Another great photo from Syd Bird dating from the 1960's and showing a number of sheds outside Hoylake train station. Syd comments: ...in the days when many commodities were transported by rail there … [Read more...]
Hoylake Cinema
On Sunday evening whilst I was checking the spammy comments the site receives every day I nearly deleted a brief comment from Nick Lester about the old Hoylake Cinema. That prompted me to start … [Read more...]
Hoylake Scare Festival
Hoylake is to hold a week-long Halloween Scare Festival ! This is the first major event organised by a newly formed group of locals whose aim is to get more people to visit the shops and businesses of … [Read more...]
Fundraising Calendars
Marianthi Lainas and Jayne Welburn, both live in Hoylake and are keen photographers. They recently decided to set themselves a challenge to create two calenders for 2010 - I love Hoylake and I love … [Read more...]
Monday Money Savers
Here are this weeks Monday Money Savers: Get up to 33% off all Carrera bikes and other offers at Halfords Get free delivery on all standard orders – with no minimum spend – online at Marks … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Old Hoylake Station
Here's an old image courtesy of Syd Bird showing the old Hoylake railway station. We've no idea of the date, but it must have been along time ago! After a little bit of searching I stumbled upon … [Read more...]
News Roundup 15th October
Here's a photo of the fake lighthouse at the end of Stanley Road, next to the nursing home. As you can see, the top of it has been removed for whatever reason. This private property is a well-known … [Read more...]
Bird Watching Event
This coming Saturday morning (the 17th) at 9.30 am there's an RSPB bird watching event happening down on North Parade. The event listing doesn't say so, but I think the twitchers (is that the nickname … [Read more...]
New Offers Section
I'm introducing a new feature on the site called Monday Money Savers! Each week, there'll be money saving offers, discount codes and the odd freebie from a small selection of well-known online … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: 1950s Beach
Thanks to Peter Wilson for this photo taken in June 1957 showing a packed beach. I've never seen the beach so busy ...was there a heatwave in 1957? That chap in the foreground wearing sunglasses … [Read more...]