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MattyC: Well I know for a fact I wouldnt be going down a 30ft shaft without some quality safety gear no matter how easy it looked.

SORRY to carry on the tale of the Bidston Hill tunnels but the letter from J Evans, Upton, was so far off the mark that I felt he needed to understand that these tunnels went definitely through a rock face and were not tunnelled downwards.

The only part that went anywhere else was the escape ladder which surfaced on the top of Bidston Hill and provided another entrance for any youngsters.

In fact, there was talk at one time that these and the Tranmere ones actually met but that was impossible.

KEN GRIFFITHS,
BEBINGTON

There are reported similar mazes of tunnels and caverns across Europe and in fact, all parts of the globe. Many are ignored or hushed up as if to hide a huge long standing secret. (or maybe those Health & Safety Officers have just decided the possibility of exploration and public access too risqué!). You may recall such a story caused a big stir here on The Wirral when one of our local newspapers exposed stories and evidence of a similar labyrinth under Bidston Hill that supposedly stretched for miles. However, for one reason or another, the story faded out of the limelight as Wirral Council denied their existence. The light inside yet another dark space was turned off.