The appeal, which now stands at £793,000 towards a target of £850,000, presents a further programme of events this autumn:
Visit our updated appeal website www.stbridgetsappeal.co.uk
It contains news, photographs, background to the appeal and up-to-date information on events.
Can you help with events or contribute to the appeal?
If so ring Iain Corlett on 07747 842143
News
Ashton Park Teashop
Saturdays 2 - 4pm
Pop by and enjoy the rejuvenated delights of our own classic town park over a cup of tea. Teas now served on Saturday afternoons in Ashton Park with the agreement of The Friends of Ashton Park. Volunteers - Sue Harrison 0151 625 8535.
Dee-licious
Our new recipe book is selling like hot cakes!
Have you got your copy - available from local shops and restaurants, price £5, or contact 0151 625 1234 rodtann@btinternet.com
Painting "Walk by the Dee" by David Sheppard (Bishop of Liverpool from 1975 to 1997). Reproduced by kind permission of his widow Grace.
Events
MARITIME MATTERS
All the Maritime Matters events will take place on Wednesdays in St Bridgets Church, Rectory Road, West Kirby, starting at 7.30 p.m. Admission on the door: £5 for adults and £2.50 for children.
8th September
Guardians of the Dawn
John Curry, retired Liverpool Pilot and Lifeboat Operations Manager at Hoylake, talks about his life on the River Mersey. In his time John piloted close on 6,000 ships, experienced calm seas and Shakespearian tempests and brushed with ships and masters from all over the world. Expect a varied and entertaining night of memories and experiences!
Proceeds in aid of St Bridgets Community Centre Appeal and the Hoylake 1810 Lifeboat Disaster Memorial Fund.
29th September
HMS Thetis
The submarine, H.M.S. Thetis, built at Cammell Laird, set sail on sea trials in March 1939 but disaster struck on 1st June when the submarine sank with the loss of 99 lives. Derek Arnold, the son of the last man to escape from the submarine, talks about the tragedy.
3rd November
Lighthouses of Liverpool Bay
Diane Robinson and her husband, John, have, for many years, been researching the lighthouses of Liverpool Bay, controlled uniquely by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board rather than Trinity House from Liverpool out to Moelfre Bay on Anglesey including those on Wirral at such places as Hoylake, Leasowe, New Brighton. Diane will present a history and tales about the lights from their early days in the 1600s to the present day.
24th November
Maritime Movie Memories
Angus Tilston, local history film maker of Pleasures Past and Swan Movie Makers, returns with another fascinating evening of movie memories focusing on the maritime theme.
OTHER EVENTS
Sunday, 10th October
Spilling the Beans: A Humorous Account of Life in a London East End parish.
Lisa Wright is a Deacon in London, drama teacher and one woman show! When her father was a Minister in an East End parish, her mother wrote of the goings on in the parish to a correspondent in the USA. The letters survived and were returned to Lisa come to hear the stories recounted in the letters!
Starts: 2.00 p.m.
Venue: The Old Schoolroom, St Bridgets Community Centre, St Bridgets Lane, West Kirby.
Tickets on the door: £5, including refreshments.
Friday, 15th October
A History of Golf on the Wirral
Supper Evening with guest speaker, Joe Pinnington.
Following our popular event last year, we return with another hot pot supper evening concluding with our guest speaker, Joe Pinnington. Joe, a keen local sportsman and local historian, formerly President of New Brighton Rugby Club and Captain of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, will give a light-hearted talk on golf and golfers on Wirral from the early years to the present day. Bring your friends, Reserve a table for the evening, bring your friends and your own drinks.
Starts: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: St Bridgets School Hall, St Bridgets Lane, West Kirby
Admission by ticket only, £12, from Phil Price on 625-7959 or Pipedreams, Banks Road, West Kirby.
Saturday, 16th October
Coffee Morning and Plant Sale
Good quality nursery-grown winter bedding plants for sale. A great way to keep your garden and patio cheerful over the winter. Combine this with a cup of coffee and buy a pot of chutney.
Call Elizabeth Ashley on 625-5008 for details.
Time: 10.00 1.00.
Venue: Inside and outside the St Bridgets Community Centre, St Bridgets Lane, West Kirby.
Saturday, 23rd October
City of Chester Male Voice Choir
We welcome back the long-established City of Chester Male Voice Choir to St Bridgets Church. The choir is renowned nationally and internationally and sing a rich and varied repertoire from religious to secular, traditional to modern and classical to popular music. We look forward to some rousing opera choruses, moving spirituals, numbers from the musicals and classics ranging from Cole Porter to Lennon and McCartney.
Starts: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: St Bridgets Church, Rectory Road, West Kirby.
Admission on the door: adults £10, concessions £8, children £4 including refreshments.
Tuesday, 16th November
Deeside Singers and St Bridgets School Choir
The Deeside Singers, a long-established local group, combine with the St Bridgets School Choir to provide an evening of music to suit all tastes - from folk to sea shanty, numbers from the shows to the Beatles, Church music and something a little unusual!!
Starts: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: St Bridgets Church, Rectory Road, West Kirby.
Tickets from Pipedreams, Banks Road, West Kirby, from Martin Harrison (625-8535) or on the door: adults £8, concessions £6, children £4, including refreshments.
And in 2011
The St Bridgets Community Centre Appeal Committee is planning a series of events next Spring and Summer. This will include a continuation of our successful First Wednesday series of lectures, a concert from the Royal Northern College of Music students, St James Singers with the Faure Requiem, our stalls at the Ashton Park May Fair and St Bridgets Summer Fair and more! Look out for our leaflets in January.
The Appeal
St Bridget's Community Centre is a well-used facility and important to the community but the extension suffers from damp and condensation and now has a limited lifespan. There is an urgent need to bring the centre up to modern standards (such as mobity-impaired access) and to provide larger facilities for the ever-expanding use of the centre. Layout and storage will be improved and the hall and centre expanded to provide more flexibility and comfort. The old traditional buildings, occupied by St Bridgets School and the Charles Dawson Brown Museum will be retained and sensitively improved and the whole redevelopment will complement the attractive setting in the West Kirby Old Village Conservation Area.
To enable this to happen we need to raise £850,000. We launched an appeal in October 2006 and so far (March 2010) we have raised over £750,000 - from the Church, parishioners and local people. This is a remarkable achievement showing that we will achieve our aim with local support and the backing of grant agencies.
We welcome donations, large or small, through gifts, standing orders, pledges or loans. Leaflets on the redevelopment are available in the Church and Museum with a donations slip. Alternatively ring Iain Corlett on 0151-648-2337 or Phil Price on 0151-625-7959 or send donations to St Bridgets Parish Office, Rectory Road, West Kirby, Wirral. CH48 7HL. We welcome your help - whether large or small.
Artwork by Stewart Jones, Infinite 3D, Westbourne Road, West Kirby
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