Inspired by a photo that I published back in February of Hoylake Station, Mason Edwards has produced this great "railway poster" of the same station. I don't know if there were any posters … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Richard Ardus for this week's Friday Photo. In fact, Richard has kindly passed on to me a portfolio of black and white photos taken in and around Hoylake in the 1950s and I'll enjoy … [Read more...]

*click for larger Many thanks to Alan Smith (Hoylake Coastguard) for sending me this photo of a green tractor well and truly stuck in the mud on the shore at Meols. As you can see it was being dug … [Read more...]

This old photo (from the Hoylake Photo Society library) captures the old Kingsway Garage that was next to the Blue Anchor (now open again by the way) and opposite the old Kingsway Cinema (currently … [Read more...]

*click for larger version Here's a rare photo of the Home Guard at Hoylake. The description of the photo is as follows: Men of the Cheshire Home Guard manning a 6 pounder naval gun mounted on a … [Read more...]

What a great photo this is! The photo is part of the library of old images curated by Hoylake Photographic Society (blog) and it's the view from the Valentia Road lighthouse looking toward Market … [Read more...]

The former Hoylake Parish Church that was once in Trinity Road has been featured before on the site and in fact this old photo of the church received nearly 350 comments. The above photo, kindly … [Read more...]

The Hoylake RNLI (website - has lots of great old photos) crew published this photo a week or so ago of The Lady of Hilbre lifeboat sailing back home after being out on exercise. The light on the … [Read more...]

For some reason there's a plate nailed to a tree outside the Hoose Court redevelopment on Market Street? Is it there for a joke? A protest statement? Was it from the Festival of Firsts and I've just … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Jane Williams for sending me this photo of Hoylake's (only?) ghost sign. Back in May I suggested that an old, tiled shop doorstep was the nearest thing to a ghost sign that Hoylake … [Read more...]