July 2003 - Something's been bugging me !!!

Webhost ramblings .I'm afraid that I had a bit of a frustrating month during July... this was due to a virus attack on my computer which caused loads of trouble (and still seems to be doing so). As such I apologise for the delay in sending out this months thoughts. During the month I visited the annual Summer Pops event in the Albert Dock to see The Mavericks, this music event seems to be going from strength to strength unlike the attempts of locals to organise smaller ones on the Wirral (see below). My view of Liverpool is rapidly disappearing as the flats in Claughton Firs have now reached the first floor level. I will be adding more pictures of its growth during the month..

Oxton Village Fete - well it looks like this will not be going ahead this year after Wirral Council's cabinet members voted against granting permission for the event. This decision was on the ground of health and safety and advice from Merseyside Police. As far as I can gather this does appear to have been a complete shock for the organisers who had already moved the event to September 6-7th to avoid a home Tranmere Rovers game on the advice of the police. This cancellation was hot on the heels of the cancellation of another Wirral music festival called the Eden Festival.

Scarecrow festival - During July I managed to visit the annual Thornton Hough Scarecrow festival and once again that village was crammed full of Scarecrows and displays including such people as Status Crow, Blair Crow and Marilyn Muncrow tied to the side of the Seven Stars pub in the centre of the village. I have added a number of pictures from the event to my Scarecrows site and have also spent some time updating the links page to a number of other festivals around the world.

Oxton Walks ... there is to be an open meeting at the RAFA club on Friday the 26th of September in an attempt to launch this event which is being fronted by the Oxton Society. The idea of the meeting is to discuss the suggested routes and possible types of walks and even the possibility of providing pre recorded tapes describing the walks. At the moment there are around 15 people looking to organise it but any more volunteers or any locals with any ideas should turn up on the 26th. More details about this can be found on the Oxton Society site.

Tranmere Rovers - once again the football season is upon us with Tranmeres first home game of the season set for 9th of August against Brentford. Lets hope that they can continue their 15 game unbeaten run which stretches back to last February all the way through to next February (well it's worth dreaming about !!!). You can find out more about Tranmere on my unofficial site Tranmere Rovers Men in White which I hope to be updating with new pictures and articles during the coming months.

Hit Count
Total This Year ...3146
Total in July ...390
Average hits this year..449

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Looking back :July 2002 - was it only a year ago that the Commonwealth Games was on in Manchester ? .. I attended the event to watch the Rugby 7's tournament and managed to watch the Trinidad and Tobago team warming up for the event with a training session at the Birkenhead Park Rugby Club. I also published the new look Oxton Society Site on the 9th of July 2003 which has now attracted over 1800 hits. In 2001 I was lamenting another failure by Tim Henman at Wimbledon (no change there then) and in 2000 I was discussing "What it took to be considered a local" in response to a conversation being held on the community noticeboard ... I suppose that based on the Post Office it's anyone born in Prenton ;-)