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Be carefull using that transcript, it's full of errors. You can get the original printed version of 'Wirral Notes & Queries' at most local libraries.

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brill thanks, i was just confused by the bad spelling


Old English Tony,with a few transcript errors!

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oldest tree in eastham? Eastham, Merseyside - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Yew tree. Once used to make poison for arrow heads,and nearly every Church yard in the country had one!! Ironically it's now used to make poison for making cancer sufferers better.
I was told that all the yew tree clippings from Ness Gardens are collected for this purpose but I don't know how true.
There are some huge Yew trees in the grounds of Ruthin Castle but I don't think they are as old as Easham

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Be carefull using that transcript, it's full of errors. You can get the original printed version of 'Wirral Notes & Queries' at most local libraries.


was going to say when i did English Lit (poems & Short Stories) and stuff on the Civil War, they could spell alot better than that from the same era.

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The Yew tree. Once used to make poison for arrow heads,and nearly every Church yard in the country had one!! Ironically it's now used to make poison for making cancer sufferers better.


On a seasonal note, mistletoe is also now being used to cure cancer.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/mistletoe/patient/page2


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The Yew tree. Once used to make poison for arrow heads,and nearly every Church yard in the country had one!! Ironically it's now used to make poison for making cancer sufferers better.


On a seasonal note, mistletoe is also now being used to cure cancer.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/mistletoe/patient/page2



Ooooo. I did not know that. There are a lot of very clever people out there. I shall have a look at that website later. Thanks.


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dont forget amongst all the things mentioned about firsts,the greatest centre forward ever,william ralph dean was born in birkenhead,as i was.thats The birkenhead,with a capital T,in cheshire,not the wirral on my birth certificate !!!!!!!!!!

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dont forget amongst all the things mentioned about firsts,the greatest centre forward ever,william ralph dean was born in birkenhead,as i was.thats The birkenhead,with a capital T,in cheshire,not the wirral on my birth certificate !!!!!!!!!!


i think greatest centre forward is a bit dramatic, he only holds the record for the most goals in a season, but never really won any major honours like a world cup or european cup, that is how greatness is defined!

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dont forget amongst all the things mentioned about firsts,the greatest centre forward ever,william ralph dean was born in birkenhead,as i was.thats The birkenhead,with a capital T,in cheshire,not the wirral on my birth certificate !!!!!!!!!!


i think greatest centre forward is a bit dramatic, he only holds the record for the most goals in a season, but never really won any major honours like a world cup or european cup, that is how greatness is defined!


What utter nonsense. That's like saying the Beatles can't be regarded as great because they never won the X factor.

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dont forget amongst all the things mentioned about firsts,the greatest centre forward ever,william ralph dean was born in birkenhead,as i was.thats The birkenhead,with a capital T,in cheshire,not the wirral on my birth certificate !!!!!!!!!!


i think greatest centre forward is a bit dramatic, he only holds the record for the most goals in a season, but never really won any major honours like a world cup or european cup, that is how greatness is defined!


What utter nonsense. That's like saying the Beatles can't be regarded as great because they never won the X factor.


winning the xfactor is no great achievement, it is merely a talent contest. he will only be seen as the greatest ever strike in the eyes of everton fans, to everyone else he was just another striker, nothing special.

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Not heard the one about Yew trees making poison. They certainly made bows out of Yew?

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what a daft statement tony!! there was no european cup,weve only won the world cup once,how many great players in that team? tom finney and a lot of other truly great players never won anything.william ralph is one of birkenheads jewels,the scousers even built a statue in honour of him,something that his home town should have done for its most famous son.

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i was using the likes of the world cup when comparing to players like pele and maradonna.

im not denying he was a good player, i was arguing the debate on the statement of "the greatest ever"

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