Formby Podcast

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 does cricket play in your daily life, and how do you balance it with other commitments?
3. Can you describe your most memorable cricketing moment or achievement so far?
4. Who are your cricketing role models, and how have they influenced your approach to the game?
5. How do you prepare for a cricket match, both mentally and physically?
6. What challenges have you faced in your cricketing career, and how did you overcome them?
7. Can you share any insights into the sacrifices you've had to make to excel in cricket?
8. What are your long-term goals or aspirations in the world of cricket?
9. How has cricket shaped your personality and values outside of the sport?
10. What advice would you give to young aspiring cricketers looking to build their lives around the game?
11. Any funny stories that stand out?

Simon Sutcliffe
Cricket First
X / Twitter - @Cricketfirst20

Instagram Cricket_first20

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

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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 Formby was recorded in the Methodist Church, Elbow Lane, Formby.
The talk is an afternoon show put on especially as part of the social support for adults living in Formby. And anyone interested in the history of Formby .

Stephen Gerrard has written the music and performs songs in this performance of Our Formby

Thanks to the Methodist Church
Especially
Winnie Pickering - introduction
Mark Pickering Slides Audio
Shiela Kirk
Valerie Hogben

Dominic Dickson we send our appreciation. An incident with a bike prevented him from presenting Our Formby for this episode. But I am sure he will be back.

Dougie Knight - the Policeman and fabulous artist. We send our appreciation and thanks for his drawings for the Pegu. Dougie Knight died in 2023.

Formby Podcast would like to thank Joan Rimmer and Stephen Gerrard for this opportunity to capture history and magical music in one afternoon in August 2023

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 rape why should I care - well you will find it is used in cooking oil. You will have it in the kitchen . Restaurants take aways will cook in it / with it .

Join the Buckthorn Bashers
October - March
Meet Ainsdale Beach
Thursday afternoon
For 2 hours
Ainsdale
Clearing Sea Buckthorn

Insects of the Sefton Coast
Published by Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society in 2023
Written by Dr Phil Smith

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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

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#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 - AND it really does build up and work. You will be astonished as your goal develops and you have achieved something - a long wanted goal.

Dr Julia Ravey says
‘You will never have 3 hours to do this or that - but everyone has 5 minutes. And she is so completely right. My tax for 2022- 2023 is ready ! My garden is ready for Open Garden visits ! And my house is definitely clearer ! I am on to the paperwork of life!

Braintenance is a must read . Get things done in your life.

Thanks to Dr Julia Ravey - an absolutely loved chatting to you. I am off to read it again. This time I want to ….

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 their piggy visitors, sparrows trill and crows caw in the distance, the Royal Mail delivery arrives, spring breeze and sunshine make the grass grow. #spring #newlife #relaxation

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

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 with fresh rain water. Solving our leaking pond problem. One frog floats alone in the newly topped up shaded pond. The sunny pond has a chorus of 20 frogs some floating, some sitting on the piles of frog spawn that have only recently been laid. (see photo). This recording captures the frogs welcoming the arrival of the female frogs. The female frogs have returned to lay their eggs - frogspawn. No female frogs were moved but it will be interesting to see how long it takes or if any female goes for the replenished shaded pond . The shaded pond currently only attracts frogs on hot summer days . These confident little frogs liked being photographed. They were brave not moving for any one. The dog was fascinated by them. ……. …….. ……… ………. ………. .. If you have a story or voice you would like to be recorded email Formby Podcast …………………………………. Formby Podcast @ gmail. com

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 frog floats alone in the newly topped up shaded pond. The sunny pond has a chorus of 20 frogs some floating, some sitting on the piles of frog spawn that have only recently been laid. (see photo). This recording captures the frogs welcoming the arrival of the female frogs. The female frogs have returned to lay their eggs - frogspawn. No female frogs were moved but it will be interesting to see how long it takes or if any female goes for the replenished shaded pond . The shaded pond currently only attracts frogs on hot summer days . These confident little frogs liked being photographed. They were brave not moving for any one. The dog was fascinated by them. ……. …….. ……… ………. ………. .. If you have a story or voice you would like to be recorded email Formby Podcast …………………………………. Formby Podcast @ gmail. com

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 into plumbing, when most of the boys from would work on Formby Farms.

Some hilarious memories of Formby’s local Fire Service 1930, in action.

This is one of Joan Rimmer’s tapes. Recorded in 1993. Jimmy Goulbourne talks as part of a project capturing Lancashire accents.

Jimmy Goulbourne tells entertaining stories of how he became a plumber in Britain in the early 1930s.

Jimmy Goulbourne’s Wife Jessica and the telephone bell make regular guest appearances several times during the recording.



