Kash/Cocoa Rooms

Kash, at the junction of Station Rd, Hoole Rd and Brook St, was once Cocoa Rooms, which were devised by the Quakers to attempt to keep working men out of pubs and gin palaces. Kash is now somewhere where the focus is firmly on beer - they have their own microbrewery, though not on the premises.

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Chinese New Year

In honour of the year of the dragon I introduce you to Chesters' best Chinese restaurant - the Shanghai on Hoole Rd. You can read more about it here: http://www.shanghaichester.com/

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Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley, author of the Water Babies, was founder and first President of the Chester Natural Sciences Society, which founded the Grosvenor Museum in 1885. He lived in this house in Abbey Square whilst he was Canon of Chester Cathedral.

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Fire Marks

Around Chester there are still a few surviving fire marks, which were issued by insurance companies. For most of the 18th century, each insurance company maintained its own fire brigade, which extinguished fires in those buildings insured by the company and, in return for a fee to be paid later, in buildings insured by other companies. By 1825, fire marks served more as advertisements than as useful identifying marks; some insurance companies no longer issued fire marks, and those that did sometimes left them up after a policy had expired. This one is on a house in Abbey Square, and was issued by the Sun Assurance Company.

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Earl's Port Canal Bridge

Down where the Shropshire Union Canal joins the River Dee a new bridge has been built over the Canal, which can be lifted to allow narrow boats to pass through the lock and out onto the river. At very high tides they can even go upstream and over the weir, because of their very shallow draft.

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Victorian Shop Signs

Chester has many Victorian shop signs. This one dates from 1889, and is on Bridge Street.

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Rainbow over Hoole

I was lucky enough to have a camera to hand to catch this fleeting rainbow over Hoole.

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