What's it like now.- Hoylake Baths

[@jannolan6597]

Happy days thanks for this video I went swimming in the old pool in 1964/65 when attending Hoylake Parade School it was an amazing time the house to the right of the school in your shot from the prom was where we had needlework, the pool was always freezing we swam once in hailstones I remember a tuck shop near the site of the toilets

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Happy memories from days out in the 70s Thanks

[@steves5172]

I remember the toilet block from the early seventies onward, it was hardly ever open and plans were put forward for its conversion to a small cafe but subsequently failed. The boating lake has an active model boat club, but as your picture shows the water is drained giving the place an abandoned look. Hopefully it will be up and running for the summer! An interesting subject would be the lifeboat station and the former station on Hilbre Island, parts of which still remain today. The old record boards detailing rescues over the years are displayed with pride in the new station and are well worth a visit. Nice one as always, thanks!

[@TheWirralChannel]

Thanks. Will be visiting Hibre Island later in the year, during the Summer

[@yyyzzzz]

If I remember right, the baths were very cold water!!!

[@paulberry2884]

I think the boating lake had been drained by the early 60s. Check that, I do remember toy boats. People used to sit and sunbathe there. I do remember running in and out of the toilet block in my little swimming trunks. The beach had about 6 inches of clean sand and everything underneath was covered in oil, so our sandcastles would be sandy brown and black. I think there was a sewage discharge offshore too so when the tide came in you'd be be swimming in rubbish. My Dad lived there until he was 32 and he's a spritely 87 now, so it obviously didn't do him too much harm.

[@HYUKLDER1]

Despite the shortage of public conveniences along the seafront, the local council saw fit to destroy the toilet block in April 2016. It does seem that public improvements paid for in the past are now just being removed by councillors who want to spend public facility maintenance money on their own pet projects instead.

[@steves5172]

The attitude of remove, don’t renovate is difficult to reverse and local councils, as you quite rightly say, have wasted money on pet projects rather than investing in the future.

[@haeleth7218]

Good video. I don't know if you'll class this as 'The Wirral' but perhaps you could do a video on Rivacre open air baths at Rivacre/Overpool/Ellesmere Port. It's long gone now but I'm sure they got rid during my lifetime (I was born in 1972).

[@markkinnish1196]

Hi I’m mark im new to the channel but been watching them all being into Wirral history and fact I’m from here. I’ve found out yes it was indeed a toilet block and was demolished in 2016 hope that helps.

[@TheWirralChannel]

Hi thanks for watching. 2016 seems to be the answer yes.

[@oliamit]

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