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Sparks in the Park 2012: Video
Hoylake local Ian Hazlehurst managed to capture this years Sparks in the Park fireworks display in HD video (below). Well done to the organisers and the company that produce the display ...there were … Read More...
Friday Photo: Submerged Forest
*click for larger Here's a great old photo from the Syd Bird archives of the submerged forest at Meols. Many locals know of course that under the sand at Meols beach is a submerged forest. I don't … Read More...
Friday Photo: Arch Farm
*click for much larger Many thanks to Syd Bird for sending me this rather old photograph of a Meols farm. Syd says it's Arch Farm which used to be located just about on the junction nowadays to … Read More...
Friday Photo: Bus leaving the Railway Inn
*click for larger Many thanks to Syd Bird for this rare photo of a (very old) bus departing from the stop outside the Railway Inn. Look at those external stairs up to the top deck of the bus! … Read More...
Friday Photo: Meols Bowling Club
*click for larger Many thanks to Roger Stansfield for sending in the above photo of a 1960s gents Meols Bowling Club team photo. Rogers wonders if you can name anyone? Roger says: "I know 3rd … Read More...
Meols Mens Club
Many thanks to Graham Price for this photo of the old Meols Mens Club clubhouse. I have a vague recollection of peering in through the open door once. The place always seemed to be very secretive … Read More...
Friday Photo: Meols infants 1920s
Many thanks to Mike Wilson for sending in this photo (click for larger) of a class at Meols Infants School circa 1920. The teacher was Mrs. Morgan, and Mike's father, Harry Wilson is third from the … Read More...
HVDC Cable: Meols not preferred landfall site
Further to the news that the proposed HVDC cable could come ashore at a landfall site in Meols, energy company SP Transmission announced in July that the preferred landfall location is at … Read More...
Gas leak repairs to effect traffic
Expect long delays and tailbacks this week as National Grid repair a gas leak in Meols. Temporary traffic lights are now being used on Birkenhead Road between Station Approach and Fornalls Green … Read More...
High voltage power cable could be next to Meols homes
Meols is being considered as the "landfall" location for a subsea high voltage direct current power cable and local residents are concerned that the cable is too close to residential … Read More...