Memoriestag:,2008:/7982008-11-12T18:27:39ZSnippets of history from Ormskirk and surrounding areas... Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en1980: Sports heroes come to Ormskirk and Skelmersdaletag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://798.1045642008-11-13T09:00:00Z2008-11-12T18:27:39Z WEST Lancashire sports fans rubbed shoulders with some of their heroes when they visited the town in October 1980. Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths played to a packed house at the Comrades Club in County Road, Ormskirk. He...Gemma JaleelWEST Lancashire sports fans rubbed shoulders with some of their heroes when they visited the town in October 1980.
Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths played to a packed house at the Comrades Club in County Road, Ormskirk.
He beat former world amateur champion Cliff Wilson by five frames to four over nine exhibition frames.
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Liverpool player Steve Heighway was visiting St Richard's Primary in Skelmersdale to present a signed Liverpool Football Club ball to 11-year-old pupil Sean Downey.
The football was a prize in a raffle organised to raise money for the NSPCC.
Steve pulled Sean's name out of the hat and also presented the money raised from the raffle to NSPCC representative John Yearsley.
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1980: Harvest festival time in Burscough schoolstag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://798.1030992008-11-06T09:00:00Z2008-11-06T11:24:11Z CHILDREN from St John's CE Primary School in Burscough celebrated harvest festival in October 1980 by taking a close look at where their food comes from. Pupils went along to farmer Jim Hesketh's barn and sat among the bales...Gemma Jaleel
CHILDREN from St John's CE Primary School in Burscough celebrated harvest festival in October 1980 by taking a close look at where their food comes from.
Pupils went along to farmer Jim Hesketh's barn and sat among the bales of hay for the traditional autumn service.
After the sermon the children went on a tour of the farm to see how Farmer Jim worked. They enjoyed the trip so much they painted pictures about it when they got back to the school.
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Children from another school in Burscough , Lordsgate CE, were also involved with people less well off them themselves.
This time it was youngsters who received the fruits of their labours as they raised £72 for Save The Children from their autumn thanksgiving service.
All the children brought in an item of food to be placed on the tables to highlight the plight of starving children in poorer countries.
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1982: Rufford road trip and mars bars for the militarytag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.578852008-10-09T08:00:00Z2008-10-09T08:56:31Z THIS week we take a look at a Rufford teenager who was saddled with a mammoth task back in 1982. Guy Turnball, 18, set out on a sponsored cycle ride around all the Benedictine monasteries in Great Britain. Guy,...Gemma Jaleel
THIS week we take a look at a Rufford teenager who was saddled with a mammoth task back in 1982.
Guy Turnball, 18, set out on a sponsored cycle ride around all the Benedictine monasteries in Great Britain.
Guy, a former St Bede's pupil took on the 1,836-mile journey to coincide with the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St Benedictine and to raise £10,000 for the Society of the Protection of Unborn Children.
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Next we have Elaine Mee who was making sweet dreams come true for troops still on the Falklands in 1982.
Her 20-year-old brother Andrew was one of the few serviceman who remained on the South Atlantic islands when most returned home.
The one thing they all missed was chocolate so Elaine 18, and her mum Mavis collected money to send boxes of chocolate over to the troops.
Mavis told the Advertiser at the time: "I've sent four boxes of mixed chocolate out so far - they deserve it."
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1986: Fred 'the weatherman' Talbot and soccer star Darren Donnellytag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.578822008-10-02T08:00:00Z2008-10-09T08:57:29Z THIS week we have soccer mad Darren Donnelly who dreamt of becoming a professional footballer back in 1986. The football fanatic from Flordan, Birch Green, Skelmersdale had already gained a place in the Blackburn Rovers before being named as...Gemma JaleelTHIS week we have soccer mad Darren Donnelly who dreamt of becoming a professional footballer back in 1986.
The football fanatic from Flordan, Birch Green, Skelmersdale had already gained a place in the Blackburn Rovers before being named as 'best pupil' during a course for the Lancashire Schoolboys team.
