11-November-2015
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LIFEextra
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Thanksgiving comes to Merseyside
Liverpool college staff strike
SPORT
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Scouse Olympian going to Rio 2016
Silent tribute
BY SAM DAVIES & MICHAEL HENRY
Liverpool fell silent this morning to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the two World Wars and conflicts since. Members of the public attended a memorial service at the St George’s Hall Cenotaph, where a two-minute’ silence was held. A specially commissioned film, which aired during the memorial service on Sunday, was also shown during today’s procession. The silent movie tells the story of Liverpool’s involvement in World War One and features photographs of local people and their role in the war effort. Liverpool Life went to St George’s Hall to speak to those who had gathered outside the wonderful poppy display to pay their respects. Former Paratrooper Roy Shaefer, 87, and his wife Sheila, 83, had made the journey from their home in Spital, Wirral, to Liverpool yesterday in order to show their gratitude to the fallen servicemen of wars gone by. Mr Shaefer joined the Paratroopers in 1946, one year after the conclusion of World War II, and he spoke of his admiration for those who had given their lives for the future of their country. He said: “It’s a tribute more than anything really. I was born a year too late to enlist for the war but for those who did fight, it’s the only way we can truly show our appreciation. It helps people remember the huge sacrifices that many young men made during the war. And unfortunately for many, the main thing they had to sacrifice was their lives.”
Roy and Sheila Shaefer pay their respects to fallen soldiers at St George’s Hall © Michael Henry
TEEING OFF
BY LEIGH KIMMINS
Golfer’s paradise planned for Hoylake
The people of Wirral are to have their say on multimillion pound proposals for a new world class development at Hoylake golf course. The council is working with golf course developers Jack Nicklaus Group to regenerate Hoylake course to become one of Britain’s prime coastal golfing resorts. The plan to create a new world class resort, including a hotel, will create 175 new jobs and around £120 million of new investment. Wirral residents will have a chance to feed back their ideas on the project
and find out about latest proposals with the two drop in events running from 1pm – 7pm from today until Friday at Melrose Hall in Hoylake and then again at Westbourne Hall in West Kirby from the 18th to the 20th. Wirral Council said the sessions are not actually part of the formal planning of the project: “They will provide an opportunity to tell us what you think and to feed your comments and suggestions into the project design team.” The Open Championship at Hoylake in 2014 was attended by 202,000 people
and generated more than £19 million to Wirral’s visitor economy. The Hoylake Open in 2006 was attended by nearly 230,000 and remains a record for any Open Championship staged in England. The success of the tournament is something Wirral Cllr Phil Davies aims to build on to help the area through tourism. He said: “Securing £250 million of private sector investment and increasing Wirral’s tourism economy to £450 million by 2020 are two of the pledges I made to Wirral residents and the golf resort proposal is key to
us achieving those.” Locals have so far been supportive of the plans but Cllr Davies still sees the need for public drop-ins. He said: “It is important the council and the developers keep listening to local people as these proposals move forward. The events in November are just the first stage and there will be other opportunities for people to learn more as the project develops. “As with many schemes like this, formal consultation will come later, but this is a timely opportunity to provide an update on the LAYOUT: Proposed plans for the new course progress being made.”
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