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LINK CHARITY GOLF DAY – PLEASE GET INVOLVED Issue 122 – July 2017
To celebrate we are (amongst other things) holding our inaugural Golf Day with Lee Park Golf Club in aid of Sunflowers charity (see back page for details)
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IT’S OUR 11TH BIRTHDAY! WIN, WIN, WIN Yes, 11 years old! Doesn’t time fly? As many of you know it started off as a “bright idea” when we were working together at the Liverpool Echo and came to fruition in July 2006 and we started by distributing 8,000 copies (now 15,000 copies) of the West Derby and Croxteth Park LINK. In 2007 we launched South Liverpool LINK (now 28,000 copies) and the Liverpool LINK now has a total monthly distribution of 43,000. We have firmly established ourselves as a favourite community paper and we remain a totally independent business. We are the first to
recognise that the success of The LINK is entirely down to you – our readers and our advertisers. So we would like to thank you all for your constant support and loyalty over the last 11 years. We thank you, our readers, for supporting our advertisers. We would also like to thank all our regular contributors who have helped us so much over the years with their great articles: Stephen Guy (whose wonderful local history articles continue to inform and entertain); Anton Valdemart for his Strange Tales; Jim Stanway (South Liverpool FC); Peter
Harrison (Alder FC); Mick Titherington (Stoneycroft FC); Paul Coshott (Fighting Fit); Chris Thomas (Liverpool Sefton Hockey Club); Jade Ainsworth (Life ‘n’ Style); all the other readers who kindly send in articles and, of course, Peter (my husband) who does all our competitions/quizzes and who writes and edits many of our articles for us. And where would we be without our designers and printers and of course our distribution team? Here’s to the next 11 years! Best wishes and many thanks to you all, Moira, Dawn, Carol and Colette
MOTORING’S GOLDEN AGE By Stephen Guy
TRAVEL was transformed with the arrival of efficient cars and motors which replaced horses as the main form of transport on our roads. ailways had largely emptied the old coach roads that crossed
the countryside. It was mainly in built up areas where streets remained busy with traffic. any mail and stage coach crews had switched to working for the railway companies as main lines and branches spread virtually everywhere. or short ourneys horses
remained kings of the road. ntil dwardian times many well off families employed coachmen to drive their carriages. oachmen and grooms often lived in mews and above stables where they tended the horses. eparate accommodation known as groom s cottages were
sometimes supplied e amples can be seen around efton ark and elsewhere. umerous staff retrained when families bought cars. oachmen became chauffeurs if they were able to master the workings of internal combustion engines. Continued on page 4
Win a round of golf for four courtesy of Lee Park Golf Club
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Calderstones Beach 2017 – Four lucky winners can win 10 rides each – see What’s On page
One prize of four tickets for A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
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One prize of four tickets for Alice in Wonderland At Storyhouse Open Air Theatre in Chester
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LIFE ‘n’ STYLE with Jade Ainsworth
– pages 12 and 13