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Viva - Genevieve Mary Mawdsley . April 2023 Ince Blundell 1930s with 6 Brothers and Sisters

February 13, 2024 17:55 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MB

Living in Ince Blundell in the 1920s 1930s until 2000. Viva was born in 1925. She chatted about growing up with her family. She is one of 6 brothers and sisters. She described the family house. Three bedrooms one for the boys one for the girls and one for Viva’s parents. The toilet is always an interesting subject for me. In 1928 Viva and her family had 2 toilets - situated at the bottom of the garden. The family toilet would have been two seats were cut into a plank of wood. Not flushed aw...

Gong Bath - grab a blanket, lie down, close your eyes. 60 minutes of gongs bells symbols & chimes

January 06, 2024 09:43 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MB

Gong Bath - grab a blanket, lie down, close your eyes. 60 minutes of gongs, bells, chimes and symbols. Steve Gong runs classes for groups in a church hall in Ainsdale Merseyside. Quite magical . Have a look at @resonate8056 on instagram - this is the link https://www.instagram.com/resonate8056?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Thank you Steve for giving permission to Formby Podcast to record the evening and to share it with you for Formby Podcast. If you have a story email us - formbypodcast@gmail...

Ladies Cricket is thriving in Formby Merseyside- Simon Sutcliffe is the coach at Formby Cricket Club

December 18, 2023 14:51 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MB

Simon Sutcliffe Formby Firebirds - Ladies Cricket in Formby Merseyside is thriving. The Ladies Cricket team has huge support form Formby Cricket Club. The main inspiration/ coach / anchor man is Simon Sutcliffe. A magical story illustrating the benefits of team sport. How life / communities in the UK benefit from sport in this case cricketing success. We asked Simon In November 2023 1. How did your journey in cricket begin, and what inspired you to pursue it seriously? 2. What role doe...

Cumbria Workington Helena Thompson Musem Park Road Workington The Symphonium Plays Silent Night

December 05, 2023 18:44 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MB

Picture this: In the heart of Workington, the Symphonium gracefully serenades the town at Helena Thompson Museum Park Road, weaving the enchanting notes of "Silent Night." A gift to the community, the house stands as a testament to the harmonious connection between art and the people of Workington. [email protected] #HelenaThompsonMuseum #WorkingtonWonders #SymphoniumSounds #CommunityHarmony #SilentNightMagic #MusicalHeritage #CulturalGift #TownTreasure #EnchantingSpaces ...

Relax- Dawn Chorus Grange over Sands November 2023 rain, trains, clock chimes, blackbird calls

November 14, 2023 16:29 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Grange Oversands Cumbria Dawn Chorus, 14 November 2023 Blackbird is spooked , church, bells chime, more rain comes down northern train heads from Barrow to Manchester early morning in Grange Over Sands #uklotteryfunding #fundingopportunitiesUK #lotteryforchange #lotteryfunding #fundingopportunities #changinglives #artscouncilengland #artsfunding #creativegrants #culturalessentials #supportingthearts #artisticexpression #culturalinvestment #artscommunity #creativeimpact #fundingcreativity...

Whistling Tree Frog Liitoria Ewingii evening Chorus New Zealand

September 27, 2023 07:00 - 3 hours - 217 MB

Whistling Tree Frog Liitoria Ewingii evening Chorus New Zealand Terrace Downs Golf Course Canterbury 1 - 1/2 hours drive from Christchurch New Zealand September 2023 Evensong - 3hours 50 minutes with the Whistling Tree Frog and a view of Mount Hut, New Zealand. Recorded September 2023 Whistling Tree Frog was a species introduced into New Zealand from Tasmania 1875. Listen to Formby Podcast for full recording of the Terrace Downs night time Chorus. Contact us at Formby Podcast @ gmai...

