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Hoylake in Bloom Raffle: Fab prizes to be won

To raise funds for Friends of Hoylake & Meols in Bloom the team are hoping to sell lots of raffle tickets ...and as you can see below there are some rather nice prizes to be won! Tickets are available either at the garden party or from the local shops detailed below in the poster: … ...more

Friday Photo: RLGC Clubhouse

The above photo of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club clubhouse is the last of the batch of early 1930s photos kindly sent to me by Paul Doleman. On first glance the building doesn't seem to have changed much at all. Compared to a more recent photo (below - which isn't quite from the same angle), you can see that the two clocks are still in place and a few windows have been altered or removed. I don't think the single storey building on the left in the old photo exists any more ...but I can't … ...more

Hoylake in Bloom: Annual Garden Party

Below is the poster for the 2012 Friends of Hoylake & Meols in Bloom Garden Party. And don't forget to buy tickets for their fund-raising raffle - there are some excellent prizes up for grabs! … ...more

Shopkeepers Stories: Hoylake School of Dance

Hoylake School of Dance (HSOD) has been teaching dance since March, 1996 and up until earlier this year held all of its varied dance and drama classes at Hoylake Community Centre. The school offers dance, drama and singing classes for children and adults. Earlier this year Clare Calder-Mellors (Principal) and husband Mike Mellors made the decision to take on what is possibly the biggest commercial building in Market Street (maybe the Punch Bowl is bigger?). The Jon David furniture shop was … ...more

Looking For: Roberts family, Chapel Road

J Paterson (nee Gregory) writes: My late fathers sister and family lived at 13 Chapel Rd. My brother lived with them for some of the war and attended the infants school for a short time. They were John and Lena Roberts, John junior and Helen. John senior had a greengrocers shop somewhere near and I used to help some times in my school holidays-this would be about 1957. My family lived in Croydon I have tried on many occasions to find out by writing if my cousin still lives there, and have … ...more

Book Review: Hoylake Then & Now

I've previously mentioned a new book penned by local author and historian Jim O'Neil - Hoylake Then and Now. The publishers, The History Press, kindly sent me a copy to read and review here on HoylakeJunction.com. The 95-page book, one of a series for various locations across the country, features then and now photographs of different areas of Hoylake. Starting at Kings Gap roundabout (which incidentally isn't the start of Hoylake - that's further up Meols Drive) the book takes you through … ...more

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Orange Lodge march through Hoylake

The Liverpool Orange Lodge marched through Hoylake on Bank Holiday Monday. The march takes a route of along Birkenhead Road from St John's Church in Meols, … [Read More...]

Kings Gap: Another hole in the road

The hole pictured appeared in Kings Gap outside The Green Lodge back in 2009. Well it's back. There's a rather large hole in the road at the moment and when … [Read More...]

Parade Gardens: Works starts on sensory garden

Work has started this week inside Meols Parade Gardens. John Lindley writes: "As chairman of Hoylake and Meols in Bloom I am pleased to report that the … [Read More...]

Capt. Robin Woodall, former Master of QE2

Cunard Line reports that local resident and former Master of the QE2 Captain Robin Woodall (pictured) has sadly passed away. Further details, including … [Read More...]

Windfarm Expansion: Public presentation

DONG energy, the company that manages the Burbo Bank wind farm in the Irish Sea is holding a community consultation event this Saturday in Hoylake. It is one of … [Read More...]

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