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- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
Range High visit to Southport Town Hall with exchange students from Germany
Range High School made a visit to the Town Hall in southport and took along their exchange students from Germany to meet the Mayor of Sefton Cllr Iain Brodie- Browne. Cllr Brodie-Browne said: "It was a pleasure to meet students from Range High School and from a school from Bavaria in Germany who were involved in a school exchange."
They all packed into the Mayor's Parlour at Southport Town Hall at beginning of a tour of the building. We have a well-rehearsed tour of Bootle
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
Fun Science is back with Easter Holiday clubs in Formby
Fun Science is here in the Easter holidays with awesome experiments to watch and do, things to make and items to explode! Each day is run by highly trained Fun Scientists with enhanced DBS checks and first aid training and is jam-packed with experiments, games, crafts and explosions. The club will run on 4th, 5th, 6th April from 9am-3pm at the 1st Formby Scout Hut, Foot Path, Rosemary Lane, Formby, L37 3HB. The days are perfect for children aged 5-11. Tuesday 4th April- Swee
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
Holy Trinity Bowling Club hosted a ‘bowls
familiarisation' session
On Tuesday evening, 28th March, Holy Trinity Bowling Club hosted a ‘bowls
familiarisation' session with 9th Formby (St Peter’s) Scouts. Together with
their leaders, 27 young scouts were introduced to the noble art of Crown Green
Bowling.
Under the watchful eye of the club’s own qualified coach, aided by six
experienced league players, the scouts were taught the basic skills of Crown
Green Bowling. Organised into groups of four, they quickly entered into the
spirit of t
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
M&Co Formby Spring/Summer Fashion Show on Friday 21st April
M&Co are excited to be hosting an evening of fashion and fundraising at Formby M&Co to support Saint Stephen's Church. The afternoon will begin with an exciting fashion show giving the audience a chance to view highlights from the M&Co Spring Summer 17 collections. After the show, everyone can browse their favourite items up close with the chance to try on and make any purchases with 10% off* Donations are welcome in the M&Co Formby store with all proceeds going to Saint Step
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
Formby's first Independent Beer Festival starts tomorrow Friday 31st March
Red Star Brewery and Formby Cricket Club are delighted to announce the First Independent Formby Beer Festival. The beer festival takes place on 31st March – 2nd April at Formby Cricket Club hosted by Red Star Brewery. Tickets are selling fast but a few still remain for both Saturday sessions. Hosts of the beer festival are Red Star, Formby’s first commercial brewery for 70 years and are now into their second year of brewing finest quality cask ales. Four of Red Star’s ten b
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
Our Lady's Fellwalkers in Formby are going to Pateley Bridge - You are welcome to go along
Our Lady's Fellwalkers have two walks on Saturday 8th April 2017 from Pateley Bridge, an area of outstanding natural beauty in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire. There are two walks, one of 7 miles and a higher, faster walk of 10 miles - both have views of stunning countryside. Pateley Bridge has quaint local shops and England's oldest Sweet Shop, plus numerous hostelries, one of which the walkers will patronise post walk before returning home. Walkers should bring a packed lunch
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
Formby man jailed for nine years after being found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a littl
Andrew Dixon, 39, of Grasmere Road, Formby, has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a little girl. The Formby man who sexually abused a little girl laughed and shook his head as a court was told how the attacks had affected his victim and her mum. Andrew Dixon, 39, denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty after a trial of two sexual assaults on a child under the age of 13. Liverpool Crown Court heard today that Dixon, still
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
Formby Teasers - The Slowboat
Do you remember the Slowboat? One of Formby’s many takeaways, serving Cantonese and Peking style dishes, but where was it?
Behind the Slowboat was a large furniture store which then changed to a supermarket, do you remember which supermarket it was? Answer: The Slowboat was situated where Sports Direct Fitness is now on Liverpool Road. The supermarket at the back was Kwik Save. The Formby LA Fitness Club was also on this site until it was bought out in December 2014 by Sp
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
The Queens Cinema in Formby, originally named 'The Picturedrome' in 1912
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, Formby, shortly before closure. The Queens Cinema was originally named ‘The Picturedrome’ and was opened in 1912 in Three Tuns Lane on the site of the present YMCA charity shop and Village Inn. Throughout it’s life, The Queens was one of Formby’s most popular venues, with films being changed twice a week, two ‘houses’ every evening and matinee
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John Phillips - Formby Civic Society
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
What and who is Formby Civic Society?
