Described as one of the best showing of the northern lights (aurora borealis) since 1932 had many people looking for the best vantage spots like the hill on Birkdale common and Marine Drive on the coast.

Lots of members photos can be seen at southportnews

https://www.facebook.com/groups/southportnews

I can’t believe the amount of nutters on the Southport fb pages that are claiming this spectacular phenomenon is linked to chem trails conspiracy theories and to HAARP; antennas and weapons allegedly used by the US Army to control the climate. I hope they got their tinfoil hats out in time.