Who remembers The Lantern cafe, right by the Crosville bus stop from Moreton? The lads in Hoylake used to hate us jumping the bus from Moreton Cross and descending on The Lantern!
-- Edited by red devil on Friday 11th of March 2011 02:18:00 AM
Was that the cafe at the top of Hoyle Road? I went to Hoylake Parade School from 1963 to 1968 and sometimes used to catch the bus on Market Street to West Kirby. There was a cafe there where the older kids used to hang out, it was always full, a very popular meeting place.
Curious about the post from Glynis -- does that refer to the Rondavouse? Certainly in '66 and '67, when it was the Lantern, it was run by Mrs. Middleton, with help from her two daughters (whose forenames I cannot remember). During that time, the jukebox, mentioned by Bidwell, was half full of Jim Reeves songs, demanded and constantly played by my friend Maurice. Despite this and the uncomfortable barstools, the place was the centre of life for everyone between 14 and 25 in Hoylake (ok, perhaps I exaggerate). It was so important that it should have been given grade I listed status and preserved for the nation (there I go again!).
