ms Widdecombeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s views on Amazon!

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Heswall Arts Festival a resounding success! It was a fantastic start to the Heswall festival with Rob Keely signing his newest book, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Childish Spiritsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and some good entertainment outside the shop with boys from Wirral Grammar providing live musical entertainment. In the evening Michael took part in the opening concert at Heswall Hall reading the story of Peter and the Wolf with the Orchestra dellArte.

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When science and art meet

eswall Hall was the venue for one of the less arty events of the town’s arts festival. A series of science lectures were organised by the Rotary Clubs of West Wirral and Mid Wirral and notably by Dr Keith Foggin. There were four one-hour lectures, the standard of which was quite outstanding with their subjects brought to the ready understanding of all, scientists and nonscientists alike. Interestingly there has been a sustained increase in numbers for this event over the last three years, as evidence of the public’s increasing interest in such science lectures of quality and ready understanding. The two morning lectures were of an environmental nature and given by Professors Jonathan Sharples and Ric William, from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Professor Sharples in his lecture ‘The enormous importance of ocean microbes’ spoke about the multitude of different types of living organisms in the oceans and their nutritional requirements. He showed how the oceans act as a sink for the absorption of carbon dioxide and the part played by microbes in irreversibly locking away the associated carbon. Professor Williams’s lecture was entitled ‘Wetter and warmer: How the ocean affects our changing climate’. He elaborated further the effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide upon climatic temperature and how ocean temperature dramatically defines atmospheric properties.

The first lecture in the afternoon was given by Dr Matteo Borrini, a Principal Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology at Liverpool John Moores University, and was entitled ‘A frozen case: The iceman’s Murder’. This was concerned with investigations of a mummified body discovered in September 1991 on the edge of a glacier high in the Ötztal Alps. Initial investigations of the well-preserved corpse, sometimes known simply as ‘the iceman’ or ötzi, established him to be a 45-year-old man who died approximately 5300 years ago. Dr Borrini presented a fascinating hypothesis, based upon material evidence from the scene, that the death of the iceman may have been of a sacrificial nature. That is, he had been the leader of his community and was now being sacrificially replaced by one who was younger and more able. The afternoon’s second and final science was Prof Robin Dunbar from the Department of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford and a local Wirral resident who spoke about ‘How many friends does one person need?’ He showed how human social and working groups are at their most efficient group size at around 150 individuals (‘Dunbar’s number’). Left: Prof Jonathan Sharpes and Prof Ric Williams. Top: Dr Matteo Borrini and Mrs Jennifer Schwarz, from the Rotary Club of West Wirral. Above: Prof Robin Dunbar.

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Useful numbers and info Clubs Dee Sailing Club Station Rd, Thurstaston. 0151 648 2300 www.dee-sc.co.uk Heswall Artists Association Monthly meetings and weekly group sessions at Heswall Hall. Summer Exhibition. New members very welcome, all abilities and beginners. Call 342 3721. Heswall Flower Club Meet 1st Wednesday of the month, 8pm at Heswall Hall, Telegraph Road. Tel 342 9327. Heswall Horticultural Society Meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm in Heswall Hall. Tel 342 8204 Heswall Lawn Tennis Club Quarry Road East, Heswall. Tel 342 1775 Heswall Mid Week Ramblers Walks between 5 and 9 miles on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every week. Tel 336 6044 Gayton Probus Meeting at Richmond Hall every Tues 9am-12noon, also Lunch Meeting 1st Monday of the month at Heswall Golf Club, Gayton. Call 342 3960. Heswall Probus The group hold their luncheon at Thornton Hall Hotel, Thornton Hough every third Monday in the month & meet for coffee at the URC Wednesdays 10am-12noon. Tel 342 5367. www.heswallprobus.co.uk Heswall and Gayton Ladies Lifeboat Guild 0151 342 4389 Heswall Society Established for the public benefit to conserve the heritage of the parish. Contact Carolyn Eddowes on 342 5066 Heswall Senior Swimmers Open to over-50s in Wirral at Calday Grammar School Baths. Fridays from 9-11am. Free trial swim. Three Social functions a year. Call 652 6081 or 342 7529. Heswall Squash Club Gayton Playing Fields, off Brimstage Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 1XG.0151 342 2817 Heswall U3A The Heswall University of the Third Age ( U3A ) is a self help organisation providing educational, creative and social opportunities for the over 50s. www.heswallu3a.org.uk. Tel 342 5331

Riverside Players Heswall based Drama Group. New members welcome. Call 632 4923 or www.riversideplayers.org Wirral Lions Club Meets 1st Tuesday every month at 7.45pm at Heswall Golf Club. New members welcome. Tel 334 3044. Rotary Clubs Heswall Club meets Thursdays at Heswall Golf Club for 12.45. Secretary 648 7661 West Wirral meets Wednesdays 6.30pm at Heatherlands Court, Irby. Tel 342 1883. Mid Wirral meets Tuesday mornings for breakfast at the Jug and Bottle at 7:15am. Tel 342 1034 North Wirral meets Mondays 6.30pm at the Holiday Inn, The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gap, Hoylake 07516371128 Round Table Social club with a conscience open to men between 18 and 45, meeting at The Black Horse, Lower Heswall & other venues. 342 9159. www.heswallroundtable.co.uk Soroptimists The group meet on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month at the Grange. Tel 342 3446 Wirral WIldlife The local branch of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. www.wirralwildlife.org.uk Tel 342 1395. Woolgatherers Heswall-based drama group. New members welcome. Call 648 2717 Useful Numbers Councillors Leslie Rowlands 342 2454 Andrew Hodson 342 6253 Kathy Hodson 342 6253 Police Please call 709 6010 for non-emergencies . Heswall Hall Community Hall, 111Telegraph Road, Heswall. Tel: 342 2614; www.heswallhall.co.uk Richmond Hall Community hall in School Hill. Tel 342 5742 Schools Barnston Primary. Tel 342 5229 Gayton Primary. Tel 342 3772 Heswall Primary. Tel 342 7491 St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CE Primary. Tel 342 2556 Wirral Council General switchboard 0151 606 2000

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What’s on in NovemBER Wednesday 29th October to Saturday 1st November Murder on the Nile, at 7.30pm at Heswall Hall. A classic whodunit by Agatha Christie. Tickets £8 from Linghams Booksellers; or online at www.ticketswirral.com. Saturday 1st to Saturday 8th November History of Dale Farm Exhibition at Heswall Library. Come and take a look at the history of the ‘farm’ which is celebrating 40 years. Lots to see and find out... Dont miss it! All welcome, free event. Tel 606 2665 or email heswalllibrary@wirral.gov.uk

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