New Zealand Hobbiton Bilbo Baggins’ Dawn Chorus 2023

September 20, 2023 21:16 - 1 hour - 78.1 MB

New Zealand Hobbiton Bilbo Baggins’ Dawn Chorus 2023 Hobbit This is what Bilbo Baggins listened to I every morning when he was filming The Hobbit in New Zealand Hobbiton @hobbitontours #matamata Dawn Chorus Full podcast - 1 hour - listen to Formby Podcast #formbypodcast #bilbo #bilbobaggins New Zealand Hobbiton Bilbo Baggins’ Dawn Chorus 2023 #dawnchorus #newzealand #nz #rspb @gorentals.nz #gorentals We hired a car with Go Rentals Auckland Airport to Wellington Airport/ boo...

Our Formby slideshow Joan Rimmer Music recorded live by Stephen Gerrard Introduction Formby Podcast

September 19, 2023 23:29 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Joan Rimmer Slide Show ‘ Our Formby ‘ A Sandgrounder is the name given to someone born within River Alt in Formby and the River Nelson Hesketh Bank Southport . And has 3 generations born within theses geographic boundaries. Memories In this episode Joan Rimmer and Stephen Gerrard go through their slides of old Formby. August 2023 Formby Podcast would like to thank Stephen Gerrard Joan Rimmer Muriel Sibley - for starting the whole Formby Talk / slides idea. This recording of Our Fo...

An Bang Beach Sounds of Hoi An Vietnam 2023 @aira_boutique_hoian - 5 mins captured pure relaxation

September 12, 2023 14:59 - 6 minutes - 5.79 MB

Nightime singing hot Insects calling in the night hot, 18.00 hours darkness descends. Hot . Fans buzz working hard to create a breeze, hot . Night time lanterns glow, orange, yellow, gold, green, blue, flowers, patterns . #hot #hoian #sounds #relax

Insects on Sefton Coast Dr Phil Smith Formby Beach hosts thousands of insects on the sand dunes

August 27, 2023 11:35 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MB

Here Dr Phil Smith shares in intricate knowledge of insects . We explore questions - why does it matter that a Tiger beetle on Formby Dunes disappears. His stories of biological control are quite staggering. Quite incredible. Why have the government allowed pesticides that alter Bees behaviour, banned in the EU. Now in England it has been reintroduced to help farmers grow oil seed rape. Oil seed rape why should I care - well you will find it is used in cooking oil. You will have it in the ...

Relaxation Spanish Beach sounds for 35 minutes lie down next to the Mediterranean

August 04, 2023 13:19 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Relaxation Spanish Beach sounds 35 minutes of beach sounds: the rhythm of gentle lapping waves of the Mediterranean sea set a background, voices chatter, laughter warms makes you smile, tapping as a baby explores sound. Spanish voices #costabrava #ryanair @ryanair #sagro #relax #relaxation #paint #painting #Mediterranean #spain #beach #waves

Relaxation Dawn Chorus Formby 2023 - only the birds singing in this episode

May 22, 2023 17:52 - 4 hours - 249 MB

Dawn Chorus May 2023 Formby Merseyside L37 England UK This is part of Formby Podcast’s relaxation recordings - it is long but quite magical bird song captured. There is only bird song in this episode The next episode will have an expert introducing the birds as they wake up. #ntformby #rspb

Goal achieving Braintenance Dr Julia Ravey BBC Radio 4 Producer Presenter Dr Neuro Science

April 29, 2023 23:10 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Dr Julia Ravey Braintenance Published in 2023 Born in Allerton, Liverpool. This fabulous Liverpool girl brings to busy lives - how to find and achieve your goals. How to dream outside the box, how to set the goal and how to get there. Dr Julia Ravey gives you the steps / the staircase to reach for the stars . How does she do it ? - basically- 5 minutes everyday. 5 minutes again and again and again - AND it really does build up and work. You will be astonished as your goal develops an...

