Parkgate at the Spring Tides, no date.

I believe this is a photo by Ian Boumphrey

Yep, in one of his books i have, cant remember which tho

i often wondered when scoffing my ice cream down there what it was like when the water came up to the wall. i will wonder no more. max

I appreciate Ian may be very old but is he actually that old?

You probably know that Ian isn't very old but I think we all understand what was meant by the original post.

Nice picture Pablo. It still gets pretty rough down there at times, I think but I've not seen it like that. The parade still looks the same. I wonder if the clock is still there? (is it a clock or a pub sign?)

Ian is very old. I know - I went to school with him!

Its a pub sign, Warrington Ales.

Must be a pub. That's Albert Tatlock outside looking to wet his whistle.

He'd best get in quick before more than his whistle gets wet...

Get a grip Spellbinder, that's not very old. What's up with ya?
(Sorry Chriskay)

My great-great-grandchildren think it is.

Watch it, kiddo.

It's a pub sign, on the Red Lion -
Red Lion 1939
Red Lion 1962

and yes, the sign is still there!
Red Lion now

Well, that's our Parkgate sure enough but Google thinks it's in Ireland.

That's odd - my Google has it most definitely in England! Cheshire West and Chester to be precise...

When I click on the link, I get, in the left-hand pane:
Parkgate, Antrim BT39. The pic in the right-hand pane is our Parkgate.
If I click on the address in the left pane, I first get an aerial of our Parkgate, then it changes to a map of Parkgate in Antrim.

It's the little people Chriskay..they get everywhere!

Works ok on my search.

It's still the same for me, Granny, and I didn't think the little people operated in the North anyway.

They travel with maps, like the rest of us Chriskay and don't start me off, or it will be a slapped wrist for 'off topic' (they hide in pots in the North)

Pot,pot, I know nothing. What are these pots of which you speak?