West Cheshire Sailing Club

The club was founded in 1892 and the members regularly sail on the River Mersey and New Brighton Marine Lake.

The brass cannon, now kept in the club was a signal gun from a large steam yacht, White Eagle.

She was built in Portsmouth, but spent most of her life in the Irish Sea on the Clyde.

Two famous members of the club were Sir Ernest Marples MP, the man who planned the motorways and built the M1, as well as a stint as Postmaster General.

He served in submarines during World War II and was awarded the VC for his part in the attack on Japanese warships in Singapore Harbour in 1945.