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IRBY THURSTASTON & PENSBY AMENITY SOCIETY
Irby Thurstaston & Pensby are small 'townships' located on 'The Wirral' a small peninsula approximately 10 miles long x 7 miles across on the North Western corner of Cheshire, England. Since 1974, we have been part of the Metropolitan County of Merseyside, though most feel we never left the traditional County of Cheshire! The Wirral Peninsula is surrounded by the River Mersey to the East, Irish Sea to the North and the River Dee to the West. Irby, Thurstaston & Pensby are on the Westerly side of the Peninsula.
We hope you enjoy browsing our extensive pages of information, we recommend you save us in your favourites to act as a reminder to call back, as we do update our pages regularly!
Window on West Wirral
Here we will post a new photograph every one or two weeks, so keep calling back!
Do you have a photograph of life in our area you could share on this space? email us
Once earmarked for building land, this beautiful stretch of open spaces now offers tranquil surroundings for folk to enjoy and wildlife to live - in the main, thanks to ITPAS!
THURSTASTON 'RAP' FESTIVAL
So the sun has set on the so called 'sunset festival', Cost to you the tax payer thanks to certain individuals in WBC = £85,000+!!!
We'll be keeping up the campaign to prevent this debacle from ever happening again! call back for more info!
After all the legal wrangling going on, ITPAS will finally publish its complete overview of this debacle after we have had our AGM, so call back for more info*
The event, which had originally been advertised as a 3 day event was hit with numerous restrictions after an appeal hearing instituted by Thurstaston residents, where the Judge castigated Wirral Borough Council in its handling of the application.
The restrictions included music only on the Saturday night and party goers having to wear headphones after 11pm (some party!) with a cessation of all music by 1am!
....and that was it!! the 3 day event turned into a damp squib with not only a supposed 3 day festival turning into just a single evening of rap/street music silenced at 11pm was further dampened by rain and a lack of numbers!
As expected, co-organiser Andrew Carr, who manages Los Cabos café in Heswall, tried to put a bright outlook on the event describing it as a successful 'family' event! Our own assessment and Police figures estimating a crowd of just 1500 would tend to suggest a more realistic downbeat description.
6 arrests, fire on The Wirral Way and a break-in at Thurstaston Visitor Centre will fuel the flames of opposition if the festival seeks to run again next year. An assessment on effect to local wildlife is being conducted. ITPAS along with Thurstaston residents and other groups will continue the fight to stop this wholly inappropriate event from continuing.
*Please note that until some legal matters are finalised we will not be publishing the full de-brief here yet
Before
....and after
ITPAS recently applied for and were successful in their application to obtain funding (£3,300.00) to provide a face lift to the tennis courts in Irby Park. Clearly a successful outcome judging by the amount of use the courts have had over the last few weeks!
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This website was last updated on
19 Jul 2010
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