Relaxation Norther English Farm Spring Sounds #lamb #moo #newlife

April 05, 2023 14:42 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Capturing Sounds of Spring on a Northern English Farm. A latch opens the gate the door. Food pellets drop into a bucket. Water buckets are filled. Lambs bleat, ewes baa, cattle moo, a tractor purrs as it drops of the day’s provisions, the quad bike buzzes round to inspect the sheep as they wait to lamb, the snowdrops are out in their thousands, sunny yellow straw swishes as feet walk by. The Oxford Black pig calls to her piglets - unbelievably cute. The swollen river rushes past, hens toot at...

Relaxation Northern English Farm Spring Sounds #lamb #moo #newlife

April 05, 2023 14:42 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Capturing Sounds of Spring on a Northern English Farm. A latch opens the gate the door. Food pellets drop into a bucket. Water buckets are filled. Lambs bleat, ewes baa, cattle moo, a tractor purrs as it drops of the day’s provisions, the quad bike buzzes round to inspect the sheep as they wait to lamb, the snowdrops are out in their thousands, sunny yellow straw swishes as feet walk by. The Oxford Black pig calls to her piglets - unbelievably cute. The swollen river rushes past, hens toot at...

Relaxation Martinmere Black Tailed Gulls arrive March 2023 Spring Sounds

March 30, 2023 15:04 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

WWT Martinmere West Lancashire attracts thousands of migrating birds. In March (Formby Podcast recorded in 2023) Capturing Spring Sounds mainly of the Black Tailed Gull . #relaxation Formby Podcast would like to thank Liz for introducing the birds . #wwt #rspb #springwatch

Relaxation Cat purring

March 27, 2023 18:54 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB

Relaxation purring cat part of the capturing voices / relaxation/ spring sounds #mediation#relax

Friends of Williamson Tunnels created in 1806 to 1840 Liverpool Tunnels Liverpool Mole

March 24, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

Friends of Williamson Tunnels 40 - 44 Mason Street Liverpool L7 3EW (Opposite 39 Mason Street) Formby Podcast visited the Williamson Tunnels with the Friends of Williamson Tunnels in March 2023 we spoke to Tom Stapledon a guide, a Trustee, a digger, a volunteer and the Project Manager. Thank you to the Tom Stapledon Thank you also to Lynn Mills, Chris and Mike. And Mandy for my first tunnel tour. To set the scene of Liverpool in the late 1700s early 1800s. Information was taken from L...

Friends of Williamson Tunnels created in 1806 to 1840

March 24, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

Friends of Williamson Tunnels 40 - 44 Mason Street Liverpool L7 3EW (Opposite 39 Mason Street) Formby Podcast visited the Williamson Tunnels with the Friends of Williamson Tunnels in March 2023 we spoke to Tom Stapledon a guide, a Trustee, a digger, a volunteer and the Project Manager. Thank you to the Tom Stapledon Thank you also to Lynn Mills, Chris and Mike. And Mandy for my first tunnel tour. To set the scene of Liverpool in the late 1700s early 1800s. Information was taken from L...

Relaxation Frog Chorus Capturing Voices 2023 Spring first lunch outside #Meditation #relax #spring

March 20, 2023 10:10 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MB

Relaxation Frogs Spring sounds. All the words have been removed from this version for your enjoyment . Frog chorus captured on 17th March 2023, Freshfield Formby Merseyside, UK Our first lunch outside on sunny St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023. We have 2 ponds in the garden. One has a sunny aspect. The other enjoys a shaded position next to a large Cyprus tree. A new rain water system introduced recently captures fresh rain water and feeds the ponds filling them...

Frog Chorus Spring sounds first Lunch outside St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023 . Freshfield, Formby

March 18, 2023 08:52 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MB

Frog chorus captured on 17th March 2023, Freshfield Formby Merseyside, UK Our first lunch outside on sunny St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023. We have 2 ponds in the garden. One has a sunny aspect. The other enjoys a shaded position next to a large Cyprus tree. A new rain water system introduced recently captures fresh rain water and feeds the ponds filling them with fresh rain water. Solving our leaking pond problem. One fr...

