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Make your mum’s day

A FLORIST in Formby is giving you a chance to treat your mum to something special this Mother’s Day.Read

Formby man is qualified first aider

A FORMBY first aider has passed a teacher training qualification that is now required when teaching lifesaving skills to others.Read

Formby dancer is Scot of the class

A FORMBY dancer was highly commended with the president’s award in Scottish junior dancing.Read

Formby wedding joy for couple

THE wedding of Alison Patten and John Brunyee took place recently at St Marie’s Catholic Church in Southport.Read

Rebecca marries Lee at Formby

THE wedding of Rebecca Jane Westley and Lee Timothy McCormack took place in Holy Trinity Church in Formby on July 10, with the couple later enjoying a reception at West Tower. Jane was given in marriage by her father Simon, of Priesthouse Close, and her bridesmaids were Harriet Westley, Hannah McCardle and Abby Sutton. Lee’s best man was Ryan Hopkins. After the celebrations, the newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Cuba.Read

Formby High student’s great result

WHEN Eleanor Cottrill, an A-level student at Formby High School, received her results recently, she was delighted with her excellent grades.Read

The president of the Rotary club of Formby, Simon Mathews presents the schools public speaking award to Niamh Jones. Fellow finalists were (from the left) Holly Howarth, Imogen Smith and Harry Draper Code JCD240608Z-1

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Formby Rotary's new president Ian Cover is congratulated by outgoing president Simon Matthews SJ020708R-1

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Formby woman celebrates her amazing weight loss

A FORMBY woman is celebrating achieving her target weight.Read

New Honorary Colonel welcomed at Merseyside Army Cadet Force’s officers’ dinner at Altcar

MERSEYSIDE Army Cadet Force held an officers’ dinner at their Altcar Training Camp HQ.Read

Joyce Dean celebrated the culmination of her year of office as lady’s captain at Formby Hall Golf Club by handing over a cheque for £6,000 to Claire House children’s hospice

JOYCE Dean celebrated the culmination of her year of office as lady’s captain at Formby Hall Golf Club.Read

Formby drama school pupil wins top award and is offered place on musical theatre course

FORMER Lamont Drama School pupil and assistant teacher Tori Hargreaves has been awarded the top drama award given annually by the Arts Educational School in London.Read

Formby youngsters honoured at No Limits award ceremony

MORE than 130 young people from across the borough were honoured at a special awards ceremony to recognise achievement and effort.Read

Waitrose staff’s barbecue raises money for Autism Initiatives UK

A sizzling barbecue for Waitrose staff raised £271 for a local charity.Read

£10,000 raised for children with special needs at 10th annual vice president’s charity golf day

A five figure sum was raised in one day at Formby Hall Golf Resort.Read

Award-winners help others

Formby award-winners help others

CAROL Hall felt like an “Oscar winner” when she was presented with a Sefton PCT Staff Award.Read

Formby’s Rainbows, Guides and Brownies enjoy parade despite bad weather

STRONG winds and the threat of rain didn’t dampen the sprits of Formby’s Rainbows, Guides and Brownies in their annual division church parade.Read

Sefton Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a new chairman, Ron Lofthouse OBE, ready to take the helm

SEFTON Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a new chairman ready to take the helm.Read

Formby Inner Wheel Club welcomes new president

The incoming president of the Formby Inner Wheel Club, Alison Bryant, receives her chain of office from retiring president Maureen Marley Code JCD230608Z-1Read

Schoolgirl wins pair of football star’s boots in Formby Pool competition

Lucy Hepworth was the lucky – and envied – winner of Formby Pool’s jelly bean competition. She is pictured with her dad Dennis, the Pool’s assistant manager Liz Owen, and her prize – a pair of Reds’ star Jamie Carragher's signed football boots Code SJ130608P-1Read

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