Eccles Crossing The Signal Box That Watched Over Formby for 82 Years

145 Years Ago Today, Christmas Became Brighter with The Birth of Christmas Lights

The Legend of Old Trash — The Phantom Hound of Formby Sands who comes out on Halloween night…

Thursday 8th May 2025 marks 80 years since VE Day – Victory in Europe Day – when the Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s...

Formby Police Station at number 34 Church Road Formby was opened on the 13th October 1894. Back in 1892 the County Council purchased a...

Are you passionate about local history? The Sefton at 50 Hearts of Gold Project  is looking for volunteers from Formby to help uncover...

Football match took place at Wicks Lane in #Formby on Boxing Day John Phillips remembered the Christmas Formby welcomed soldiers set for...

The Formby community was recently taken aback by the removal of the blue heritage plaque dedicated to Muriel Sibley, a beloved local...

Formby has never had its own Museum , though maybe that is not surprising. It is a small community and for much of its history it was...

After a long time planning a suitable tribute for Muriel Sibley to honour her wonderful contribution in the late 20th century to...

Join us for the ‘Formby High School Reunion’ with ALL previous years invited to reconnect with old friends This Reunion has been arranged...

Formby Police Station at number 34 Church Road Formby was opened on the 13th October 1894. Back in 1892 the County Council purchased a...

Formby is getting its own Mini Museum thanks to Formby Civic Society and the Imagine Formby volunteers. The ‘soon-to-be-opening’ Formby...

The ever amazing, award winning Formby historian, Joan Rimmer has brought out a delightful new book with Harold James called Formby Folk...

George Formby senior (1875-1921) was among the best-known of Lancashire's rich seam of music hall comedians, born into poverty in...

This year, St Peter’s Church on Green Lane, Formby is celebrating 275 years since the consecration of the current building in 1747. The...

Dear Formby Bubble: I wonder if anyone can help. We think this photo of our Lancashire Constabulary horse boxes taken in about 1981/2 is...

Football match took place at Wicks Lane on Boxing Day John Phillips remembered the Christmas Formby welcomed soldiers set for the...

We all love the traditions and tales of Christmas Past, whatever our age. Just consider the enduring popularity of Charles Dickens’ ‘A...

Looking through the Formby Civic Society archives we were able to find this photograph that appeared in the Formby Times showing a Mrs....

Football match took place at Wicks Lane on Boxing Day John Phillips remembered the Christmas Formby welcomed soldiers set for the...

We all love the traditions and tales of Christmas Past, whatever our age. Just consider the enduring popularity of Charles Dickens’ ‘A...

Looking through the Formby Civic Society archives we were able to find this photograph that appeared in the Formby Times showing a Mrs....

Most people have heard and even seen the shipwreck on Formby beach known as the Pegu. The Pegu was owned by the Henderson line and...

Our Formby is an entertaining and informative stroll through Formby’s past, with slides, songs, chat and humour presented by the...

Do you remember where and what this building was in Formby? Answer: This was a Bank on Victoria Road in Freshfield. The bank was a sub...

On Wednesday 12th April, the National Trust celebrated its 50 year association with Formby – only a short time after announcing an...

Formby Lawn Tennis Club was founded in the 1880’s when the construction of a railway line between Liverpool and Southport transformed...

Do you remember the Slowboat? One of Formby’s many takeaways, serving Cantonese and Peking style dishes, but where was it? Behind the...

This drawing by Muriel Sibley conveys something of the sleepy atmosphere of a suburban cinema in the late 1950’s. This is the Queen’s,...

You may well have heard of the Formby Civic Society yet not know what it does or who it is for. It is for anyone living in or connected...

A brand new course on Native American history comes to Formby on Friday 21st April, at the Dove Centre, on Formby Station. The Course...

Young Tom Bailey - A Formby Boy in WW1 It is so easy to look at faded or grainy photographs of WWI soldiers and not see them as the real...

The Devil’s Hole blow-out (Grid Reference SD278054) has been a popular recreational attraction for generations of local children and is a...

Football match took place at Wicks Lane on Boxing Day John Phillips remembered the Christmas Formby welcomed soldiers set for the...

“Happy Christmas Everyone!” During the past year I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the reminiscences of Formby people, and writing...

Sign tells story of brave airmen There will be a celebration of war and peace at a Merseyside airfield which has been reclaimed by...

Photo by: ntprints.com The remains of the first lifeboat station in Britain, on Formby Beach. The world’s oldest lifeboat station is...

Did you know that Formby has its own Tapestry? Well, it may not be as grand as the Bayeux Tapestry and to the purists it is more an...

Q: This photo was taken whilst filming in Formby in 1969 but, where was it and what film were they filming? Someone very famous is in...

We have written in this column about ‘the past’, such as a fortnight ago when we looked at Chapel Lane in 1901. Perhaps, when we think...

DID YOU KNOW?......... Memories of growing up here in the Seventies My son, now in his late forties, was recently home for a few days. He...

DID YOU KNOW?......... A Royal visit to Formby These photographs, taken on a little Brownie Box camera, are of a visit to Formby by the...

Now that autumn is upon us, we can look back over the summer – and one sunny afternoon I particularly enjoyed was in mid-August. As part...

My son, now in his late forties, was recently home for a few days. He has lived in London for nearly thirty years, but retains a deep...

Following the incredible event that took place on Ainsdale Beach in March this year, the Sir Henry Segrave's Sunbeam 'Tiger' has been...

Walking down Duke Street towards Formby railway station, you pass Duke Street Park on your left and may have memories of time spent there...

Sometimes it is difficult to explain to others just what a local group like the Civic Society in Formby actually does. Indeed, there are...

Part 1 The Brewery Lane Riding School begun by Tom Bowler in 1941 still flourishes today and, like many businesses launched during the...

To The Brook Straight down Bull Cop and out over the field, Hop over the style, our happiness sealed, With jam jars and fishing nets and...