Capturing Voices - Jimmy Goulbourne a Formby Plumber Joan Rimmer Tapes recorded in 1993.

February 28, 2023 15:26 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Jimmy Goulbourne Capturing Voices Lancashire Accent Jimmy Goulbourne born in Formby November 1914 Plumber in Formby 1930s - 1980s This is a great story capturing a wonderful Lancashire accent Jimmy Goulbourne is a Formby man. His father was from Formby. His mother was from Rainhill, Liverpool. Jimmy Goulbourne shares fabulous memories about growing up in Formby in the 1920s. Jimmy Goulbourne’s Grandfather was a joiner on the Liverpool railways in the 1800s. He talks about how he got in...

The Mexico a vivid description of the last few hours of the Mexico in December 1886.

February 23, 2023 18:20 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MB

This is the story of the Mexico Set in 1886 this is story of the greatest loss of Lifeboat Crew the RNLI has ever known. The Mexico was built in 1860 the story begins at her birth in a Sunderland ship yard in 1860. It ends with loss in the Irish Sea off the Southport Formby coast in December 1886. The Mexico began her days called The John Bull . She had no engine, she was a three mast sailing ship. Renamed the Mexico in 1881. She was a cargo ship. She arrived in Liverpool in 1886 ...

Capturing Voices Jane Kwok, Wu Ming Ting / Lisa Clayson

December 24, 2022 14:31 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

The story of Jane Kwok Chinese name Wu Ming Ting. Born Shanghai 1928 She is 94 years old. Formby Podcast interviewed at her home in Crosby November 2022. Jane was one of 6 children, girls and boys, born and raised in Shanghai during a time of massive cultural change and unrest in China. Educated in speaking 5 different languages - regional dialects from China, Mandarin, Cantonese, English and French, Lucy got a job working with China National Aviation Corporation as an air hostess. Dur...

Sand Winning Formby Sand was a valuable mineral used in Industry during the 1900s Dr Phil Smith

November 27, 2022 14:18 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

"Sand-winning: Memories of sand-winning (or sand-mining) on the Sefton Coast are fading but it was a major industry for about 60 years. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes were taken from the sand-dunes and beaches, ending in 1970. In places, coastal defences were weakened, this being one of the reasons why it stopped. The sand was used for casting in metal foundries, for glass-making and even for filling sand-bags in Liverpool at the start of World War II. The remains of enormous sand-quarries ...

Olympic Sport of Fencing . Formby Ravens Fencing Club meet weekly Monday 7.45 - 9pm

November 15, 2022 00:18 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

The Olympic Sport Fencing . Formby Ravens Fencing Club Meet each week Monday 7.45 - 9pm Formby Ravenmeols Community Centre near Park Road Formby Join from age 11. £5. Cost. Equipment provided by the fencing club. For more details contact the club by emailing [email protected] or telephone 07889 625070 Th...

Jupiter can be seen in Formby Skies - here Mr Williams from Formby High Astronomy explains

November 11, 2022 16:26 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Mr Williams is a teacher at Formby High School in Formby . He has run an Astronomy GCSE course for the last 10 years . Here he talks about the planets Mars, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter as they follow the elliptic line across Formby’s Skies - that’s the line the sun follows - if you were wondering . We explore the night skies of Formby Thanks Mr Williams

Scouts in Formby - 4th Formby Holy Trinity Scouts Podcast recorded 3 November 2022 in Formby

November 04, 2022 12:44 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

This is 4th Formby Scouts and we meet at Holy Trinity Workshop, Formby, on a Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. In this episode we made a podcast - interviewing the leaders and the scouts. I enjoy the many hikes and camps across the year and it is generally just a good experience. Because I like fires and in Scouts you make a lot of fire also the camps are fun especially when your with your mates. The scouts worked brilliantly together as a team. They took photos, rec...

