I reported back in July that long established West Kirby shop Hazelhurst Linen was to close. Well the good news is that proprietor Ian Hazelhurst has reconsidered and is intending to stay open! You can read Ian’s thoughts on his blog or much better still, call into the shop on Banks Road.
I stumbled upon an usual website the other month and revisited it this week. The site in question is called bookcrossing and it lets you find books that have been left by someone else for you to pick up.
The books might have been left on a park bench, in a gym, in a phone box [...]
Here’s a photo of the West Kirby sailing school building that I took back in December last year. I chose to pick this building as the subject of today’s Friday Photo as the site is back in the news again.
The local papers are reporting that the Council may make a compulsory purchase order on the [...]
I really like this sunset view taken a local earlier this in West Kirby. I think it’s by Jan Williams and you can see more of her photos by starting here. Looks to me like it was taken from the Wirral Way, though I’m open to correction!
If you would like your photo featured, simply email [...]
I was made aware of this photo posted in flickr on this page by a chap in America who was after some information about a Hoylake property.
Note the road sign for bowls and putting green !
This is the first report of what will hopefully become a regular monthly feature – West Kirby Property Watch.
There were 14 registered house sales in West Kirby in July including:
the highest transaction was £360,000 for a property in Kings Walk
the lowest transaction was £93,000 for a property in Kington Road
2 properties sold in Ennisdale Drive for [...]
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 by 3 related posts (I hope!) elsewhere in the site. If you’re a regular reader then you may well recall the suggested posts, but [...]
Here’s the White Lion pub at the bottom of Grange Hill in around 1967-68. As you can see, the place was having a bit of a Changing Rooms makeover! I take it this place has always just been a pub? If you know any interesting facts about the White Lion then please do leave a [...]
