Such good news
I WAS delighted to read in the Liverpool ECHO (June 9) that the little cottages in Arnside Road have been snatched from the jaws of a JCB. I was born in number 9 at the end of World War II. Originally built for the rail workers of Edge Hill Station, they were very small but cosy ? just two bedrooms and two rooms at ground level.
The only downside was the cockroaches, ugh. This small cul-de sac was a haven of tranquillity sandwiched between Edge Lane and the busy Wavertree Road. At the bottom of the Road was the playground of Clint Road Primary School, and the joyous sound of children playing could be heard twice a day at playtime.
At the top of the road stands the Shipperies pub where, in the 60, the beer was good, the girls even better, and the bands rocked every weekend.
Recent news that St Cyprian?s Church on the corner of Durning Road and Edge Lane is to be refurbished will enhance the area for the benefit of everyone. Good news indeed.
Bob Roberts, Birkenhead
Help the children
READERS may be aware that next Thursday, June 16, is International Day of the African Child.
It?s an opportunity to remember those who through nothing more than misfortune find themselves born into grinding poverty on the world?s poorest continent.
I sponsor a boy and a girl in Tanzania, Fadhili and Neema, through children?s charity Plan UK. The way sponsorship works is simple. Money is used to fund projects that help lots of children, their families and communities. It gives them clean water, health, education, and more.
But what?s unique about sponsorship is that you have a direct personal link with a child. And it really is personal. No one sponsors the same child as you.
When you get drawings and photos showing how you are helping to change their world it?s humbling and very, very rewarding. I still treasure the letters I have from Neema and Fadhili.
I know that when children hear that they have a sponsor, and get letters from them, it really changes their view of the world and of themselves.
For a child in a poor country, knowing that someone far away cares about them can be hugely inspiring.
If your readers want to help children like Neema and Fadhili, what better way than sponsoring. It can be a life-changing experience for all.
Fiona Phillips, TV presenter
Funding vote
THREE Mersey-based projects are calling on readers to vote for them in the semi-finals of The National Lottery Awards 2011.?
The National Lottery Awards recognise the difference that Lottery-funded projects ? both big and small ? make to local communities.
National Lottery funding goes to a wide variety of groups including arts, education, environment, health, heritage, sport and charity and voluntary projects.? Sailing for Blind People, Save Our Squirrels and the Tate Movie Project have all been shortlisted as semi-finalists for the big difference they have made with Lottery money.
All these now need the public?s votes to help them reach the next stage of the competition. If they get through, each project will have the chance to receive national recognition on a BBC1 TV show later this year and a ?2,000 cash prize to spend on its project.
Anyone can vote for any of the projects by going to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards.? Voting ends at midday on Monday, June 20.
Jackie O?Sullivan, National Lottery Promotions Unit
Great album
THE first album for 23 years by seminal Liverpool band The Wild Swans, is nothing short of magnificent. The Coldest Winter For a Hundred Years is full of Liverpool nostalgia and great tunes.
It?s a worthy comeback by Paul Simpson and the band. They are on a nationwide tour and come to the Stanley Theatre at Liverpool University this month. Catch them while you can.
Mike Matthews, Tuebrook
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