It's by no means anywhere near complete yet but the new Kings Gap Hotel is starting to take shape. After a walk along the beach this morning (it was beautifully sunny and not a breath of wind) I … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Graham Price for these additional photos of the Hoylake Spitfire that once stood on a garage forecourt on Market Street. You can see the first photo of the Spitfire right … [Read more...]

Not one but three interesting photos of a similar theme for you all this week! Firstly, the photo above (click for larger) was kindly sent in by Syd Bird and its a view of the Hoylake lower … [Read more...]

The resurfacing of the promenade hasn't been universally well-received with several residents wondering if the thin, new top coating is going to last. Well the above photo of grass actually growing in … [Read more...]

This week I'd hoped to publish a view from the beach, looking over to Hilbre Island and Wales with an imposing, dark grey sky above. However, it seems the photos I took this morning on my trusty Nokia … [Read more...]

*click for larger A great image from the Syd Bird archives! You can sense the urgency as the train of horses pull the lifeboat out across the sands to the sea. I hadn't previously appreciated … [Read more...]

As you can clearly see from my photo, the front apartment block at Hoose Court is currently being demolished. I'd presume that by the end of next week the whole block will be no longer. Shame that … [Read more...]

A rare trip back to the 1970s for this week's Friday Photo! This set of photos capturing a fire at the dairy on the Carr Lane Estate in 1977 was kindly sent in by Julian Triggs, whose mother … [Read more...]

(click for larger version) Many thanks to Syd Bird for this old photo of Market Street, taken from around the junction with Elm Grove and facing toward Meols. It's hard not to notice the giant … [Read more...]

Another photo (click for higher resolution version) of the old lifeboat station, featuring a chap named H Cummins of West Kirby with his donkeys and trap. The photo, kindly sent in by Julian Triggs, … [Read more...]