Organised Cricket in Southport: 1849-1855
In October 2023, I posted a comparison picture collage via my social media channels of the former private residence known as ‘Sandown’...
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Our Pier
Recently, I was asked to speak on Radio 4’s Today news programme, about the history & cultural importance of Southport Pier. This blog is...
The Mysterious ‘Higher Blowick Cross’.
As a child during the late 1980’s, I remember well, wanting to look at Peter Aughton’s book,  Southport & North Meols: A History. As part...
Home Leigh/Scarisbrick Lodge: A Building History
Scarisbrick Lodge, the Southport home of Sir Charles Scarisbrick from 1888 until his death in 1923 was up until recently, a building that...
Former Political Figures in Southport
By British Government - This photograph Q 42037 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain,...
HIGH PARK: A HISTORIC HOTBED OF FOOTBALL?
Section of 1889 Town Plan showing High Park FC Wennington Road/Roe Lane ground. Reproduced with kind permission from the National Library...
SOUTH LAWN: (The house that Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte allegedly rented on Lord Street).
Emperor Napoleon III in 1862. Image source: https://art.rmngp.fr/en/library/artworks/hippolyte-flandrin_napoleon-iii-en-uniforme-de-gener...
Where was ‘The Lost Farm’?
(The Lost Farm, near Southport. Drawn by G.Pickering and engraved by Edward Finden. Published by Longman & Co 1831. Authors archive)...
No.90 Roe Lane during the C19th & early C20th. The first 100 years?
No.90 Roe Lane is a prominent C19th cottage, which is unique in Northern Southport, situated on one of the oldest thoroughfares in the...
The origins and early history of the Union Club
Nestled amongst the bed & breakfast town houses of Bath Street and just off from the flashing arcade lights of Nevill Street, stands a...
The Artist, James William Walker, and his images of Southport.
Image credit: Norfolk Muserum Service, Norfolk Castle Musuem & Art Gallery http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/objec...
Coronation Walk (part two): Caesars’ Laws on the Parade.
At the top of Coronation Walk facing the sea, stood a unique building which has been confused many times as being Whiteley’s repository....
Coronation Walk (part one): A pathway to retail & recreation.
We can trace the origins of Coronation Walk back to an entrepreneur from Bolton, Samuel Whiteley, born circa 1783. In 1812 he built his...
Scarisbrick Avenue: What lies beneath? The story of ‘Anderson’s Square’
Scarisbrick Avenue, a Victorian thoroughfare, constructed during the mid to late 1880’s, connecting pedestrians from Lord Street to the...
From Chicago to Little London: The story of a mysterious magic lantern slide.
In late October 2020, I spotted an item on eBay which I deemed to be a rare view of an old Southport cottage. It was a magic lantern...
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