Some of you will recall the former Leas School on Meols Drive that was demolished several years ago with the site redeveloped as upmarket housing. After scouring the web for a good photo, I've … [Read more...]

*click for larger To wrap-up our series of jetty-themed photos here are a couple of good images from the Syd Bird archives. Above is an old image of a busy beach, presumed to be taken from the … [Read more...]

As we've had some discussion over the whereabouts of the jetties on the beach here's another old photo showing the Trinity Road jetty. Ian Davies kindly sent in the photo of a launching of an old … [Read more...]

*click for much larger view Following on from last week's Friday Photo when I believed I mistakenly named the jetty in the photo as being off Sandhey slipway rather than from Trinity Road, here's … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Don Ryan for sending in this evocative photo of two lads down on the jetty off the end of Trinity Road. Don says: I’m sending you a photo I took in about 1945, when I was about 17. … [Read more...]

Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake is hosting the 2012 Ricoh Ladies British Open Golf Championships this week. The competition started yesterday but play was suspended all day today due to high … [Read more...]

*click for larger Here's a rare "colour tinted" photo of yesteryear Market Street kindly sent in by Syd Bird. The scene is of Market Street with the entrance to Elm Grove (Cockle Alley) on the … [Read more...]

And we're back after a break! It might be a little more complete now, but here's a photo of the interior of The Village Artisans Clubhouse, located at the end of the course on the Royal Liverpool … [Read more...]

Pictured above is Hoylake's gold medal Olympian, cyclist Chris Boardman. Try as I might I can't find a good photo of Chris Boardman riding a bike in Hoylake so I've plumped for the one above … [Read more...]

*click for larger How's about that for a bit of colour! Pictured is the new wild flower bed in Meols Parade Gardens with the new murals on the wall in the background. Both are part of a … [Read more...]