Heswall Photographic Society - This site has details of the society's syllabus along with photographs of pictures taken by society members.
The Riverside Players - Amateur dramatics company. Site includes information about the committee.
Far Meadow Arts - Producers of prints of original paintings depicting Liverpool, The Wirral, Chester and Venice. Includes product and ordering information.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in
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-- George Bernard Shaw Arts and Entertainment
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-- Pancho Villa, dying words Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.
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The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I
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-- Marcus Aurelius To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept
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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
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-- D.H. Lawrence Arts and Entertainment
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-- Hector Louis Berlioz Everything that can be invented has been invented.
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