Friday Photo: Cumpsty

Last Friday I featured a present day image of a shop on Market Street. Well, as you can we’ve gone back in time this week (courtesy of Syd Bird) and can see the very same shop. I haven’t got a date for this photo but it looks rather old to me.
Back in around 1899 the [...]

Friday Photo: Lick of Paint

A bit of a different image for you all this week for the Friday Photo.
I was walking along Market Street this morning as this chap was up his ladder repainting the sign above the door of Braggs shoe shop. Not quite painting the town red, but certainly the sign!
Do you have any old photos of [...]

Friday Photo: Carlton Terrace

Many thanks to Syd Bird for this great old photo of Carlton Terrace. A few readers have commented on a previous Friday Photo of the old Burnetts Garage and today’s photo follows on rather nicely.
Notice that the Cottage Hospital doesn’t yet exist on the opposite of the main road. That dates this photo prior to [...]

Uncle Stans Sand Services

Ian Powers kindly sends in some old photos of Uncle Stan’s Sand Service. Ian writes:
My Aunt Jennet was a mission nurse in India during WWII, she married the mission Chaplain, Stanley Royal and in 1952 they brought Uncle Stan’s Sand Services to Hoylake.
The day started with setting up the canvas screen etc. in front of [...]

Friday Photo: The Swarm

Thought I’d surprise you all today with something a bit different – a video!
And, in less than 4 minutes you’ll get to see some great (if a little grainy) footage of some local places.
The Swarm? Well, you’ll have to wait and see. Press play

Friday Photo: Green Lodge Hotel

Another great old photo from Syd Bird archives – thanks Syd.
As you can see it’s The Green Lodge Hotel, taken possibly around 1880. The building has changed a bit over the years with an extension to the righthand side of the property at some point. The pub has also undergone a few internal refits over [...]

Friday Photo: A Splash Of Colour

What a great splash of springtime colour!
This pretty flower bed is by the bowling greens in Meols Parade Gardens – well done to the Hoylake In Bloom team again!

Friday Photo: Kingdom Hall

How many locals know where this Hoylake building is?
It’s called Kingdom Hall and is used by the local Jehovah’s Witnesses community. You’ll find it if you walk along the alley way that connects Chapel Road and Trinity Road. Next to this building is a yard used for storing roofing tiles and materials.
What more can you [...]

Friday Photo: Inside The Kingsway

Many thanks to Syd Bird for this weeks Friday Photo. It’s a view of the inside of the old Kingsway Cinema on Market Street (where Home Bargains is) and was taken around the 1920’s or 1930’s. I don’t know, but maybe the interior of the cinema was revamped over the years so it might not [...]

Friday Photo: Broomfields

In last weeks photos about the Hoylake hotel adverts, the old Broomfields building was mentioned. I do now remember the place when it was a restaurant – it had a white sign outside with a sketch of the building. Anyway, thanks to Syd Bird I can now show what the old place looked like. I [...]

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