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- Aug 31, 2017
- 3 min
Strike action on Merseyrail on Friday 1st September, Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th will effect Formby tr
Unfortunately due to strike action by guard members of the RMT union, a reduced train service will run across the Merseyrail network on Friday 1st September, Sunday 3rd September and Monday 4th September.Trains will run from around 07:00 - 19:00 on Friday 1st and Monday 4th September and from around 08:00 - 19:00 on Sunday 3rd September. For a few hours in the middle of the day, there will be no trains. Some stations will be closed, a full list and detailed timetables are bel
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 31, 2017
- 2 min
Public meeting about Taylor Wimpey plans for 286 dwellings at Brackenway in Formby
There are plans to progress an outline planning application by Taylor Wimpey for 286 dwellings at the site which is located on the northern edge of the built up area of Formby and is situated to the north of Brackenway and to the east of the A656 'Formby Bypass'. There will be a public engagement strategy which is likely to centre on an exhibition event. Taylor Wimpey are now progressing plans and relevant information ready to submit as part of an outline planning application
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 29, 2017
- 1 min
Freshfields animal rescue diva night
Freshfields Animal Rescue love the Divas! They have a couple of residents on the farm who compete to be the biggest diva of all. Beyonce and Mariah Carey may be legendary, but they've got nothing on Ballerina and Wilma. Ballerina the sheep loves to be in the spotlight, and she enjoys being the centre of attention. Wilma Pig is a superstar who won't get out of her bed for less than her favourite fruit and veg, and her weekly melon and strawberries treat brought by her BFF Fio
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 29, 2017
- 2 min
Nugent’s ‘Wear your Footy Shirt to Work Day’ provides a footy kit for school in Zambia
In June staff across Nugent held a ‘Wear your Footy Shirt to Work’ day and raised £300 to buy a football kit for the children and young people at St Mulumba’s Special School in Choma, Zambia, which provides education for 160 children with specific, and sometimes very severe, physical and mental disabilities. The school’s team have been playing in t-shirts and shorts and said they would love to have a proper team football kit. So Nugent’s staff obliged and through the money r
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 29, 2017
- 1 min
Join Formby National Trust staff and volunteers who are going to be at Formby pool between 9.00 and
Join Formby National Trust staff and volunteers who are going to be at Formby pool between 9.00 and 12.30 on Saturday 9th September. There will be children’s craft activities and a chance for local people to contribute to developing plans for the future of the Formby coast.
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 29, 2017
- 2 min
Dave Bosworth the immediate past president of Formby Squirrels presented a cheque for a thousand pou
On Thursday evening the Formby Squirrels Rotary Club took a trip to Southport. After dining on fish and chips at the Swan, on Stanley Street, the club called in at the Southport Lifeboat to meet the crew. After an informative chat about the independent lifeboat service, club members were invited on board the rescue boat where Dave Bosworth the immediate past president of Formby Squirrels presented a cheque for a thousand pounds to the Southport Lifeboat cox and crew. It was i
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 29, 2017
- 5 min
Formby Cricket Club with a Triple Cup Success!
Triple Cup Success! In the last fortnight, Formby CC has won three cup competitions. First, two Thursdays ago, the 2nd XI won their T20 competition, the Chrysalis Cup, in a rearranged game at Rainford, the original match having fallen foul of the weather. Formby’s captain, Jude Mahadanaarachchi, won the toss and chose to bat first. He set off at his customary pace, getting to 47 out of 72 and was eventually out for 62 with the total on 103-2 off 13 overs. A couple more quic
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 27, 2017
- 1 min
Chemist open in Formby this Bank Holiday weekend
There is only one chemist open in Formby on a Sunday and a Bank Holiday and it is only open for one hour. Chemists open this Bank Holiday weekend are as follows: • Sunday 27th August 2017
Boots Pharmacy, 17-19 Elbow Lane, Formby, L37 4AB
- Tel: 01704 877647 E: will.mills@boots.com • Monday 28th August 2017
Boots Pharmacy, 17-19 Elbow Lane, Formby, L37 4AB
- Tel: 01704 877647 E: will.mills@boots.com The chemist is open from 12noon to 1pm. The Sunday Chemist for Formby is a
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 26, 2017
- 1 min
A green Mountain Bike has been found with Shock stickers and Scorpion motif
This bike was found a couple of months ago. It is a Mens bright green mountain bike with 'Shock' stickers and scorpion motif. If you think this bike is yours, please get in touch via email to: joey.bloggs2208@gmail.com
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 2 min
Ben has finally got his Hugabike with the help of so many people
Ben visited the Formby Bubble office to show off his brand new bike and it truly is fantastic. This has changed his life in so many ways. He is now able to go out with his family and enjoy normal fun outdoor activities. Bens dad Jon said: "We successfully raised enough money to buy Ben his new Hugbike. Thankyou to everyone that has helped in any way. Thanks to the people of Formby for their help in achieving this. Ben is so happy to be out and about with us all." Ben (left) w
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
Last chance to have a say on your local pharmacy
There are only a few weeks left for Sefton residents to take part in the public survey about their local pharmacy. Sefton Council is seeking residents views about the services and the support that their pharmacy provides. Health and Wellbeing Cabinet Member, Councillor Ian Moncur says: “We really want to hear what residents have to say about their local pharmacy. “Residents completing the short survey will help us to make sure that the pharmacy offer in Sefton meets the need
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 2 min
The board is out! Pop your unwanted plastic bags in and others can use them to clean the beach! 2 mi
LOVEmyBEACH; a North West campaign working to improve beaches and bathing waters, has partnered with National Trust Formby to launch the first two minute beach clean board on the Sefton coast this week. The boards are a concept designed and built in Cornwall but thanks to the LOVEmyBEACH campaign are now being stationed across the North West coast. The simple A-frame structure hosts several litter pickers, bin bags and instructions on how to safely get involved. They’re desig
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership Pirate Treasure Trail and try to find Natterjack Jake's treas
Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership The Speckled Wood butterflies of early autumn were positively quivering this morning at Lifeboat Rd, Formby which was hardly surprising as the meanest bunch of buccaneers this side of Tortuga had dropped anchor to take part in Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership Pirate Treasure Trail and try to find Natterjack Jake's treasure.
