Formby Podcast

Jelly eggs, straws sticking out of the sand - paddle worm and straws are mason / spaghetti worms Senior Marine Curator Dr Teresa Darbyshire Specialises in Marine Bristle Worms at he National Musem Wales Cardiff Thanks so much for talking to Formby Podcast about marine worms living in the sand on Formby Beach If you would like us to tell your story - email Formbypodcast@Gmail.com  #marineworms @Amg...

To buy Formby Asparagus follow the signs on Larkhill Road the shop is open from the 26April until the end of June . The lady picking say is the 21st June the longest day Formby Asparagus has been part of Formby’s history for many years . Poems have been written. Awards have been won . Link to Formby Podcast https://anchor.fm/formby @jayrayner1 @sara_meehan @RobSandilands @jessicafostekew @guardian...

Lugworm Dr Teresa Darbyshire Specialises in Marine worms at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales Cardiff She has interest in all shore life, but specialisies in lugworm Lugworm live deep in the sand on Formby Beach. Formby Podcast asked   What is a lugworm   I am on the beach what am I looking for ? How do I spot them ? You will see spirals of sand at the waters edge at low tide. What is the sp...

Southport Sword Dancers Playing and dancing outside the Beer Station by Freshfield Station Formby. April 2022. This was recorded as they played and danced - apologies for the wind interference but I think on the whole the music is magical and the clashing swords can be heard. Dressed in matching blue trousers each dancer had Bells and ribbons #folk #dance #southportsworddancers @beerstation #beer...

Viking Village Chapter 6 Formby History is very much linked with the sea, with a magical red beach. Dr Sumner rescuing men from Formby Shores. Storms Formby Wecks - the Pegu Life Boats Life Boat men - were fishermen. Who left their catch to help the ships and men in distress. Cockle beds 1867 Formby Was in the local paper. Coast Guards 1856 became a coast watching service. Formby Coast Guards were...

Chapter 5 Viking Village Edith Kelly Audio book read by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. Tithes. Tithes in Formby 1836 - all changed . Very confusing! Holy Trinity School and church all here today from fundraising 1891 March - Formby’s first Jumble Sale. Percy French - buried at St Luke’s Church Formby. He was a massive fundraiser. The Methodist Church in Formby - as it developed meeting in shops, garden...

The National Trust Formby - the bins. Formby’s audio walks where Chris Hunter describes the Pinewoods. National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside Thanks to the National Trust Formby . Thanks to Kate Martin - an absolute font of knowledge all about Formby . #redsquirrel #redsquirrelreserve #formbyredsquirrels #bbcnorthwest #nationaltrustformby #na...

National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside Kate shares her knowledge answering questions such as - creatures living in Formby Pinewoods - roe deer, red squirrel, stoats, weasels, rabbits Thanks to the National Trust Formby . Thanks to Kate Martin - an absolute font on knowledge and all about Formby. #redsquirrel #redsquirrelreserve #formbyredsqui...

Volunteer in Formby Opportunities to work as a volunteer with the National Trust in Formby. Tuesday- woodland management, removing old fences. To apply to be a volunteer contact the team in either of the links below. Nationaltrust.org.uk/Formby join the team Formby@nationaltrust.org.uk Kate also talks about Formby’s audio walks where Chris Hunter describes the Pinewoods. National Trust Formby Kate...

National Trust Freshfield, Formby Lead Ranger Kate Martin - tells us about countryside management. The job, with the National Trust. How do I get your job as Leader Ranger? What do I do? What qualities? What qualifications do you need to be a ranger. National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside . Thanks to the National Trust Formby . Thanks to Kate...

Visit the beach and you will meet the one or two crows on Freshfield, Formby Beach. A quick look at birds on the beach - crows, jays, wading birds. National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside Thanks to the National Trust Formby . Thanks to Kate Martin - an absolute font on knowledge and all about Formby . #redsquirrel #redsquirrelreserve #formbyre...

National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside Kate share her knowledge answering questions such as - where does the sand come from ? Moving Dunes, The Christmas Tree Scheme, Marram grass which is so important to the sand dunes and doesn’t like being stood on. Sand movement. Is the beach sand level high or low ! Was it the Victorian revetments that c...

National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Lancashire Central Merseyside Kate Martin talks about the water off Formby. Wild swim anyone? She tells us about the Grey Atlantic Seals where they come from and what they eat. Thanks to the National Trust Formby . Thanks to Kate Martin - an absolute font on knowledge and all about Formby . #redsquirrel #redsquirrelreserve #formbyred...