Darren, 14, was a pupil at St Thomas the Apostle, and was picked as cream of the crop out of eight other West Lancashire boys competing.]]>
Next we have the Douglas Valley Lions who awarded a cheque of £500 to Granada TV's 'Santa Sails for Children' appeal.
Fred 'the Weatherman' Talbot stopped at the Ring O'Bells in Lathom to collect the money from crowds of fans that turned up.
Fred was due to turn up in his canal narrow boat but British Waterways has drained part of the canal at Martland Mill in Wigan to carry out some maintenance work.
Landlord Eamonn Connelly said: "The day was fantastic."
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1987: Double degrees for twins and word-inventing in Parboldtag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.557732008-09-25T08:00:00Z2008-09-11T12:29:03Z THERE were double celebrations all round for twins Colin and Mark Aspinwall who got matching degrees in 1987. The Aspinwall brothers from Sandy Lane in Holmeswood both attended Loughborough University of Technology. The brothers, whose family own Holmeswood Coaches,...Gemma Jaleel
THERE were double celebrations all round for twins Colin and Mark Aspinwall who got matching degrees in 1987.
The Aspinwall brothers from Sandy Lane in Holmeswood both attended Loughborough University of Technology.
The brothers, whose family own Holmeswood Coaches, studied automotive engineering and design.
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Gordon put in an advert in a programme for Douglas Drama Group about the pub being steeped in railway memorabilia but it was accidently printed as 'railway numerasignia'.
He liked the look of the word and people who saw the advert seem to know what he meant and had it painted on the pub van.
Gordon said: "It means that there are lots of articles to do with the railway...I think."
Gordon also said he wanted to see the word in dictionaries all over the country.
Oxford Dictionary editor Joyce Hawkins told the Advertiser at the time: "Words have to be in use for several years before we consider putting them in the dictionary."
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1987: Golf legends at Royal Birkdaletag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.557582008-09-18T08:00:00Z2008-09-11T11:50:27Z GOLFING legends Tommy Armour III and Christie O'Connor Jnr made a young Lydiate lad's day at an international golf tournament at Royal Birkdale in 1987. Graham Birchall won the Whitegates Junior Putting Trophy and got to meet some of...Gemma Jaleel
GOLFING legends Tommy Armour III and Christie O'Connor Jnr made a young Lydiate lad's day at an international golf tournament at Royal Birkdale in 1987.
Graham Birchall won the Whitegates Junior Putting Trophy and got to meet some of the finest golfers in the world.
Armour first joined the PGA Tour in 1981 at the age of 21.
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Hannah Pulley and Rachel Nixon, both 11, cleared out their families old toys and books, priced them up and sold them from Hannah's Garage in Alty's Lane, Ormskirk.
The Ormskirk Grammar pupils' marathon sale raised a grand sum of £50.60, which was donated to the NSPCC.
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1982: Penny-farthing pedal power and band Bamboo Bluetag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.540032008-08-21T08:00:00Z2008-08-15T14:21:55Z WE have five lads from Hesketh Bank this week using pedal power on a penny farthing to raise money for charity in 1982. Peter Ball, Joseph Webster, Patrick Iddon, Jonathan Webster and David Cropper decided to ride from Southport...Gemma Jaleel
WE have five lads from Hesketh Bank this week using pedal power on a penny farthing to raise money for charity in 1982.
Peter Ball, Joseph Webster, Patrick Iddon, Jonathan Webster and David Cropper decided to ride from Southport to Hesketh Bank in aid of cancer research.
The boys set off from Southport Promenade and went via Banks to Becconsall Farm where 200 folks gathered to cheer the lads home.
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We also have a picture of Paul and Sandra Wells with Edward McArdle who were part of pop band Bamboo Blue in 1982.
Edward chose music over university and scored a place on Radio One's playlist with Bamboo Blue's single "Scarlet on a Thursday."
