Rumours of the old lifeboat station being sold for commercial storage purposes may be true, but the future use of the old building is far from certain. There are still hopes to turn the empty … [Read more...]
News & Events Roundup
If you've been watching the new series of Mary, Queen of Shops you'll no doubt be interested to hear that the episode featuring Hoylake's 3 Sisters Grocery is scheduled to be broadcast on 21st June, … [Read more...]
Hoylake In Bloom Garden Party 2010
Last Saturday was the date for the annual Hoylake In Bloom garden party held at Mike & Jan Fosters award winning garden. The event raised £873 for the charity fund too. Here are some more photos … [Read more...]
Kite Buggy Endurance Record Attempt
Thanks to Julian Priest for letting me know that this weekend Hoylake (on the beach) is hosting a world record attempt for kite buggying. Starting at 10am on Saturday morning there'll be non-stop … [Read more...]
The Hoylake Cumpsty’s
Following on from a recent Friday Photo of an old Hoylake shop called Cumpsty and Miller I've received this related photo. David Cumpsty, a relation to the Cumpsty family in the original photo … [Read more...]
Hoylake RNLI Detonate Old Bomb
Hoylake RNLI crew member Ian Davies sends in a report of dredged up WW2 bomb: After the dredger WD Mersey picked up a suspicious looking object, a call was made to Liverpool Coastguard and the … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: District Council Offices
Another old view of Market Street courtesy of the Syd Bird archives. Things to spot: the grand street lamps a sign for a bank where Vanilla Lounge is today looks like those young lads are … [Read more...]
Hoylake Featured In BBC Panorama
Many thanks to Peter Wilson for alerting me to the recent BBC Panorama programme that features Hoylake Library. If you click the image you should load the BBC iplayer version of the programme at … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Cumpsty
Last Friday I featured a present day image of a shop on Market Street. Well, as you can we've gone back in time this week (courtesy of Syd Bird) and can see the very same shop. I haven't got a date … [Read more...]
News Roundup 18th May
Just a quick few items of news for 18th May. Hoylake Cottage Hospital (pictured) is featured today in the Liverpool news section over at the BBC site - do look at the photo slideshow. The … [Read more...]