I happened to be driving along the prom yesterday lunchtime when I spotted the Lady Of Hilbre lifeboat sat in the sand. But she wasn't beached ...it looked like the crew were testing out a launch and … [Read more...]
Lifeboat Appeal
The above letter dropped through our letterbox this morning and presumably did so through many others. The appeal is for the funding of a replacement lifeboat. The aim is to replace the current boat … [Read more...]
Half-mast Flags At Station
Brian Smith has been in touch to mention if you've noticed the flags at the new Hoylake RNLI station flying at half mast? Brian believes it is in respect for the late Reverend Richards, Chaplain of … [Read more...]
Hoylake Lifeboat Has New Home
This Saturday morning (7th February, 2009) saw the arrival of the Hoylake lifeboat (The Lady of Hilbre) at her new home in the recently constructed state-of-the-art station. A decent crowd of … [Read more...]
Lifeboat Station Official Opening Ceremony
We walked around to the new lifeboat station last Saturday afternoon (1st November) to watch the official opening at 2pm. Tried to stress to our two young daughters that they were actually watching a … [Read more...]
The Scaffolding Is Down
I've got a photo to upload but it's worthy of a mention that the scaffolding is now mostly down on our new lifeboat station. Resplendent with it's copper roof (more than few quids worth there I … [Read more...]
Brickies Just About Finished
Apologies for the lack of blog posts recently - time is a precious resource... a bit like petrol! Anyways, I gather that the brickies are just about finished on the new lifeboat station. Northern … [Read more...]
Roof Work About To Start?
Looks like the roof might be going on the lifeboat station soon - they've secured netting under it, presumably to catch anything that is dropped? … [Read more...]
Finished Wall At Lifeboat Station
They've got the lower bit of the finished wall in down at the new station. … [Read more...]
New Pathway At The Station
There's a new pathway from slipway 2 at the new lifeboat station. I wonder what those squares in the concrete are there for? … [Read more...]