Talk:West Kirby

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[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] WKRS

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