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unusual facts about Meols


Red Frame/White Light

The song is about a red telephone box in Meols that was used by the band to make calls to organise their gigs in the late 1970s.


Meols Park

A notable person, to make an appearance in the crowd, was Andy McCluskey, the frontman of OMD, who originated in Meols.

Saint Menas

Today, numerous little clay Menas flasks, or bottles for holy water or oil on which the saint's name and picture are stamped, are found by archeologists in diverse countries around the Mediterranean world, such as Heidelberg in Germany, Milan in Italy, Dalmatia in Croatia, Marseille in France, Dongola in Sudan, Meols (Cheshire) in England, and the holy city of Jerusalem, as well as modern Turkey and Eritrea.


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