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1990: Martin Mere celebrates its 15th birthday
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on May 15, 2008 5:38 PM
WE are back in 1990 this week for the Martin Mere’s 15th birthday celebrations.
Our first picture shows staff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Centre on Red Cat Lane in Burscough.
The mere is a vast marsh that, until it was drained, was the largest lake in England.
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1989: Farewell to Rainford CE headmaster John Neville Fairhurst
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on May 8, 2008 5:33 PM
CHRISTMAS comes early this week as pupils at Rainford CE Primary School say goodbye to their headmaster back in 1989.
Sporty John Neville Fairhurst blew the whistle on his 35-year teaching career and waved a fond farewell.
The popular headteacher had worked and lived in Rainford for almost 22 years and said that he would still be taking a keen interest in the school and community.
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1991: Burscough Priory students in drama production
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on May 1, 2008 5:01 PM
THIS week we catch up with the cast of “The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew” as we sift through the 1991 Advertiser archives.
Competition for roles at BURSCOUGH PRIORY HIGH SCHOOL was fierce as all the pupils wanted to take part in the children’s play about a beastly baron who strikes terror among the natives, ruling the Bolligrew Islands with an iron fist and calling on a demon dragon to gobble up those who disobey him.
The story of the heroic knight Sir Oblong, who is sent from the mainland to restore peace by slaying the vicious dragon, is the creation of Manchester playwright Robert Bolt.
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1988: Purple Haze rock band from Parbold
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on April 24, 2008 4:53 PM
ROCK music of the early 1970s lived on in Parbold back in 1988.
Six old school friends pool musical talents to form band ‘Purple Haze’ to raise money for starving Ethiopians by staging a concert at Parbold Community Centre.
Lead singer Jes Barnes and his brother Eddie, on keyboard, teamed up with friends Alex Candlin and Owen Burdekin and brothers Tim and Paul Osbaldeston.
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1981: Family Fortunes for Skelmersdale Couch family
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on April 17, 2008 4:43 PM
WE have gone back to 1981 with our photo of the Couch family who had their 15 minutes of fame on “Family Fortunes” with Bob Monkhouse.
The family from Skelmersdale were featured on the show after Doris Couch from Blakehall applied to appear.
The family came away with over £200 and were delighted to have their chance in the limelight.
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1986: Pony trekking through the Lake District
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on April 10, 2008 4:34 PM
MANY of you will no doubt have had a flutter on the Grand National last Saturday afternoon, so Memories is continuing the horse theme with this picture from 1986.
Gloria Townsend and her daughter Geraldine who organised a 100-mile trek to raise money for charity in 1986.
The six-day trail stretched through the Lake District from Milnthorpe to Broughton-in- Furness taking in the spectacular Wrynose Pass between Langdale and Seathwaite, travelling on roads, tracks and bridleways.
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1995: Chernobyl kids visit Burscough
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on April 3, 2008 4:14 PM
We have some very generous people who raised cash for children of Chernobyl in 1995.
The youngsters, aged eight to 12, came from Belarus to West Lancashire to spend a month living with local families and visited Burscough St John's CE Primary School.
The children were still suffering form radiation-related illnesses ten years on from the disaster and organisers of the Burscough and Lathom banch of Medicine and Chernobyl invited them to England so they could benefit from breathing uncontaminated air and eat radiation-free food.
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1988: Red and Blue legends tee off at Ormskirk Golf Club
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on March 27, 2008 4:58 PM
WE are going back twenty years to 1988 when Liverpool and Everton football players turned out for a golf tournament.
Ormskirk Golf Club played host to the Lenton and McComb golf tournament with many personalities from the sporting world turning up to take part.
The picture shows former England footballer Geoff Hurst getting in the swing of things with David Lenton, Everton FC’s Paul Bracewell and Liverpool FC players Kevin McDonald and Gary Gillespie with Ormskirk business entrepreneur Mike McComb and former Liverpool and England footballer Ian Callaghan.
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1978: Cycling from the Dray and Horses in Ormskirk
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on March 20, 2008 4:46 PM
THIS week we go back to the Seventies and join cyclists at the Dray and Horses on Derby Street in Ormskirk.
The pub, now known as Room 47, was the stomping ground for Tony Wood and Dave Shaw who had a small wager on their cycling abilities in 1978.
By the time the big race was staged it had turned into quite an occasion with several “athletes” taking part and sponsorship organised for the National Children’s Homes.
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1981: LFC's Alan Kennedy at Skelmersdale Sports Centre
Posted by Gemma Jaleel on March 13, 2008 4:33 PM
Skelmersdale Sports Centre celebrated ten years in business with special guests Alan Kennedy and Billy Butler back in 1981.
More than 2,000 people visited the centre and leading personalities from the world of athletics, body building, football and karate were there for the occasion.
DJ Billy Butler and Liverpool FC full back Alan Kennedy were joined by the Radio City team to take part in a celebrity soccer match.
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