As you can see I've evidently struggled to take a decent photo of Hoylake's Christmas Lights! This shot has the Memorial Tree in the background along with some of the lights that are over Market … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Hoylake YMCA
Here's another great image from Syd Bird's archives and this one is an artists impressions of the Hoylake YMCA building. Syd says that the building was originally called the Hoylake Institute. I … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Brick In The Wall
Funny what you spot sometimes when you go for a walk! I was walking up Grosvenor Road last week on my way to the garage to pick the car up when I noticed this brick in the wall. Now that's an old name … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Two Rainbows
If I knew how to take better photographs then you'd more easily see the two rainbows in today's Friday Photo. Haven't seen a rainbow in ages and this morning down on the prom I could see not one, … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Fact Or Folly
A question for you on this Friday 13th! Are these bollards fact or folly? You'll see them in a garden of a house facing the shore past Kings Gap. Do you call them bollards or stanchions or something … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Through The Square Window
Well I've no idea of the date of the above image (original source) but it's obviously many years ago. It's been taken from inside (presumably) the Community Centre  and shows the old Hoylake Pool of … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Scare Festival Winner
Congratulations to Island Electrical who were chosen by Hoylake's very own Three Witches as the best decorated shop in the inaugural Hoylake Scare Festival. By the way, for those that don't know the … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Railway Sheds
Another great photo from Syd Bird dating from the 1960's and showing a number of sheds outside Hoylake train station. Syd comments: ...in the days when many commodities were transported by rail there … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Old Hoylake Station
Here's an old image courtesy of Syd Bird showing the old Hoylake railway station. We've no idea of the date, but it must have been along time ago! After a little bit of searching I stumbled upon … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: 1950s Beach
Thanks to Peter Wilson for this photo taken in June 1957 showing a packed beach. I've never seen the beach so busy ...was there a heatwave in 1957? That chap in the foreground wearing sunglasses … [Read more...]