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

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 wining prizes.
1880 Formby Shows begin. 1886 Formby Horticultural Society first show.

Breweries Formby had 2 Breweries in the 1800s. The Grapes had a running track behind it that was used for training.
Cockle Jack - sold cockles around Formby houses in the 1900s Drilling for oil started in the 1880s. Ending in the 1960s after 1.5 million gallons of oil was taken.
Formby Bypass arrives in 1937.
The Hermit of Ravenmeols Formby Bill Tasker lived on the dunes in a homemade shack after the First World War until the 1960s.

The Formby Brass Band thrives in the 1900s

1856 cricket club was opened

23,000 residents population 1973

Sea Bathing - safe sandy beach

Sand winning was allowed in this sand was colleced and moved / lost huge sand dunes to industry.

Tipping of tobacco leaves waste from the tobacco industry in Liverpool was permitted til 1974

Nature Reserve Area created in 1965 from Formby to Ainsdale.
With set paths .

Litter is a problem and comes in from visitors to the beach.
But litter also is washing in daily from boats onto the shore.
The problem is the land is privately owned in the 1960s.

New local government structure is planned in the 1970s

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 readily available to anyone interested in Formby.

Formby Podcast would also like to thank The Formby Soceity 2021 for giving us permission to produce this audio book.

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