To raise funds for Friends of Hoylake & Meols in Bloom the team are hoping to sell lots of raffle tickets …and as you can see below there are some rather nice prizes to be won!

Tickets are available either at the garden party or from the local shops detailed below in the poster:

The Liverpool Orange Lodge marched through Hoylake on Bank Holiday Monday. The march takes a route of along Birkenhead Road from St John’s Church in Meols, along Market Street, down Kings Gap and along North Parade to the lifeboat station. Due to the road works at Kings Gap the marchers had to follow the diversion of course.

As I mentioned last year, Kings Gap is so called because King William III of England (wikipedia) set sail from the Hoylake shoreline in 1690 with a 10,000 strong army to take part in the Battle of the Boyne (wikipedia). You can read more about what an Orange Order is on this wikipedia page.

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The hole pictured appeared in Kings Gap outside The Green Lodge back in 2009. Well it’s back.

There’s a rather large hole in the road at the moment and when I went past earlier today the workmen were installing some steel shuttering. I don’t know what’s happened; whether it’s a collapsed drain or just a big repair job.

A road diversion is in place so you’ll need to pick a (slightly) alternative route.

Work has started this week inside Meols Parade Gardens. John Lindley writes:

“As chairman of Hoylake and Meols in Bloom I am pleased to report that the installation of the sensory garden in the Parade Gardens has finally started. Northwest Construction arrived on site this morning (Monday). This is the project for which the funds were awarded last year. In addition the net and support posts for the second tennis court have also been replaced after 3 months of lobbying. All we need now is a summer!”

Cunard Line reports that local resident and former Master of the QE2 Captain Robin Woodall (pictured) has sadly passed away.

Further details, including funeral arrangements are published on this site.

DONG energy, the company that manages the Burbo Bank wind farm in the Irish Sea is holding a community consultation event this Saturday in Hoylake. It is one of four events to be held in the region with the aim of giving local communities and other interested groups including organisations and businesses the opportunity to learn more about the proposal to extend the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm.

The event is being held at Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road on Saturday 21st April from 10am – 4pm. Representatives will be on hand to answer your queries. You can read a bit of background to the expansion plans in this post from last May.

Project Development Manager, Ferdinando Giammichele said: “This is an excellent opportunity for us to explain our plans, discuss them with local people and listen to everyone’s ideas and opinions as we go through the final development stage. These events are the cornerstone of our consultation process and we really do want as many people to come along as possible so we can develop a real understanding of what local communities want”.

For more information visit: burbobankextension.co.uk

What do you think of the existing wind farm and the plans to extend it? Have your say below, either now or after you’ve been to visit the presentation on Saturday.

Hoylake resident Kal Ali writes:

Is it just me or is there a couple if not more dog owners not clearing up their dog mess. I walks my 17 month old daughter every day down queens road, and surrounding roads and every morning there fresh mess which she has to dodge. I have only lived in the Wirral for two years but Hoylake is one nasty village for dog mess. And I have lived in london for 26years. Surely we as community need to take action. I urge [readers of HoylakeJunction.com] to walk down these roads and witness the mess themselves. Hope there’s someone that will take notice. The council don’t care. No proof no fines.

Additionally, there was a report on the BBC website yesterday about dog owners walking dogs on beaches around the UK coastline. Apparently, owners do clean up the dog mess but then leave the plastic waste bags on the beach rather than placing them in bins.

What do you think? Is it a problem that is getting worse? Do you think that horse muck is a problem too? Have your say in the comments. [Bad language will be moderated]

As you may have read in the Wirral News this week, the future of Hoylake Lifeboat Museum is under threat due to a dispute with the landlord over the rental of the building.

The building is currently owned by Hylgar Properties, a local company that owns other properties in Hoylake. A director of the company is Tony Crane a founder member of The Merseybeats. Hylgar Properties bought the old Hoylake RNLI station from Peel Ports early last year and it was believed that the building would be made available on a long-term, peppercorn rent.  That does not now appear to be the case.

If the dispute over rent is not settled the Trustees say that they will have to vacate the building within a six-week time period.

The museum project (website) was awarded a Wirral Council grant of £30,000 last April and has acquired two further boats in the last few months.

Trustees of Hoylake Lifeboat Museum are holding an extraordinary general meeting on Friday 23rd March, 7.30pm at Melrose Hall.

The revamped Kings Gap Hotel is set to open next month with bookings for the hotel accommodation being taken for May onwards.

Contractors Denizen Contracts are currently completing work on the new 56-bedroom Holiday Inn Express and the 155-seater Frankie’s Bar & Grill, both of which are scheduled to open in April. [Note however that http://www.hiexpresshoylake.co.uk/ is only accepting room bookings from May].

John Brown, 48, has been appointed General Manager of the £5.5m scheme having previously managed venues across the north west including Ramada Warrington and Devonshire House Hotel in Liverpool and joins after three years as cluster sales manager with hotel operator, Sanguine Hospitality Ltd.

Brown said: “Hoylake is a wonderful village and it’s great to be here leading such a fresh and exciting venue. A lot of detailed work has gone into modernising the building without losing any of its character and the result is an impressive, contemporary hotel.”

“We want the hotel, restaurant and bar to become a hub for village life, somewhere that families can visit together at any time during the week.”

“This promises to be a ground-breaking development for Hoylake and I can guarantee my team will be doing all they can to ensure our guests will be very impressed.”

Robin Wicks, chief executive of Sanguine Hospitality Ltd, said: “Ever since we announced our plans for this hotel, there has been a tremendous level of interest and support from the local community. The success of the hotel will be determined by our ability to establish it as a viable alternative for tourists and business travellers visiting Liverpool. We hope to shine a light on Hoylake’s many qualities and reap the rewards for the hotel, restaurant and the village as a whole.”

A recruitment day is being held on Monday 19 March from 4pm – 8pm at the Kings Gap Hotel, for 20 positions at Frankie’s across its kitchen, food and beverage service. No further details available.

Congratulations to Jackie Hall MBE who was at Buckingham Palace this Wednesday (14th March) to receive her MBE from the Queen.

It was announced in the New Year’s Honour List that Jackie was to receive an MBE in recognition of her services to the community.