Once they'd stowed their cutlasses, this fearsome band easily cracked the pirate's treasure map and were soon fillin
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 3 min
UPDATE: Formby woman is to swim the English Channel for Alder Hey hospital
This is an update for Karen Ennis's English Channel swim "Just like the tides the news has changed. At around 3.30pm today I got the call to go down to Dover. This time the weather predictions and the boat are all looking healthy! They are currently hoping that I will leave on the 2am tide Saturday. Please, if you get a chance send good luck and good morning messages when you get up on Saturday! We will be live streaming from the boat via Facebook, this will be public post
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
Dont forget to visit our Formby market today which is open until 5pm
Formby weekly market is now underway with loads of stalls for you to explore. On all day until 5pm so plenty of time to take an hour out. Whilst you are in the village, don't forget to also visit your local shops which need as much support as possible. Hopefully everyone will benefit from this new venture in our Bubble.
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 24, 2017
- 1 min
Over £400 was raised at the Formby Group Blooming Great Tea Party!
Marie Curie’s Formby Fundraising Group hosted a Blooming Great Tea Party at Formby Tennis Club on 19th August raising £412. Locals popped in to enjoy a cuppa and piece of cake to raise funds for the terminal illness charity. Entertainment on the day was provided by the Formby U3A Ukelele band. Group member Ann Metford said: “We all had a great time at the tea party. We held a raffle on the day, and we would like to thank the generosity of local shops and businesses who provid
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 24, 2017
- 1 min
Congratulations to FHS Class of 2017 on fantastic GCSE results!
Students collecting their GCSE results this year had every justification to feel more anxious than their peers in previous years amidst a climate of incredible change in both examinations and grading. Indeed, this cohort were the first to receive numerical grades (9-1) introduced in English and Mathematics and they endured harder, more rigorous examinations in these subjects. Envelopes opened, however, and they soon felt very proud of their achievements, as did their teachers
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 24, 2017
- 1 min
Senior Road Users Event Heads To Formby this September
Senior Road Users Event Heads To Formby this September. Sefton Council is holding a road users event offering support and advice for those over the age of 60.
The Sefton Senior Road User’s Event, led by the Council’s Highway Safety Team, aims to ensure that road users get the best advice and support they need to keep themselves and others safe on the borough’s roads.
A range of speakers from groups including Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue and Arriva will be
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 24, 2017
- 1 min
Range High students celebrate GCSE results today
Range High School pupils celebrate GCSE results with 78% of pupils at Range High School achieved at least a grade 4 in Maths and English, the new Government measure. Headteacher Graham Aldridge said: "We are delighted with the results our pupils have achieved today, and I congratulate them all. They have worked incredibly hard to achieve them, helped by hard-working staff and supportive families. It has been particularly challenging for pupils across the country this year wi
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 23, 2017
- 6 min
The funeral in Formby of former MP, Kevin McNamara was attended by MP, Bill Esterson along with a nu
Sefton Central Labour MP, Bill Esterson attended the funeral in Formby of former MP, Kevin McNamara. The funeral was held at Our Lady of Compassion in School Lane on Tuesday 22nd August at 12noon. The funeral was attended by a number of politicians from the mainland and from Northern Ireland, a measure of Mr McNamara's role in achieving peace on the island of Ireland in the 1990s. Among those present was former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott and Merseyside MPs, Conor Mc
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Formby Bubble
- Aug 23, 2017
- 1 min
The trouble with rubble
The rubble that appears on the beach at National Trust is from the old car park that was located in this area before the National Trust started to care for this land. As the dunes move inland here at a rate of 3.5m to 4m per year the old car park became buried and over time the left over rubble and debris has become exposed on the beach. One picture shows Thomas looking at an old Salt cellar that has emerged from one of the caravans from the old caravan park which was also bu
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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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The Maritime Cadets and other local groups in desperate need of help to repair the community centre
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An insight into Altcar Training Camp in Hightown by Chief Executive, Colonel Mark Underhill
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- Apr 6
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Snowfall in Formby this afternoon when the bitter arctic winds made our Spring seem like Winter
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- Apr 3
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Formby Supermarkets and convenience stores opening hours over Easter
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- Apr 2
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Air Ambulance called out to Formby beach today when a woman fell from her horse
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- Apr 1
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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
- 3 min
What a lovely day it’s been today with the sun shining and restrictions lifted in Formby
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Formby Bubble
- 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
- 2 min
A national minute’s silence to remember the victims of the pandemic to be held at 12pm today
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- Mar 22
- 1 min
National Trust Lifeboat Road car park is closed for two days from today
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Formby Bubble
- 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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