Imagine working in Formby Kate Martin is the Lead Ranger for the National Trust the whole Formby Point Area. National Trust Formby Kate Martin Lead Ranger for National Trust Formby and Central Lancashire Properties. Kate Martin begins by setting out the National Trust Formby boundaries. The whole Formby Point area. From Cabin Hill Nature Reserve Formby Golf Club Natural England Ainsdale National N...

Formby First World War 1914 - 1918 Tony Pawson This is one of the talks at St Peters for Heritage Week 275 years - Celebrated in 2022. The effect of the First World War on Formby. A Community in War Time . 1914 - 1918 - this talk is based the book - the book is available Thanks to Cannon Reverend Anne Taylor for allowing Formby Podcast to publish from recordings taken from St Peters Church. Thank...

Professor Sally Sheard University of Liverpool Modern History Formby Health History from Cradle to Grave . The celebrations from St Peter’s Church celebrations continue with is this excellent talk. Information, funny and all about Formby. #universityofliverpool #university #1746 #history #sallysheard #bbc #timesradio #modernhistory #localhistory #ukhistory #socialhistory

St Peters Heritage Week 275 years - Celebrated in 2022. Joan Rimmer and Dominic Dickson Formby Memories slideshow photographs, chat, poems, anecdotes and poems set to music. In this episode Dominic Dickson sings Joan’s poems in his fantastically quirky way, it’s an absolute must. They are so catchy. The poems from Joan Rimmers many books The Village that was Formby capture bygone days of Formby. C...

The St Peter’s Players performance of Voices from the Churchyard written by Ted Williams. Characters include William Brown, Dr Sumner, Abraham Patterson, Ruby Moores, to name a few are buried in St Peter’s Graveyard in Formby. This brings to life amazing characters that lived in Formby . The recording was recorded in real time - please excuse some of the unavoidable interference and traffic that w...

We open this podcast with Gerry Molumby singing one of Percy French’s songs / ballads - the words are poetic and amazingly relevant to life today. Percy French Irish singer, poet, water colour painter. ‘He drew lightening sketches’ 1898 - to raise money for Holy Trinity Church. He came to visit his cousin a Vicar of Holy Trinity Church Formby often. The Holy Trinity Vicar then lived on Wicks Lane...

Grey Lives Matter Squirrel Apocalypse written by Smylie James . Published through Amazon Kindle Direct Publish Based in Formby. The book sees red and grey squirrel’s battling for Formby - James Smylie includes Formby’s history. It’s worth a read. Elaine’s (laneyloo2021) illustrations are fabulous, vivid and fabulously unique. To win a copy of the book Grey Lives Matter and two beer mats message th...

Little birds on the waters edge are living on Formby Coast - eating shell fish . One of these are called Knot. Richard Du Feu is part of the UK bird ringing programme. We can learn so much about the movement of birds - reading the labels tells you where they have Ben breading, eating and travelling. These birds are a success story . If they successfully hatch 2 eggs in their 20 year life . The Kno...

Walking on Formby Beach the Irish Sea laps onto the red sandy beach - today we are looking at Mermaid Purse - the local name for egg cases that carry the egg of Rays, Skates and dog fish otherwise known as cat sharks . Here Formby Podcast interviews Maya Harries from The Ray Project - instagram @therayproject Maya talks us through the life cycle of a Ray, the type of ray we would find off Formby ....

Chapter 3 Read by Joan Rimmer Formby History Viking Village The Story of Formby by Edith Kelly, The Formby Soceity printed in 1973. Read here by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. Illustrations by Muriel Sibley and Mildred M Wason Viking Village The village of Formby was founded by Norse settlers in the tenth century in what was then a remote and inaccessible part of the Lancashire coast, cut off by forest...

Formby History Viking Village The Story of Formby by Edith Kelly, The Formby Soceity printed in 1973. Read here by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. Illustrations by Muriel Sibley and Mildred M Wason Viking Village The village of Formby was founded by Norse settlers in the tenth century in what was then a remote and inaccessible part of the Lancashire coast, cut off by forest, lake and marshland from the...

Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows inspired The Willows Suite - Sung here by The Southbound Attic Band written and sung by Barry Jones The Willows Suite By Barry Jones Words and music inspired by and including extracts from the book “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame first published in 1908. Barry Jones is a singer song writer living in Formby. The Southbound Attic Band is Barry Jones...