June 2008 Archives

EVERTON footballer Peter Reid dropped into Ormskirk Book Shop on Burscough Street in 1987.

The blues star, who was born in Huyton and won 13 caps for England, was signing copies of his book, ‘Everton Winter, Mexican Summer’.

At his peak Reid was the finest midfielder in Europe and was voted PFA Footballer of the Year in 1985.

This week experts from the Ormskirk Academy of Martial Arts drop in from 1986.

Nicola Ibison and Jeff Bullock were named the ‘Fittest Couple in Britain’ after a gruelling competition at the Thorpe Park Hotel in London.

Jeff was a British Thai Boxing champion and the pair both had black belts in jujitsu and karate.

THIS week we have a picture taken in 1985 of David Bellamy at Martin Mere in Burscough.

Botanist Bellamy was there to open the Wetland and Wildfowl centre’s new marsh garden.

When it was opened the garden was the only one of its kind in the North West, featuring plants like water lilies and marsh marigolds.

WE begin with a “Voice from a Crowd�, a band from Aughton who were making themselves heard in 1983.

Our picture shows band members Richard Hampson, Neal Aitken and Dave Anderson, all aged 18.

With Neal on drums and Richard, better known as Chod, and Dave on lead and bass guitars, they were playing venues in and around Ormskirk.