Many thanks to local Hoylake historian and author Jim O'Neil for this week's Friday Photo. Taken from the promenade between 1913-1918 in the background is the former Ellen Gonner Home (you'll know … [Read more...]

*click for (slightly) larger version Many thanks to Paul Doleman for a rare photograph of Hoylake taken from the air. Paul suggests the photo must have been taken prior to 1937 because that's … [Read more...]

*click for larger A gem of an old photo kindly sent in by Syd Bird. It is of course the original Kings Gap Hotel as viewed from Stanley Road. It's all rather grand don't you think? By the way, that … [Read more...]

Something of a different view of Hoylake this week - courtesy of the excellent (and free) Google Earth software. You're seeing the long and straight Stanley Road to the right of the curved Meols … [Read more...]

The redevelopment of The Kings Gap Hotel is nearing completion now and from most aspects the building is completely unrecognisable. The porta-cabins were removed a couple of weeks ago enabling a … [Read more...]

A recent, not too scientific, survey by Hoylake Village Life on facebook, resulted in The Dolphin (pictured) being ranked the No 1 chippy in Hoylake. What do you think of that, a worthy winner or are … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Chris Hankin for this week's Friday Photo which happens to be a follow-up to the one I published last week. As we've seen a few old photos of male football teams and even an English … [Read more...]

I wonder how many readers can guess where the above is? It isn't a large lawn of one the posh houses - it's a bowling green. And you'll only see it if you cross the railway line at Melrose Avenue … [Read more...]

And we're off with the first Friday Photo of 2012 - Happy New Year ! Many thanks to Syd Bird for today's two baking related photos, starting with George L Beck above. The signage on the side of the … [Read more...]

*click for larger The weather at the moment in Hoylake isn't at all seasonal - mild and wet, especially so today! So here's a photo taken in Queens Park from last December (the 18th at 9.30 am … [Read more...]