Hoylake Lifeboat Has New Home
February 9, 2009 by John · 2 Comments
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 on-lookers, amateur photographers and would-be local blog publishers (that’ll be me then!) turned out to welcome the boat and her crew on a bright, cool morning. Some of crew came in first, towed by the tractor followed by the boat itself. After the machines and boat had a good hose down the boat was slowly pulled in to her new home.
It’s worthy of mention just how welcoming the volunteer crew are; the station was open and members of the public had a great opportunity to take stacks of close-up photos and ask questions of some of the crew.
Shame of course to leave the old station behind, having been a home to boats and crews for around 200 years. What will become of the old building when the final bits and pieces are removed? I understand that the building is owned by Peel Holdings (Port of Liverpool owners).
I took quite a few photographs, as did many others. Here’s just a sample:
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Well, I’m made up that I can keep tabs on what is going on in my home town! I moved away 4yrs ago now and miss Hoylake,well,the Wirral-Gods Green Acre,terribly. I do,however,come back especially for Life-Boat Day and will be there along with my daughter and my partner Gordon.
Hoylake has always been a big part of my life as that is where most of my childhood memories come from. Can’t believe that the library is closing down,what a great loss to a lot of local people. I hope that it isn’t to make way for another wine bar!
I look forward to coming back for this years Life-Boat Day,and seeing my friends. Lets hope we raise a good amount of funds this year. Thankyou.
Hi Claire – thanks for visiting !
There’s a chance the library will be saved …there’s a review of the decision soon.
Cheers
John