4th Formby Holy Trinity Scouts Podcast recorded 3 November 2022 in Formby

November 04, 2022 12:44 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

This is 4th Formby Scouts and we meet at Holy Trinity Workshop, Formby, on a Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. In this episode we made a podcast - interviewing the leaders and the scouts. I enjoy the many hikes and camps across the year and it is generally just a good experience. Because I like fires and in Scouts you make a lot of fire also the camps are fun especially when your with your mates. The scouts worked brilliantly together as a team. They took photos, r...

Sand-Where does it come from? Long Shore Drift Sand Lizards newts Dr Phil Smith Make your own Record

October 18, 2022 16:45 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Formby Sand Dunes are made of sand. You walk over the sand dunes to get onto Formby beach. But where does each grain of sand come from ? In this podcast Dr Phil Smith tells all, in ways we can all understand . Sand is washed in from deposits in the Irish Sea. After it arrives on Formby beach, some is blown up to form dunes and some is washed north or south by long-shore drift. Before the Second World War in the 1930s until the mid 1970s an industry began in Formby called Sand Winning - l...

Climate Change How wildlife is being affected on Formby’s Sand Dunes Natterjack toads dune greening

October 09, 2022 08:55 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MB

Climate Change Formby Dunes 2022 By Dr Phil Smith A fascinating conversation on the effects of climate change on Formby wildlife and where they live. Hot summers and lower rainfall is welcomed by some of us and helps if you are a plume-horn hoverfly invading from the south. It's not so good if you need wetlands for breeding, like the Natterjack Toad and lots of other insects, for which our sand-dunes are famous. Warmer temperatures also help invasive plants grow over the dunes; bad new...

Viking Village 12th Chapter The Story of Formby Published 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Joan Rimmer

September 12, 2022 06:22 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

Chapter 12 Viking Village By Edith Kelly. The Story of Formby Published in 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Audio book read by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. The Story of Formby Published in 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Written by Edith Kelly’s book Viking Village, The Story of Formby Thanks to Joan Rimmer reading this text and for her enthusiasm also thanks Joan for introducing me to Edith Kelly’s book, and Formby’s - Seeds Directory #blueplaquespotting #blueplaque #blueplaques #formbypinewoods ...

Viking Village 11th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society 1973 read by Joan Rimmer

September 11, 2022 10:18 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Flora and Fauna Plants growing on Formby Dunes in 1973. Viking Village 11th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer Viking Village Chapter 11 In this chapter 11 flora and fauna up to 1973 is described and discussed. Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Formby Podcast would like to thank Joan Rimmer for reading the book. We have organised the readings chapter by chapter. Edith K...

Viking Village 10th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society 1973 Read by Joan Rimmer

August 27, 2022 11:34 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Viking Village Chapter 10 Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Chapter 10 Cottages Cottages were owned by the Formby Family Families lived the same cottage for generations they maintained . How cottages were built and building materials used. Cottages from the 1630s How Park Road got it’s name. Dean cottage an example of an old Formby Cottage preserved today. Find me Steps to the Grapes Pub Formby Podcast would like t...

St Peter’s Last Night of the Proms - part of 275 year Hertigage Celebrations

August 25, 2022 09:20 - 1 hour - 76 MB

Last Night at the Proms Part of the St Peter’s Heritage Year and The Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. Here comes a packed church of St Peter’s Formby. A selection on organ favourites and choral sensations. You can join David Holroyd and his choir and friends in this musical extravaganza. This is one of the talks at St Peters for Heritage Week 275 years - Celebrated in 2022. Thanks to Cannon Reverend Anne Taylor for allowing Formby Podcast to publish from recordings taken from St Pe...

Litter Bins - Chris Hunter Ranger at Formby updates on bin management and the problem with Litter

August 22, 2022 08:18 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MB

Bins - are collected 3 times a week by Sefton Council. Chris Hunter Ranger at Formby gives an update on bin management and the problem with Litter In this podcast Chris Hunter from National Trust Formby takes a look at the bins - a constant issue with the number visitors Formby attracts Formby Podcast would like to thank Chris Hunter and Kate Martins team at National Trust Formby this chat. Contact us to tell your story [email protected] Or look up other things going on in Formby @a...

