Four years ago, on March 25, 2017, Pascal Blasio deliberately blew up his Wirral furniture store.
The resulting explosion at Homes in Style on Bebington Road in New Ferry, injured 81 people and caused devastation to nearby homes and businesses.
By Mark Gorton
10th Mar 2021 | Local Features
Just over 80 years ago, in March 1941, the RAF's 609 fighter squadron had just relocated to Biggin Hill airfield in the London borough of Bromley.
Up until then, it had been based in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, and Warmwell in Dorset, fighting the Battle of Britain.
Old pictures of the Cleaver Sanatorium in Heswall are a reminder that we are no strangers to a pandemic.
In 1902, when the hospital was opened thanks to the efforts of Liverpool Parish, West Derby Union and Toxteth Park Township, its main mission was to treat children suffering from tuberculosis, known back then as consumption because symptoms included weight loss, and nowadays as TB for short.
By Mark Gorton
4th Mar 2021 | Local Features
Malcolm Lowry is one of Wirral's greatest gifts to our literature and Under the Volcano is his masterpiece, a beast of a book, big, complex, difficult, and often written in a style that owes more to poetry than it does to prose. It is not easy to follow or understand, but then neither is the world. Lowry himself stated that to feel its full imaginative force the novel had to be read two or three times.
In many ways Under the Volcano resembles Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Lowry was much influenced by the American. They are books that dared to be different and daunting, and yet managed to become massively popular classics despite being met with confusion and criticism when first revealed to the world.
By Mark Gorton
22nd Feb 2021 | Local Features
Tyne Henney-Scrafton lives locally and is the owner of the online store Old Postcards. Not surprisingly she knows a lot about them, some of which she shares here...
Just think about it – sending a postcard in the early part of the 20th century was just like sending a text today. It was the quickest way to make contact and pass on messages, greetings or information.
By Mark Gorton
14th Feb 2021 | Local Features
Valentine's Day, our annual celebration of love and romance - and a bonanza for greeting card manufacturers, florists and chocolate manufacturers - is rooted in fact and legend that are rather less joyful than the atmosphere February 14th is meant to encourage.
The Roman Catholic faith recognises at least three different saints going by the name Valentine, or Valentinus, all of whom met premature ends as martyrs.
By Mark Gorton
13th Feb 2021 | Local Features
Selling your home is one of the biggest financial transactions you're ever likely to make and it could be an emotional time for you.
So, you need to be sure that the agent you choose can not only get you the right buyer and the best price, but also understand your situation and be able to guide you confidently through the process.
By Mark Gorton
24th Jan 2021 | Local Features
In 1969, Paul McCartney sat down in the house on Baskervyle Road, Heswall, he had bought for his dad five years earlier, for £8,750.
Opposite him was radio presenter Roy Corlett, who had attended the Liverpool Institute with Paul, and fronted a Radio Merseyside show called 'Light and Local'.
By Mark Gorton
14th Dec 2020 | Local Features
Another simple and tasty Christmas recipe from the GBBO's Yasmin Limbert.
Mince Pie Slice
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