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 to Formby as a way of safeguarding our heritage and playing a part in giving Formby people a say over proposed changes that may have a negative impact on our community. Change and movement forward is clearly important, but not every proposal is in the best interests of our town and it should be the right change for the right reasons. The ‘F
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
Merseyside Police rescue a dog from the Formby bypass
Merseyside Police has rescued a black Terrier dog that was running along the Formby bypass this afternoon, Wednesday 29th March.
At 3:30pm this afternoon, Merseyside Police received a report from Sefton Council who also contacted the Dog Warden, concerned about the welfare of a dog which people had seen running loose in the woods and running along the cycle path towards the BP petrol station on the bypass. Police were concerned that the dog may run in front of a car and cau
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
Missing black and white female cat
Missing since Monday 27th March from the Sandringham Road area of Formby black and white female cat very timid could you ease check outbuildings/garages contact number is 07596314036 if found. She is chipped but has no collar Reward for safe return
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Andy Laverick
- Mar 28, 2017
- 1 min
Beach clean at Formby Beach on Monday 3rd April 2017 - Get Involved!
Andy Laverick, (in Lobster costume) our local Marine Conservation Society Sea Champion is asking for volunteers to join in with their upcoming event. This Beachwatch event is coming up on Monday 3rd April 2017. The event starts at 10:30am till 12 noon. It will be at Freshfield beach again (on the national trust property). A previous local event collected 126kg of waste was collected by 8 volunteers in 90 minutes. This total included This total included 461 separate items of
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 28, 2017
- 2 min
Natwest Bank in Formby is closing down
The NatWest bank in Formby will close its doors for good in six months time. Banking giant NatWest has claimed the reasons for the closures are due to significant changes in how people choose to bank. The Formby branch will close on October 9th. The nearest branch for those living in the village will then be Great Crosby (Liverpool Road). A letter to account holders in Formby said: "With more of our customers choosing to use telephone, online and mobile banking services than
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 25, 2017
- 4 min
Don't Forget to put Your Clocks Forward at 1am
Don't forget to put your clocks forward at 1am. Some people change the clock before they go to bed so they don't forget. In the UK the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March (Sunday 26th March), and back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October (Sunday 29th October 2017). The period when the clocks are 1 hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). There's more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings (sometimes called Daylight Saving Time)
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 25, 2017
- 1 min
Mother and daughter from Formby Slimming World group hit national magazine front cover
Wow!!! Mother and Daughter, Heather and Rachel Gibson, members at Carol Wylie's Saturday Morning Slimming World Group, at the Dove Centre Formby, hit the headlines this week sharing the front cover of the BEST magazine with top celebrities and royalty!!! After featuring in the March/April edition of the Slimming World magazine, the Best Magazine decided to print their story in their Mothers Day edition which is available until 28th March 2017. Heather and Rachel from Ince Blu
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
Native American History comes to Formby
A brand new course on Native American history comes to Formby on Friday 21st April, at the Dove Centre, on Formby Station. The Course Tutor is David Jones, who said: "This is a remarkable story which was rarely told in the old Western films, which were fed to us all between the 1940’s and 1970’s." "From the moment Christopher Columbus supposedly discovered the 'New World', to the end of the so-called Indian Wars, some five hundred years later, Native Americans had to fight f
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 25, 2017
- 1 min
Amadeus Chamber Choir raised over £3,000 for Marys Meals
Amadeus Chamber Choir gave a performance of Handel’s Messiah on Saturday night 18th March, led by Formby based choir master and music teacher David Holroyd. The choir was accompanied by a scratch chamber orchestra and featured soloists Rosanna Harris, Joyce Tindsley, Philip Clieve and local baritone, Stuart O’Hara. An appreciative audience of 200 people gathered in the atmospheric and intimate surroundings of Holy Family Church in Ince Blundell to enjoy a production which bel
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
Formby's first Independent Beer Festival takes place next weekend
Red Star Brewery and Formby Cricket Club are delighted to announce the First Independent Formby Beer Festival. The beer festival takes place next weekend 31st March – 2nd April at Formby Cricket Club hosted by Red Star Brewery. Tickets are selling fast but a few still remain for both Saturday sessions. Hosts of the beer festival are Red Star, Formby’s first commercial brewery for 70 years and are now into their second year of brewing finest quality cask ales. Four of Red St
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Dog walkers urged to be vigilant after poisonous fatbergs wash up on a beach