Thanks to Joan Rimmer who has rediscovered this tape recording of Jimmy Goulbourne from 1993. #formbypodcast #absoluteformby #beach #lancashire #accents

"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 can still be seen if you know where to look." Formby Podcast would like to thank Dr Phil Smith for sharing his story. If you have a question or a story. Email Formby Podcast at Formby Podcast @ gmail. Com


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#comingsoon

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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 mates. The scouts worked brilliantly together as a team. They took photos, recorded individually in small groups, recorded as a group. Sorted the hashtags and wrote the podcast notes. Podcast Notes

Thanks to the Scout Leaders

Matthew
Oliver Jenkins
Finnbarr Mulrooney
Ewan


Thanks to the Scouts who took part in this podcast 2/11/2022

Aled Hopkin
Alex Wright
Daniel Hill
Oliver Trapnell
James Gregory
Jacob Lavin
Henry Todd
Alan Burness
Callum Franklin
Connor Cowling
Lucie Matthews
Izzy Cruickshank
Scott Matthews. #Science
#Maths
#Math
#ScienceIsCool
#Physics
#MathsProblem
#MathProblem
#Breaktime
#School
#SecondarySchool
#NuclearFission
#NuclearScience
#Maths
#Math
#Science

#Lessons
#PE
#Homework
#Friends
#Detention
#Teacher
#Merits
#Science
#Art
#Maths
#Minecraft
#GreekMythology
#Art
#Cats
#Penguins

#Learning
#BackToSchool
#MakingNewFriends
#Homework
#Corridoors
#Teaching
#Science
#Teachers
#Detention
#Graduation
#Gaming
#Sleeping
#Ants
#ComputerScience
#NotDoingHomework

#podcast
#newschool
#piano
#dodgeball
#footy
#christmas
#bonny
#bonnynight
#halloween
#scoobydoo
#rememberanceday
#gonebutneverforgotten
#fireworks
#poppys
#santa
#scouts
#formby
#camping
#FIFA
#CODMW2
#coca-cola
#Hiking
#beavers
#cubs
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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 - lorry loads of sand taken from the dunes and sold for industry - glass making.

During the Second World War Formby people made bags and filled them with sand - sand bags .

Dr Phil Smith talks about how
Sand comes from in from the sea. Every grain of sand on the Sefton Coast arrives on the beach at Formby Point and is moved / blown to Ainsdale and Hightown by a process know as Long Shore Drift

Did you know how old Formby’s Sand Dunes are? Dr Phill Smith talks about the age of Formby’s Dunes. Discovered from research, we know the sand dunes in 2022 are 400 years old.

In this podcast we hear about how Formby’s Sand Lizards are rare and protected by law. We have them on the Formby sand-dunes. In the breeding season, males are brilliant green. They probably arrived here thousands of years ago.

Snakes last seen in the area in the 1700s. None now apart from escaped pets.

Common Lizards are smaller and more often seen than Sand Lizards.

We also have two kinds of newts. These are amphibians that breed in water but spend most of their time on land, including in gardens.

Would you like to make a record of what’s in your garden?
You could press leaves and look them up. You could take photos . Put them all in a book, look them up and label them


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#comingsoon

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#seaside
#mumpreneur
#supporteachother
#redsquirrelsformby
#nationaltrustformby #nationaltrustformbypoint #nationaltrustformbybeach #nationaltrustformbypinewoods #formbybubble #activesefton #seftoncouncil
#ntformby
#activewalksefton
#park
#greensefton
#podcast #woodlandplanformby

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#lizarduk
#blessed
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#monfluencer
#makingmemories
#biglittlefeelings

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


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#absoluteformby

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.


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#absoluteformby

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.

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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.

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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.
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#Formbyvillage
#comingsoon
#formbyfestival
#Formby
#merseyside
#mersey
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#familydaysout
#seaside
#mumpreneur
#supporteachother
#redsquirrelsformby
#soothing #calm
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#ntformby
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#park
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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

Natterjack Toads
These are an extremely rare breed of toad. We have the habitat at Formby that is perfect for this species to live.
Very shy, nocturnal they are know as a runner toad as they do not jump.
Here the Natterjack Toad is described. It’s life cycle. It’s unusual singing voice. It is known as the Birkdale Nightingale.
Formby Podcast would like to thank
Isabelle Spall National Trust Formby Dynamic Dunes Manager.
For sharing her expert knowledge with Formby Podcast and our listeners

#activewalksefton #nationaltrust #formby

Pools - are work in progress. They are found in the sand dunes. Here the pools are explained by Isabelle Spall National Trust Formby Dynamic Dunes Manager.

And who has put the money for this work - National Heritage Lottery Money and European money has helped to fund the work.

Sand on Formby Beach. Isabelle Spall
Manager of the Dynamic Dunes Project for National Trust Formby.
Talks about Formby’s sand - where it comes from, how it moves , how the sand is moving. Sand winning - the removal of sand for industry in the 1950s - in this case to make glass - we still see the effects in Formby towards the end of Ravenmeols Road today . Dunes shovelled away . Today the National Trust is watching out for Formby and the dunes - no more sand winning here. Isabelle Spall is part of Kate Martin’s team in Formby National Trust.