Formby Podcast

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

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 r...

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

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

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...

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 Oxfor...

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

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....

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 rece...

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 leak...

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 Gra...

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...

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 Fren...

"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 fil...

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 laurencepritchard@sky.com or telephone 07889 625070 Thanks to Laurence Pritchard. Thanks to Joan Shavaksha for the instruction. To contact Fo...

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

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 m...

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 Wo...

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-du...

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, a...

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...

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 Cott...

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. Contac...

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 disti...