Talk:West Kirby

Walking across the Dee
Somebody claims that:
 * It is also Possible to walk over the River Dee to Wales when the tide is fully low.

Really? I'm not sure I believe this!

I've removed the claim: if somebody can provide a citation, it can be put back. --RFBailey 12:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

It is most certainly not possible to cross the River Dee at West Kirby on foot at any time. I have no reference, but I believe people may well have drowned attempting to do so. It might even be worthwhile noting in the article that attempting to cross to Wales by foot/swimming is extremely dangerous. 194.138.39.53 14:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Tom Green, West Kirby resident

An account of walking across the Dee estuary from the vicinity of Denhall to Flint was published in the Wirral Journal in the early 1980s. However it is surely not now - and never has been - possible to walk across from West Kirby; this would involve crossing a channel used by shipping in and out of the port of Mostyn. Physically impossible (too deep) and extremely dangerous to attempt. MV Overchurch 19:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Weka?
As a west kirby youth I can safely say I have NEVER heard anyone call it Weka.
 * It does seem to have gone out of fashion. It was a scouse usage that I heard sometimes -- especially in Liverpool and Birkenhead -- in the 1980's, but there is no reason to suppose it has continued. At the time it was not a "youth" expression, but a scouse one. Francis Davey 13:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

As a west kirby youth of this decade, I can assure you it is referred to thusly.


 * Please provide a reference for this. It is not a relevent piece of information for an encyclopedic article to contain and has no factual basis.

As somebody who grew up in the area in the 70's. 80's and early 90's, at no point have I ever heard anybody from West Kirby, ever refer to it as "Weka". It may be a scouse thing, but fortunately, Liverpoo is several miles away and culturally far removed from the Dee facing side of the peninsular. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.198.248 (talk) 13:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Dropped second K?
Apparently "The second "K" was dropped from the name to disassociate the town from Kirkby in Knowsley". Can we have some evidence for that, please? 86.143.51.25 14:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this is highly unlikely. I've put a citation needed remark and after a week I will remove the statement. The forms used vary between having and not having a second "K" for about 800 years. More likely is that it was pronounced with only one "K". Francis Davey 10:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

The name
Just to explain why I am making edits to the explanation of the name. There is no contemporary evidence of a Norse form for the place name that I can find. As far as I can see the earliest citation is 1081 (Cherchebia and variant forms). Sites about Norse evidence in Wirral interpolate a form, but there is no evidence that the modifier "West" was used by the Norse, although the "West" modifier is at least as early as the 11th century, that is really not sufficient. Wikipedia is not the place to write half-understood factoids and things found lying around on the web. Francis Davey 10:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Seal Clubbing Club?
Whilst I am sure they are very popular amongst people who know them, I have never heard of 'Seal Clubbing Club', nor has anyone else I have mentioned it too, after conducting a straw poll of west kirby residents of all ages. I just dont think they deserve to be on the Wiki site for it, and would like to petition their immediate removal. I am a west Kirby resident of good standing for the past 25 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.188.203.223 (talk) 16:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd never heard of them either, but they appear to be notable enough to have a Wikipedia article of their own (their stuff has been played on Radio 1, apparently), so I don't see why they can't stay. --RFBailey (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Ahh so radio one air play and having a wiki entry warrants inclusion on the west kirby entry... Seems odd to me... why not have any of the other countless bands that have sprung up at that moment that do have a wiki page and have been played on radio one. Im not against them at all... I just think its absurd... If I say West Kirby to you do you think of this band? It smacks of viral marketing and self promotion... Just my opinion... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigdanprice (talk • contribs) 16:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Granted, they're not The Beatles, but it's not as if the article is overcrowded with other material. If they were a band that had just played a couple of pub gigs in Hoylake or something like that, they would clearly be non-notable.  --RFBailey (talk) 04:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Andrew Baddeley
I added him to the notable people, he has represented england at the commonwealth games and will be representing britain in the Olympics in Bejing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigdanprice (talk • contribs) 16:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Civic Government
I've referred to the 1974 administrative county move as being the re-organisation of local government in England and Wales. Scotland's local government was re-organised on 16th May 1975 and Northern Ireland's in 1982. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.244.188 (talk) 22:29, 23 June 2008 (UTC)