*click for a much larger version Here's another view of the Meols Cafe - seemingly a cafe for cyclists - that was once on the corner of Sandringham Avenue. We saw an old black and white view of the … [Read more...]

*click for larger I've never seen this view before! Many thanks to Paul Doleman for sending me this rare photo of the former bandstand in Meols Parade Gardens. I never knew that those shelters … [Read more...]

This photo has me stumped! The above photo, of an unnamed location in Hoylake, was kindly sent to me by Melbourne, Australia resident Radhika Beswick. Where do you reckon this photo was taken? I … [Read more...]

As I'd hoped, there was a good response to the article about the Hoylake hovercraft service that never really was! Interesting to read the comments for that initial article suggest that residents of … [Read more...]

*click for larger Many thanks to Paul Doleman for sending in this fabulous old image of Hoylake Station. You might not think so, but I'd suggest our Grade II Listed station really is quite a … [Read more...]

In the 1960s the world's first commercial passenger hovercraft service operated between Wirral and Rhyl in north Wales. The hovercraft service was originally intended to operate from Hoylake but … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Graham Price for sending in the above image of the view from the corner of Deneshey Road, looking toward Hoylake. The post card is dated 1915. The postcard is titled 'Meols' which is … [Read more...]

*click for larger Here's an image of the old false teeth factory that used to be at the top end of Celtic Road, Meols. The image is a scan of a photo in the late Jim O'Neil's book West Kirby to … [Read more...]

Hoylake received some snow today; just enough for some afternoon sledging in Queens Park as you can see from my photo above. Has west Wirral's microclimate conquered again  ...apart from the strong, … [Read more...]

*click for larger Here's another quality photo from the excellent archives of Syd Bird. Gibson's certainly had a well-stocked window display by the looks. I can't make it out if that's a slab of … [Read more...]