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Northern Soul at Dragons health club
THE Southport
soul club have decided to return to this venue over two years on as
it was one of the busiest northern soul nights the resort has seen
in a long time, over 100 hardened and new soulies attended the
Dragons Soul night a few years back and it is still talked about to
this day, so due to popular demand we have booked a reunion event
which we hope will be even better than the last event.
Dragons health club offers one of the biggest dance floors available
in town and is easy to find. The will night offer the cream of the
crop in professional and up and coming northern soul DJs playing the
best in northern soul and classic motown as well as some more modern
sounds that have crossed over from the mod scene the charts as well
as some new discovery’s from the all nighter circuit. The DJs on the
night are Mike Francis from Liverpool and rhyl soul nights, Kate
Simpson from the Southport soul club and the very popular new west
Lancs soul club, tony Blundell who is a up and coming DJs and record
dealer from the resort, Gary Farrington who also hails from sunny
Southport and young Danny who runs a all dyer in croston and regular
guest at our Southport soul nights.
Everyone is welcome to this no nonsense no politics soul night, and
we are hoping to re unite a few old soulies back on to the scene,
and establish a few new soulies to, please do not expect a tribute
to the wigan casino as the scene has moved on since 1981 when the
casino burnt down. even though we will most deffinalty be playing
some classics from the casino era.
Please watch this space for more northern soul nights to come in
Southport and west Lancs run by the one and only Southport soul club
and west Lancs soul club. Tickets £4 or you can pay £5 on the door,
on the night.
The
Southport Veterans Day 2008
THE IMPS MOTORCYCLE
DISPLAY TEAM are coming to town for The Southport Veterans Day
2008... The children's cyclists
stared in last years Edinburgh Tattoo and brought the house down.
Now the Veterans Fund, organisers of this years event
hope they will draw in the crowds and put on a thrilling display.
The event takes place on Princes park on Sunday the
29th June and organisers hope it will become an annual event which
is run in conjunction with the Veterans Agency to
help bring awareness to Veterans and what is available to them. The
Veterans Day consists of BBMF Dakota Flypast, The
Imps Motor Bike Display Team, RAF Recruitment team, RAFA Area tent,
Southport ATC Display, The Royal Military Police,
St Dunstan's, Duke of Lancaster’s Rope Slide, North West Air
Ambulance, Army Vintage Vehicle Association, 4 Para
recruitment and display, Southport Lifeboat, Red Cross Support
Vehicle, Southport Sea Cadets, 156 Transport Reg.
Anthony Nollen Trust, Liverpool City Sea and Royal Marine
Recruitment, British Transport Police Dog demonstration team,
108 Field Hospital recruitment, Southport Fire Brigade, Southport
Army Cadet Display, Rotary Club, Formby British
Legion Tent, RBL Riders Branch, Crosby Fire Engine Museum, SAMA
display and re-enactment team, Southport FC, ABF
Paintball, The Royal Signals Association, Age Concern, RNA Area
Tent, Hesketh Round Table, Irish Guards Association,
RNLI, Mounted Police Display, Phoenix Charity Ponies, Irish Guards
recruitment, Salvation Army, Support Our Soldiers,
Children's Attractions, Chorley ATC Band, Wigan Scout Band, Kings
Division Band and the Lancastrian Band of Corps and
Drums.
There will also be a Veterans badge presentation by Brigadier
Griffiths and the Mayor.
Any Veteran who has not yet
received a badge can contact the organiser, Steve Hawkshaw on 0791
491 8381.
Useful links:-
Impson Line and
Southport Veterans Day |
Giant crane gets to work
A giant crane
lays new tracks in the world’s first railway cutting. The 13 metre
Kirow crane, one of only five in the UK with a huge lifting capacity
of up to 1200 metric tonnes, laid the new tracks over the Bank
Holiday weekend. Possession of the track was given so contractors
could carry out track works on the £7.6million Olive Mount Chord
project, a key multi-million pound freight link between the Port of
Liverpool and the West Coast Main Line. Led by Merseytravel and
supported by a number of partners, the Olive Mount Chord scheme
involves reopening a disused stretch of railway line, linking the
Bootle line with the line to London and Manchester. The line, about
a quarter of a mile long, has been closed for 20 years.
Councillor
Mark Dowd, Chair of Merseytravel, is a Councillor for the area of
Bootle and a former train driver himself. He said:- “This is a key
phase of the works. The sheer size and scale of this crane has
enabled us to progress these track works quickly. This project is
vital to Merseyside in economic terms; and is important nationally
and regionally, but also locally. It will bring direct benefits to
people living in Bootle and the dock route. We need to find ways to
cut down the number of heavy vehicles passing through the town from
the motorway junction at Switch Island and this scheme could help us
achieve that.”
Neil Scales, Chief Executive and Director General of
Merseytravel, said:- “This rail freight link is a key priority for
us and all the partners involved in the project. Improving rail
access to the Port of Liverpool will bring tremendous economic and
environmental benefits to both Liverpool docks and Merseyside. It
will create a fast route into the Port, allowing it to expand and
create more employment and it will ease both congestion and
pollution through the ability to transfer increased amounts of
container cargo from road to rail.”
Merseytravel is contributing
£5.6million to the project, which is also being supported by Network
Rail, the Northwest Regional Development Agency, district councils
and the European Regional Development Fund. The contribution, one of Merseytravel’s largest during 2008, is key to the project, which
will help move freight in and out of the docks more quickly and ease
road congestion. It will also remove the need for freight trains to
reverse at Edge Hill, slashing rail times by cutting the need to
cross lines into and out of Lime Street at edge Hill. It is hoped
work could be completed by the end of this year. |
