March 2008 Archives

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.

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.

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.

ADVERTISER readers were really seeing triple back in 1985.

Hitting the headlines were the Porter triplets, from Burscough, pictured at five-weeks-old.

Matthew, Natalie and Laura featured on the front page of the newspaper and were born five weeks early at Ormskirk Hospital and spent their first few days in incubators before being transferred to the special care unit.