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...

Scarisbrick Lodge, the Southport home of Sir Charles Scarisbrick from 1888 until his death in 1923 was up until recently, a building that...

By British Government - This photograph Q 42037 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain,...

Section of 1889 Town Plan showing High Park FC Wennington Road/Roe Lane ground. Reproduced with kind permission from the National Library...

Emperor Napoleon III in 1862. Image source: https://art.rmngp.fr/en/library/artworks/hippolyte-flandrin_napoleon-iii-en-uniforme-de-gener...

(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 is a prominent C19th cottage, which is unique in Northern Southport, situated on one of the oldest thoroughfares in the...

Nestled amongst the bed & breakfast town houses of Bath Street and just off from the flashing arcade lights of Nevill Street, stands a...

Image credit: Norfolk Muserum Service, Norfolk Castle Musuem & Art Gallery http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/objec...

At the top of Coronation Walk facing the sea, stood a unique building which has been confused many times as being Whiteley’s repository....

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, a Victorian thoroughfare, constructed during the mid to late 1880’s, connecting pedestrians from Lord Street to the...

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...