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1909
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The Parade Higher Elementary School was built
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1909 July 15th
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Hoylake Cottage Hospital Foundation Stone laid
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1909 October
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Mr Humphrey Lewis appointed as headmaster
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1909
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Mr & Mrs William G Evans were appointed caretaker and cleaner of the school
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1910 Jan 10th
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The Parade Higher Elementary School officially opened, with 89 pupils. Admission was for children aged twelve and above. The school fee was 6d (2.5p). The first pupil enrolled was Leonard Septimus Roberts from Lake Road, Hoylake. “I remember the tuck shop on the beach at the baths, where you could buy a bag of rock for 3d, and big round chocolate coated dundee biscuits.”
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1910
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Hoylake Cottage Hospital opened
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1910 May 6th
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King Edward VII died
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1910
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The free use of the Hoylake Recreation Ground granted to the Parade Higher Elementary School for organised games
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1911
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Lighthouse Pavilion, Hoylake, opened
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1911 June 22nd
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Coronation of King George V
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1911
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Mr Charles Foxcroft (from Wallasey Higher Elementary School) appointed headmaster of The Parade Higher Elementary School (rtd 1936). Hockey and football games were played on the beach with pitches marked in the sand. Girls were taught in the Housewifery Centre (now the Sanderling building) which was equipped as a house. They learned how to dust, launder, cook and sew
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1912 August
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Parade Preparatory Dept opened for children aged from 9 to 11 years. It opened with 62 pupils. Mr Arthur Grounds was headmaster. The first pupil was Harold Norman Emerson of Grange Road, West Kirby
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1912
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The Bandstand erected in Meols Parade Gardens
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1913
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Hoylake Baths opened
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1914
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Start of World War I
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1914
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Teacher, Mr Frederick Fowles, enlisted for active service with the Royal Army Medical Corps
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1915
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The fourth Open Golf Championsip held at Hoylake
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1915 Jan 23rd
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Rifle Range opened at Hoylake
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1915
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The Kingsway Picture House opened on July 10th, 1915
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1915 Oct
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Hoylake Munition Factory set up. It was housed in an existing garage near to Hoylake Station
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1916
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Typing and Shorthand included in the school curriculum
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1918
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The school is used for evening classes by the 1st Hoylake Boys Brigade, and also by the Hilbre Masonic Lodge, the St. John’s Ambulance Association and the Hoylake Operatic Society. The Liverpool Industrial School for Girls used the premises for their annual summer holiday
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1918
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World War I ends
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1921
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The YMCA took over Hoylake Institute
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1921
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School leaving age was raised to 14
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1922 Dec
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Lower Lighthouse, Hoylake, demolished
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1922
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West Kirby War Memorial was unveiled
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1923 Jan
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The Lighthouse Pavilion became the Winter Gardens
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1924
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The fifth Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1926 Jan 4th
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The foundation stone was laid for St Catherine & Martina R C Church, Hoylake
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1926
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The General Strike
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1926
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The Parade Old Student’s Association was formed
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1927 October
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Storm caused beaching of the “Red Hand” boat at Meols
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1928
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St Catherine & Martina RC Church opened
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1929
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World Scout Jamboree at Arrowe Park
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About 1929-1931
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The Hoylake Parish Hall in Grove Road was built
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1930
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The sixth Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1931
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The opening of the newly refurbished Hoylake Baths
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1932
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Hoylake Parade Lower Elementary School closed. The school (now the Parade Central School) was now non-selective taking children from eleven years of age. All pupils from Meols Primary School and West Kirby Council School from eleven years of age to attend
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1932
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Mr Arthur Grounds, previously Headmaster of the Lower School, became Headmaster of West Kirby Council School, Orrysdale Rd, West Kirby
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1932 June 9th
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The new Hoylake lifeboat, Oldham, was christened
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1933 Feb
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Hoylake’s first Public Library opened in Hoylake Town Hall
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1934
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King George V opens the 7 mile Mersey Tunnel
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1936 June 6th
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Hoylake YMCA won the George Williams Trophy for Basketball (the 1st Championship of England and Wales)
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1936
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Mr Charles Foxcroft retired
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1936
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New headmaster Mr Frederick Fowles
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1936
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The seventh Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1936
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George V died. Edward VIII came to the throne but abdicated before being crowned. George VI came to the throne
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1937 May
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King George VI crowned
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1937 October
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Hoylake YMCA represented England in a tournament in Paris – the 1st International Team to play for England. Four former Parade School pupils in the team
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1937
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Hoylake roundabout constructed
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1937
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The first deaf/blind home in England opened at Fellowship House (the towered building at the bottom of Trinity Road where it joins the Promenade)
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1938 Mar
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The new Police Station in Queens Road opened
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1939
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World War II starts in September. 230 evacuees from Liverpool arrived at the Parade School. School dinners began to be served.
