Comments on: Friday Photo: Coastguard Cottages

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:29:28 +0000

Somewhere i have seen a copy of the artist’s impression with a caption naming the figures depicted – one of them is I believe my G.Grandfather Francis Norie – who I think may have been stationed at Hoylake in the late 1890′s, after, like so many others (I have read) having beeen a Navy man.

By: Andy K

Andy K — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:07:26 +0000

Thanks very much for the photo which was fascinating – I’ve seen the engraving before but never the photo. I seem to remember that the cottages were builit in the 1840s after the reorganisation of the Coastguard and also because the North Wirral coast was regarded as quite lawless: their role was ot keep down sumuggling and wrecking as much as saving lives. I’m not sure what the odd structures are on the front wall – some kind of lookout? Thanks – and thanks Syd – these old photos are great.

By: Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:53:15 +0000

My 3 x Great grandfather John Hayes was a coastguard around Wirral, Lake Place in 1861 & Parkgate in 1864 .
The census says he was at Lake Place in 1861 so doubt he lived in these cottages.