Viking Village 9th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer

August 22, 2022 06:20 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Viking Village 9th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Chapter 9 This chapter begins with the First World War in Formby. The war memorial was built on land given by the Weld Blundell Family. To remember young lives lost during the First World War by Formby families. ‘John Boathouse’ was the name etched to distinguish him from other John’s with the same name. Asparagus thrives in the 1930s with Jimmy Lowe...

Viking Village 8th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society 1973. Read by Joan Rimmer

August 21, 2022 07:42 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Viking Village 8th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Chapter 8 In this chapter mains water arrives in Formby initially from Ormskirk. But as Formby grows other sources had to be found. For waste water Sewage pipes began to replace sess pits in the early 1900. Schools The Senior School (Formby High) opens in 1938. How school worked during the 2nd World War. Range High is planned in the 1960s. To allow for the populat...

Flora & Fauna Tiger Beetle Maran Grass. Dr Phil Smiths talks about moths and insects on Formby Dunes

August 02, 2022 12:08 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Dr Phil Smith is a Specialist in Flora, Fauna and insects on the Sefton Coast which includes Formby. He studies the creatures living on the dunes . Here he talks about the Tiger Beetle - very rare insect that we have living on Formby Dunes . The Tiger Beetle are some of the fastest creatures on six legs. They keep stopping to survey their surroundings. He also talks about Maran Grass, ragwort and moths living on the dunes - you may see the caterpillars crawling around. Contact us to tell...

Flora & Fauna - Evening Primrose here Dr Phil Smith our Flora specialist tells about Formby Dunes

August 02, 2022 11:51 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MB

Dr Phil Smith Specialist in Flora, Fauna and insects on the Sefton Coast which includes Formby. Here he talks about the flower - evening primrose . The yellow trumpet flowers you will see towering on the Formby dunes. Contact us to tell your story [email protected] For more information about Formby @absoluteformby instagram Formby Podcast is an independent production. Contact us to tell your story [email protected] #forestrycommission #opencountry #accessforall #national...

National Trust Volunteers corporate groups here is your chance Chris Hunter Ranger Volunteer

July 30, 2022 23:53 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MB

National Trust Volunteers corporate groups here is your chance Chris Hunter Ranger Volunteer coordinator. Formby Podcast would like to thank Chris Hunter and Kate Martins team at National Trust Formby this chat. Contact us to tell your story [email protected] Or look up other things going on in Formby @absoluteformby instagram Formby Podcast is an independent production. Contact us to tell your story [email protected] Or look up other things going on in Formby @absolutef...

Viking Village 7th Chapter published in 1973 by Formby Civic Society read here by Joan Rimmer

July 28, 2022 17:39 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Viking Village 7th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly and the Formby Civic Society in 1973. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. Chapter 7 In this chapter 1900s are explored as Formby grows . The Urban District Council takes over running Formby. Formby Podcast would like to thank Joan Rimmer for reading the book. We have organised the readings chapter by chapter. Edith Kelly pulled together the experts in Formby in 1960s publishing this magnificent work in 1973. Here it is now rea...

Viking Village 4th Chapter The Story of Formby read by Joan Rimmer

July 28, 2022 07:53 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Viking Village Chapter 4 The Story of Formby Published in 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Written by Edith Kelly’s book Viking Village, The Story of Formby Thanks to Joan Rimmer reading this text and for her enthusiasm also thanks Joan for introducing me to Edith Kelly’s book, and Formby’s - Seeds Directory Also Formby Podcast would like to thank Formby Civic Society for their permission to read and publish this book. #blueplaquespotting #blueplaque #blueplaques #formbypinewoods #formbydunes...