The former Ormskirk Grammar pupil, was a regular with his brother Ian at the Buck I'th Vine, and they founded a folk music club together. He was also in another Ormskirk band called The Spoons.
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1989: Frank Bruno brings flower power to West Lancashiretag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.534312008-08-14T08:00:00Z2008-08-07T14:29:56Z FRANK Bruno packed a punch in the Advertiser in 1989 and brought flower power to West Lancashire. Frank was in the area in time to open Southport flower show and the heavyweight boxer was such a hit with the...Gemma JaleelFRANK Bruno packed a punch in the Advertiser in 1989 and brought flower power to West Lancashire.
Frank was in the area in time to open Southport flower show and the heavyweight boxer was such a hit with the crowds that the opening ceremony was delayed.
He even had a carnation named after him and asked whether he was a keen gardener, he joked: "I'm a darker version of Percy Thrower."
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Another sporty star making a splash was Nicola Craven, a 17-year-old, water skier who took part in the European junior championships in Greece.
The West Lancashire skiing protege already scooped four gold medals earlier in 1989 at the British junior championship in slalom, trick, jump and the overall championship and broke the British trick record with a total of 3210 points.
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1988: Old codgers in the Red Lion, Burscoughtag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.529982008-08-07T08:00:00Z2008-07-31T12:45:24Z THIS week we start with a few old codgers who were making an appeal for the return of some ornaments to their local watering hole in February 1988. Barry Taylor, Jim Winrow and Len Saunders, regulars at the Red...Gemma Jaleel
THIS week we start with a few old codgers who were making an appeal for the return of some ornaments to their local watering hole in February 1988.
Barry Taylor, Jim Winrow and Len Saunders, regulars at the Red Lion in Burscough, used to have their own place 'Codger's Corner' where they used to sit every time they had a pint.
Landlady Mary Kitts placed four wise monkeys carved from wood which depicted the proverb 'see, speak, hear and do no evil' and a shell owl as a joke on the five men who sat there.]]>
We also have 1st Ormskirk Scouts and Cubs at their headquarters on Wigan Road. District Commissioner Fred Rodgers is pictured with scouts who won their Chief Scout award and cubs who were awarded their Gold Arrow awards.]]>
1985: Comedy duo Little and Large in Scarisbrick and rally car drivers from Ormskirktag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.528852008-07-31T08:00:00Z2008-07-30T10:39:36Z THE KICKING Donkey Pub in Scarisbrick was overrun by American GIs and country yokels back in 1985. The car park was crammed full of trucks after the pub was chosen by the BBC for the Little and Large comedy...Gemma Jaleel
THE KICKING Donkey Pub in Scarisbrick was overrun by American GIs and country yokels back in 1985.
The car park was crammed full of trucks after the pub was chosen by the BBC for the Little and Large comedy show.
The comic duo were dressed as country bumpkins who were cleverly swindling American soldiers out of their money.
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Next we have another team of men who had their fingers crossed to get a place in the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally.
Recognised worldwide as one of the toughest rallies going, this was the first international rally for brothers Keith and John Mahood of Heskin Lane, Ormskirk, Brian Burton of Aughton and Dave Thompson of Marians Drive, Ormskirk.
All four were keen members of the West Lancashire Motor Club and took part in rallies up and down the country.
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1981: The Royal wedding and the Duke of Edinburghtag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.528842008-07-24T08:00:00Z2008-07-30T10:41:39Z THIS week Memories honours the Royals in 1981, with Ormskirk's golden boy George Longstaff picking up his Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace. The 18-year-old, of St Helens Road, was a student at Preston College and gained the...Gemma Jaleel
THIS week Memories honours the Royals in 1981, with Ormskirk's golden boy George Longstaff picking up his Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace.
The 18-year-old, of St Helens Road, was a student at Preston College and gained the gold award after passing his bronze and silver awards.
He had to do advanced first aid work, a 50-mile walk in four days, and a spell as a helper at a home in North Yorkshire.
