Why Is Southport Uk Not In the South
For many years have spent holidays at Southport
mostly have had lovely warm sunshine
so nice to sit in towns garden to relax
receiving the sun's warmth so very fine
Looking back on the town's history
it all began at the end of the 18th century
William Sutton built a bathing house
at the beach, it was to jump and bounce
Then the area became a settlement
where William built his own hotel
the south port hotel was called
at end of 19th century, this all did gel
The town now grew to 32, 000 population
in those days not knowing what was to come
for now, it's 90, 000 folk live there
now to visit Lord Street is an occasion
So Mr. Sutton's hotel took its name
to call it the town of Southport
but no one knows why its on North West Coast
maybe it all was supposed to be south fort!
(It's interesting that most folk when asking about Southport think it's on the English South coast when indeed it's on the North West coastline, so this is a little info on how this lovely town all came about. )
Copyright © Gordon Mcconnell | Year Posted 2023
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