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OnTheSpot - the best local pictures
All of these pictures are taken from our News pages since 1 Jan 2003. These are just some of the excellent pictures and news stories we have covered. Please also see our News Forum. For 2004 pictures, please click here. For 2002 pictures, please click here. 2001 pictures start at December 2001, a full page per month, all the way back to May.

Pick of the very best 2002:	Air Show Musical Fireworks Sir Paul McCartney Southport Flower Show High Tides Feb Noel Gallagher on Southport Beach Pier Opens Hamiltons open new ride
Pick of the very best 2001:	Flower Show Remembrance Day

Just click any picture to go to the news report (and more & bigger pics)

December 2003



Charity launched by Major Titchener's Family	Southport Drive 2003
Janes Brook Residents Christmas Cheer	Skateboard Park opens
Images of War - Iraq	Baby Rescued from Car Accident
Marshside Rd Post Office Faces Closure	ABC Cinema to become a 5 star hotel?
5 more players axed from Southport FC	Top Awards For Local Scouts and Cubs
November 2003

SoS for Health Snubs CARES Campaigners!	Armed Robbery at Lord St Jewellers
OTS Exclusive Gary Stretch Circus of Horrors	Christmas Lights Switch On
Comedian/Actor "Spikey" In Town	Major Incident Drill
Jordan Opens Zebra Square	Comedian Jasper Carrott In Town
Eastbank Street Bridge Re-Open	‘Havana Nights’ Raise over £50,000 for Kirsty
Remembrance Parade	Beach Vegetation Here To Stay
October 2003
Worker Falls From Marine Parade Bridge	Compton Rd Siege
Another Coastal Road Accident	Southport.gb.com Gets Results For Residents!
Chrysanthemum/Floral Art Show Winners	Meet The Birkdale Action Team
Wallpaper Johns Shop Destroyed By Fire	New Southport FC manager named
Southport's third fire engine saved	Bridge work halted - drug needles found
Southport to undergo £50M transformation	Police Response Unit in Gordon Str
September 2003
Southport FC Manager leaves club	Eastbank St Bridge Closure
SGB Syndicate plays the lotto	Classic Car Parade
Southport Zoo closing	Musical Fireworks Championships
New Boating Lake	Care Home Closure
Air Show charges - legal or not?	Red Arrows at Southport Air Show
Battle for Southport Beach	Haig Avenue ground wins award
Great Wall of China walk raises £22,000	Boys rescued from rising tide
August 2003
Local Thai-boxers for World Championships	Horse Rescue
David Bellamy OBE presents awards	Hamiltons at Flower Show
Hospital Protest March	Female body found in NatureTrail
Hit & Run Liverpool Road, Ainsdale	Hesketh Bank Steam Rally
Woodvale International Rally	Local shopkeeper makes citizens arrest.
July 2003
Southport Street Festival	Beach wins award
Murder in Victory Avenue	Pier Festival
Orangemens' Parade	Bus crash on Eastbank Street
Sir Norman Wisdom in town	83rd Ainsdale Show
Synagogue to be demolished?	Circus dogs kept in cages
June 2003
Southport Carnival	Southport Jazz Festival - Heather Small
Harry Potter Mania hits Southport!	Onthespot meets Jimmy Cricket
St Cuthbert's Rose Queen Festival	Apprentice Boys of Derry March 2003
Fire at Johnsons' scrap yard	SGB team win Charity Golf Event
Parachuting exercise on Southport beach	Celebrity Wedding Claire Flynn & Steve Simensen
May 2003
Knife attack on King Street shopkeeper	Businesses on Eastbank Street Bridge up in arms
Blooming Botanic	Tractor disaster in Crossens
Model aircraft display	David Dickinson opens local Antique shop
End of an era	Beach "Cruise"
April 2003
Tragedy outside library	Sefton Council's Hidden Treasure!
Water main burst causes chaos	Good Friday - good weather
Residents and Hoteliers complain	Cherry blossom in Preston New Road
Live ammunition found on beach	Trust is named in the 40 Top Hospitals Award
Marine Parade Bridge under construction	Parking Misery for residents
March 2003
Heartless thieves steal Easter from children	Council forcibly removes A-boards
Pro and anti-war demonstrators clash	Beach a mess
Crisis at Leaf, Southport's biggest employer?	Brookside's "Sammy Rogers" meets Onthespot
Travellers at Lido	100th Birthday
February 2003
Waterloo Cup	Victorian properties demolished
Anti-hare coursing protest	Anti-war demonstration
Valentine's Day at Asda	Vicious attack on shop assistant
Pier rescue drama	Southport Aquarium demolished
Stanley High School hold Exhibition	Jack The Ripper in Southport
January 2003
Silcock's carousel returns to Pier	Car Transporter smashes into pier
Dunes Leisure Centre opens	Onthespot meets Jimmy White
Arts Centre Turret Views	Local author Tom Lally retires
Abandoned vehicle problems worsen	Southport Pier Deeds found
ABC Cinema Closes	0820am on New Year's Day

These were just some of the excellent pictures and news stories we have covered. Please also see our News Forum for all news stories since 1 Jan 2001.

For 2004 pictures, please click here. For 2002 pictures, please click here.

2001 pictures start at December 2001, a full page per month, all the way back to May.