Here's a rare photo kindly sent in by Paul Doleman. Taken in 1931 the image captures the resurfacing of Market Street with what I presume are some steam-powered contraptions? Can you hazard a guess as … [Read more...]

*click for larger A week or so ago, local business owner Chris Clare asked for photos of the building that is now his office on the corner of Wood Street/Market Street. Syd Bird came up with a … [Read more...]

What a rare and fabulous pair of photos of the old boating lake, kindly sent in by Paul Doleman. Following on from last week's 1931 Hoylake Baths photo here we can see some pedalos, ready for the … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Paul Doleman for sending in several, great old photographs that I'll share with you all over the next couple of weeks. Starting us off a series of photos from the 1931 opening gala of … [Read more...]

This is a new piece of artwork that you'll see next to the chippy in The Row on Market Street. I don't know anything about it other than the author of the poetry is Judy Ugonna, OBE (background) - … [Read more...]

*click for larger version F & T Holden Dressmakers was once a Market Street business in Hoylake that also had some fancy hats by the looks. The photo is circa 1930 and can you guess what it has … [Read more...]

Here's a rare and rather old image kindly sent in by Syd Bird. The view is from about the Chapel Road / Market Street junction looking down Birkenhead Road to where Hoylake Cottage (the Cottage … [Read more...]

*click for larger I think this a great image kindly sent in by Peter Burt. Great view of two yachts sailing off Hoylake (or maybe West Kirby?) with the Wales coastline in the background. Not a bad … [Read more...]

Here are a couple of follow-up photos that you might like to see. To begin with here's a view of Sandhey slipway from 1967 kindly sent in by Julian Triggs. Please feel free to leave a comment if … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Paul Doleman for another great old photo of Hoylake following on from an old aerial view of Hoylake published a couple of weeks ago. Here we can see a Ferris's Cafe in Government … [Read more...]