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1940
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Hoylake Congregational Church suffered extensive bomb damage
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1941
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May Blitz causes massive destruction in Merseyside, particularly of Liverpool Docks
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1944
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Creation of the Welfare State. Subsidised school dinners and free milk brought an improvement in health
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1944
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School became Hoylake County Secondary Modern School. The Eleven Plus was introduced as a result of the Butler Education Act (children were tested and streamed at the age of 11- a combined form of teacher assessment and examination- no child could be excluded from a Grammar School for financial reasons)
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1945 May 8th
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VE Day. End of war in Europe
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1947 April
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School leaving age raised to 15
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1947/8
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The Horsa Huts built at the promenade end of Deneshey Road
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1947
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The eighth Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1948 April
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G.C.E. replaces the School Certificate
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1948 July
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National Health Service comes into operation
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1950
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Headmaster Mr Frederick Fowles retired
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1951
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New headmaster Mr Richard Rigby. He was a strict disciplinarian and corporal punishment was frequently applied
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1951
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Swimming lessons and an annual gala took place at the Open Air baths
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1951
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The Festival of Britain
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1952 Feb
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King George VI died
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1953 June
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
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1956
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The ninth Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1960 Mar 12th
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The Kingsway Cinema closed
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1962
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The world’s first hovercraft passenger service from Rhyl to Wallasey
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1963 October
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Mrs Doris King, Deputy Head, retired
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1966
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England won the World Cup
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1966
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School became boys only following the opening of Newton and West Kirby County Secondary School for Girls
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1967
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The tenth Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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1971 Feb 15th
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Decimalisation Day
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1971 December
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Mr Rigby retired
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1971
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Mr Les Gattrell appointed headmaster
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1972
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Power cuts are imposed as a result of the miner’s strike
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1973
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Hoylake Parade Boys School merged with Newton Secondary School for girls and and became co-educational Hilbre Secondary School. The building acted as an annexe to Hilbre School
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1974
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Abolition of Hoylake Urban District Council and the formation of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
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1976
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Hoylake Holy Trinity Church was demolished. (Built in 1833)
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1976
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Hoylake Baths were closed by the Council and the Hoylake Pool and Community Trust ran them for a further six years
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1977 August
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Hoylake Parish Hall was burnt down. It was rebuilt
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1978
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New building for Holy Trinity C E School opened
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1978
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Last year of Hilbre pupils at the Parade School? (The Horsa Huts continued to be used by Hilbre Secondary School until 1984/5)
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1979
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West Kirby Grammar School for Girls started using the Parade School building as an additional site for girls in the first year at the school
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1979
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Wirral Horn Arcade opened in place of Kingsway Garage
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1983-5
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Rebirth of Hoylake Cottage Hospital
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1984
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Hoylake Baths were demolished
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1986
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Corporal Punishment was abolished in state schools
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1986
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Hoylake YMCA was demolished?
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1986
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Last year that Girls’ Grammar School used the Parade School building. The Parade School no longer required as a school and its rooms were used for a variety of purposes including a base for Hoylake Youth Club and for evening classes
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1987
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Horsa Huts in Deneshey Road demolished and sold off for housing
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1989
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The Local Authority declared the building surplus to requirements and the school was under threat of demolition. Local people rallied around and the building was saved for the community
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1991
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Hoylake Parade once again under threat of demolition. Joint Management Committee formed to run the Parade Centre and signed agreement with the Council
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1993
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Wednesday Special Needs Club opens and uses Parade accommodation. Over 10.000 children and young persons have used their unique Sensory Resource Centre since it opened in 1995
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2003
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HRH Duke of Kent visits the Parade Centre
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2006
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The eleventh Open Golf Championship held at Hoylake
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2007
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Wirral Sandyacht Club and the Parade Centre played host to the European Sandyacht Championships with over 150 visitors form around the world
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2008
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The new Lifeboat Station opened at Hoylake
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2009 June
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Parade School Centenary celebrations
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