Here's another really old photo of North Parade, dated from c1898 and kindly sent in by Syd Bird. No sign of a promenade wall, or promenade at all for that matter in the foreground. Look in the … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Phil Wall who sends in the above photo of the Plasterers Arms. Phil writes: In 2004 Bob, the then landlord of the Plasterers, decided to revive the old custom whereby all customers of … [Read more...]

Here's an old photo from a batch sent in sometime ago by Ian Davies. This one is the view from Kings Gap looking towards Meols and was titled Marine Parade - Before The Promenade. The sea wall was … [Read more...]

The above photo (thanks to Syd Bird) is a view of the shore with Hilbre Island in the background taken 1897. As you can see there were plenty of sandhills around so presumably the sea wall hadn't been … [Read more...]

Finally! Here are some photos of the long gone Royal Hotel kindly sent all the way from New Zealand by Carl Watson. I'd always presumed that the Royal Hotel was located where The Royal cul-de-sac … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Syd Bird for this c1900 image of Groveland Avenue, Hoylake. The view is to Grove Road with the long gone Grove House (where Grove Park is today) just hidden behind those trees. I did … [Read more...]

Amazing what turn's up! Many thanks to Carl Watson in New Zealand for sending me the above photo of what was apparently Granny Parr's chip shop and the Jane Little sweet shop. These old buildings … [Read more...]

Sorry for the poor quality of the Friday Photo this week - I went out with my digital camera yesterday only to realise that the battery was completely flat so I had to use the camera on my mobile. Not … [Read more...]

Remember that snow the other week? As much as it became a little bit of a nuisance it did create one or two great views. I published a great panoramic that Colin McPherson is making available as a … [Read more...]

A Friday photo with a slight difference today. The sample image is of an original, larger and higher quality image taken by Hoylake photo-journalist Colin McPherson. Colin writes: As you may know, … [Read more...]