St Peter’s Church Pipe Organ talk and recital by David Holroyd

July 27, 2022 12:29 - 1 hour - 108 MB

St Peter’s Church Pipe Organ talk and recital by David Holroyd. This is one of the talks at St Peters for Heritage Week 275 years - Celebrated in 2022. Thanks to Cannon Reverend Anne Taylor for allowing Formby Podcast to publish from recordings taken from St Peters Church. Thank you to David Holroyd for sending Formby Podcast the recording. If you have a story and you’d like us to tell it for you or you’d like us to record you telling you a story or you have a talent. Contact us formbypodc...

Viking Village 1st Chapter The Story of Formby Read by Joan Rimmer thanks to Formby Civic Soceity

July 26, 2022 16:02 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MB

Viking Village Chapter 1. Edited by Edith Kelly. Published by the Formby Civic Society 1973. Read by Joan Rimmer This chapter starts at the beginning of time and takes us to Formby in the 9th Century. Thanks to Joan Rimmer for taking the time to read this for Formby Podcast. If you have a story email FormbyPodca...

Pinewoods 2022 Chris Hunter tells of plans to keep Formby Pinewoods healthy for the next 100 years

July 26, 2022 14:34 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Woodland Management Plan Trees will be coming down / being felled, in winter 2022 Here Chris Hunter a ranger in National Trust Formby explains the woodland plan for Formby 2022. Formby has been designated a ‘Triple SI’ - what is that it’s an area of Scientific Interest. Why has Formby been awarded the Triple SI? Because of Formby’s Dune System. The sand dunes. Because of this Triple SI National Trust need approval to fell any trees in Formby Pinewoods. Approval has to come from Natural E...

Woodland Walk from Victoria Road through the woods along the beach Chris Hunter National Trust

July 25, 2022 09:29 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MB

In this podcast Chris Hunter from National Trust Formby takes you on a walk from Victoria Road through the woods looking for evidence of red squirrels. Along the beach listening to birds. A magical description of a walk in Formby. He looks at wheelchair access along the boardwalk at Lifeboat Road Formby Podcast would like to thank Chris Hunter and Kate Martins team at National Trust Formby for the audio walk. #opencountry #accessforall #activewalksefton #nationaltrust #formby #heritagelot...

Douglas Knight RHS gold medal winner talks about award winning rock gardens -

July 22, 2022 18:35 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MB

Douglas Knight Won gold at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 9 times with his waterfalls . Here he talks about meeting Queen Elizabeth II . The award winning gardens . Job if you want to work with gardens this is a story of tremendous luck, vision and becoming a specialist in this case in waterfalls. I met Douglas Knight in his garden for a chat. #chelseaflowershow #chelseaflowershow2022 #chelseaflowershow2019 #chelseaflowershow2018 #chelseaflowershow2020 #chelseaflowershow🇬🇧 #windsorcastle #windsor...

Relax with the Dawn Chorus Walk in National Trust Formby Chris Hunter

July 21, 2022 12:44 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Relax Formby this is the first of our woodland walks . Here Chris Hunter, Ranger at the National Trust Formby takes us on a morning walk in May 2020 through Formby Pinewoods. Thanks to National Trust Formby, Kate Martin and her team for this audio. #ListeningProject #activewalksefton #Formbyvillage #comingsoon #formbyfestival #Formby #merseyside #mersey #merseysidemakers #familydaysout #seaside #mumpreneur #supporteachother #redsquirrelsformby #soothing #calm #nationaltrustformby #nationa...

Job with National Trust. This podcast is a must Isabelle Spall National Trust Formby tells her tale

July 19, 2022 11:06 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MB

The Job How did you get your job with National Trust. If you would like to be a ranger - this podcast is a must Isabelle’s tells her pathway. How she got to being Dynamic Dunes Manager she’s an expert on Formby, dunes, sand Natterjack roads and Nicotine Cliffs Isabelle Spall National Trust Formby Dynamic Dunes Manager. For sharing her expert knowledge with Formby Podcast and our listeners #activewalksefton #nationaltrust #formby #heritagelottery #localhistory #lotteryfunding #ntformby