Mary Portas, Queen of Shops and her BBC film crew were back in Market Street earlier today, finishing off their filming of the revamped Fosters green grocers. As you can see, the shop is now called … [Read more...]
Forthcoming Site Update
Just to let you know that later this week I'll be updating the layout of the site. I want to include some changes including: a new, lighter newspaper style layout improved thumbnail … [Read more...]
News Roundup 18 September, 2009
A few items of news and follow-ups to old posts. Have you noticed all the new rubbish bins dotted along the promenade? As you can see from the photo we appear to have moved up-market and we've … [Read more...]
Hoylake Cemetery Gates
The gates to Hoylake Cemetery are in need of repair and there is a fund that you can donate to. Both the main gates (pictured) and the single side gate are in need of urgent repairs that have been … [Read more...]
Plane Emergency Lands On Hoylake Beach
At around 7pm this evening a light aircraft appears to have made an emergency landing on Hoylake beach. The tide was out as the light aircraft reportedly had to land on the sand off Hoyle Road - the … [Read more...]
Site Update: Related Posts
I've introduced a minor change to the site this afternoon, so this is just to make you aware of it. At the end of every post you'll now see: Possible related posts (computer generated): followed … [Read more...]
Boating Lake Charity Event
Hoylake bar Vanilla Lounge is staging a charity night to help raise funds for Hoylake's model boating lake. Â It'll be a BodyShop At Home party and 15% of all sales are being donated to the fund. … [Read more...]
Lifeboat Day 2009
Yesterday was Lifeboat Day in Hoylake and the first one with the new lifeboat station as the new focal point. I gather that the event was very successful with an estimated 30,000 spectators watching … [Read more...]
Friday Photo: Cottages Then and Now
Thanks to Syd Bird for the above early 1960's photo of the row of cottages on Market Street. For a comparison here's the same view of the cottages taken this morning (not the most pleasant of … [Read more...]
Whole Lot Of Holes
There are an awful lot holes in the promenade pavement at the moment! Every few feet (2-3 metres) you'll see a neatly drilled hole in the pavement. Thinking back I noticed lots of painted yellow … [Read more...]