Dog owners are being asked to be vigilant after the discovery of Palm Oil fatbergs have appeared on New Brighton beach which is only 6 miles from Formby beach. The fatbergs are poisonous to dogs. These are high concentrations of an oily fat that can be toxic if eaten by a dog. They can vary in size from the size of a golf ball to a boulder. It’s not known precisely where they came from but it’s thought that a Palm Oil consignment may have fallen off a ship. There was a spilla
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 24, 2017
- 2 min
Hollywood star Tom Hardy was on Formby beach filming Peaky Blinders with Cillian Murphy
Hollywood star Tom Hardy was on Formby beach today, Friday 24th March, filming series four of Peaky Blinders. Watch the video here... It was a beautiful Spring day in Formby, the sun was shining and the sky was blue. It was a fantastic setting for the actors, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy who were on location at the National Trust part of Formby beach for most of the day with the film crew. On-lookers gathered around the scenes snapping photos and videos of Tom during the film
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Healthy bake sale with shakes after yoga class
After yoga class at the Harington centre tomorrow 6.30pm-7.30 I am having a healthy bake sale with shakes, smoothies, brownies, cheesecake and other healthy goodies everyone welcome. All proceeds will be donated to Comic relief ☄️ message me if you would like to book onto my class 07970045006 or come along 7.30 to pick up some healthy treats
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Tom Hardy spotted filming in Formby
Tom Hardy has been spotted filming the latest series of Peaky Blinders on Formby Beach. Filming for Peaky Blinders is taking place around the North West over the next few weeks and production crews are today filming in Formby. However, Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham; a large amount of the filming takes place in Liverpool and surrounding areas. The actor called Cillian Murphy who plays Thomas Shelby, has also been spotted in numerous filming locations around the North Wes
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 24, 2017
- 2 min
Government needs to put safety first at Switch Island, says local MP
Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson has again called for urgent changes to Switch Island after a “catalogue of serious accidents “at the busy motorway junction. This follows a letter from the Transport Minister, which he says, simply didn't go far enough and a further letter, "boasting" of work being carried out on the M25, which of course is of little interest to most people in Aintree, Maghull, Crosby or Formby. Bill Esterson MP had written to the Transport Secretary to demand
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I've found some keys in Formby village
Dear Formby Bubble: Keys found in Formby village, left at Youssef Strength Gym, there til 8pm 👍🏼
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People enjoying the sun with a drink in pub gardens across Formby today as Stage Two lockdown begins
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An exclusive look inside Youssef Strength gym which opens its doors tomorrow morning on Chapel Lane
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An insight into Altcar Training Camp in Hightown by Chief Executive, Colonel Mark Underhill
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Snowfall in Formby this afternoon when the bitter arctic winds made our Spring seem like Winter
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Formby Supermarkets and convenience stores opening hours over Easter
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Air Ambulance called out to Formby beach today when a woman fell from her horse
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Happy 107th Birthday to the oldest lady in Formby who Celebrates in lockdown with a poem
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- Mar 31
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Mayhem and disturbance caused by youths in Formby Village when several cars were damaged
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- Mar 31
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On the hottest day of the year so far, fire crews attended numerous fires lit by arsonists in Formby
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- Mar 30
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Dispersal Zone introduced in Formby tonight after incidents of antisocial behaviour on Formby Beach
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- Mar 29
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What a lovely day it’s been today with the sun shining and restrictions lifted in Formby
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- Mar 29
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Due to high winds and high spring tides, you are advised to stay away from Sefton coast today
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Formby Bubble
- Mar 28
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Panchos fast food restaurant in Formby is closing down after 26 years
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- Mar 27
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Our clocks go forward tomorrow morning at 1am and BST begins but why do they go forward?
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- Mar 23
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A national minute’s silence to remember the victims of the pandemic to be held at 12pm today
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- Mar 22
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National Trust Lifeboat Road car park is closed for two days from today
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- Mar 19
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Formby Festival Tickets are now on sale but numbers limited - First come first served basis
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