This brightly painted chap is sat on his concrete plinth outside Surfers Restaurant in Banks Road. He’s one of the Wirral based Go Penguins and you can read all about the penguins at the official site.
This particular penguin is being used to raise recognition of Antarctic Warming (that’s what he’s called) and he’s been painted [...]
This is the top of one the buildings in The Crescent in the centre of West Kirby. Does anybody know what this building was originally used for? Those old windows are lovely!
This years West Kirby Sailing Club fireworks event takes place on Saturday, November 7th on the beach at West Kirby adjacent to the Sailing Club. Bonfire set alight at 6pm, fireworks at 6.30pm. Please make a donation to the RNLI.
There are a few locals in West Kirby who along with me blog about the area. Each take a different aspect of local life and are all worth a read.
Matt Thomas
Matt is a freelance photographer who often includes striking images of both people and places in and around West Kirby.
Little Shop of Sorrow
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Many thanks to Chris Hankin for sending me a few old photographs of the old West Kirby Station. This is the old station that served the line that ran the route of what is now the Wirral Way. Those of you who have lived in West Kirby for some years will recall the old railway [...]
As you can see from my photo, repair work is being undertaken on the war memorial. Does anybody know what the work entails and how long it will take?
I’m a little behind schedule with my second West Kirby Property Watch. You’ll find last months report here.
There were 6 registered house sales in West Kirby in August including:
the highest transaction was £210,000 for a property in Sandstone Dr
the lowest transaction was £105,000 for a property in Hilton Grove
Current market details include:
There are at least [...]
Here’s a (not great) photo that I took yesterday evening in Dee Lane. What an ugly building The Concourse is …I’ve never liked it myself. Ugly and grey on the outside, confusing and warren like on the inside. As the town’s (is West Kirby big enough to be called a town?) main building it’s not [...]
A really great photo (source) of a dead calm Marine Lake with birds sitting on the jetty. Will try and publish one of own photos next Friday.
Here’s a photo (source) of the busy Dee Lane junction with Barclays Bank on the corner. That’s a lovely sandstone building – does anybody know what it was originally built for? Maybe it’s always been a bank!
Of course Dee Lane junction, where it meets Grange Road has been of interest to the council road planners. [...]