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July 1981 was also the date that Prince Charles married Lady Diana and Britain celebrated with street parties.
Pupils at Rainford's Bushey Lane CE Primary School also joined in with the celebrations by staging their own version of Prince Charles and Lady Diana with eleven-year-olds Robert Ashcroft and Shelley Fryer as the bride and groom.
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1980: Ormskirk Cricket Club and Rainford Bushey Lane Primarytag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.515562008-07-17T08:00:00Z2008-07-10T12:08:41Z THIS week we go back to 1980, the year JR was shot and Juliet Bravo showed Jean D'Arblay struggling for female equality in a fictional Lancashire village. It was also the year that the Brooklands Cricket team took on...Gemma Jaleel
THIS week we go back to 1980, the year JR was shot and Juliet Bravo showed Jean D'Arblay struggling for female equality in a fictional Lancashire village.
It was also the year that the Brooklands Cricket team took on each other in a 'Superstars' competition.
First team skipper Derek Anderton, Mark Swindlehurst, Roger Finn, Jack Call, who also chairman of Ormskirk Rugby Club, Don Pratt and Dave Brighouse entered into the spirit of the occasion.
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Next we have pupils from Rainford Bushey Lane Primary School taking part in a fancy dress competition at the school gala.
There were various events including a five-a-side knockout competition, netball shooting and crazy sports.
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1987: Gordon the Gopher, horses and Noah's Arktag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.510132008-07-10T08:00:00Z2008-07-10T11:56:30Z THIS week, we have photos from 1987, the year Gordon the Gopher and Philip Schofield took over our television screens. Another animal which was in the limelight in 1987 was eight-year-old mare Northern Bay. Her owner Ann Stevens of...Gemma Jaleel
THIS week, we have photos from 1987, the year Gordon the Gopher and Philip Schofield took over our television screens.
Another animal which was in the limelight in 1987 was eight-year-old mare Northern Bay.
Her owner Ann Stevens of Crescent Green, Aughton won the Fort Riley Supreme championship at the Northern Equitation Centre on Brookfield in Aughton.]]>
We have more animals next filing two by two into a handcrafted Noah's Ark in Haskayne.
Crafty couple Roy and Kathy Cunliffe carved out a career in selling their own homemade wooden toys from the Old Post Office on School Lane.
Kathy told the Advertiser at the time: "It was something different for the kids to play with and when our friends saw the toys and wanted some it all spiralled from there."
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1988: Budding football stars score a place with Everton and Stockport Countytag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.504782008-07-03T08:00:00Z2008-07-03T08:14:47Z This week's Memories takes a look at two budding soccer stars who played for the Grimshaw team in Skelmersdale back in 1988. Stephen Reilly and Lee Barrett earned their first step on the way to making a career in...Gemma JaleelThis week's Memories takes a look at two budding soccer stars who played for the Grimshaw team in Skelmersdale back in 1988.
Stephen Reilly and Lee Barrett earned their first step on the way to making a career in professional football.
Stephen was granted a youth team place with Everton and Lee, from Burscough, was selected for a place with Stockport County.]]>
1987: Everton's Peter Reid drops into Ormskirktag:www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk,2008://332.498802008-06-26T08:00:00Z2008-06-26T08:14:15Z 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...Gemma JaleelEVERTON 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.]]>
He made 159 appearances for Everton and in 2006 Peter Reid was awarded with the ‘Everton Giant’ accolade.
Reid also had a career as a manager in charge of teams including Manchester City, Southhampton, Sunderland, Leeds United and Coventry City.
He now works as a football pundit and agent.
WEST Lancashire sports fans rubbed shoulders with some of their heroes when they visited the town in October 1980.
Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths played to a packed house at the Comrades Club in County Road, Ormskirk.
He beat former world amateur champion Cliff Wilson by five frames to four over nine exhibition frames.
]]>
Liverpool player Steve Heighway was visiting St Richard's Primary in Skelmersdale to present a signed Liverpool Football Club ball to 11-year-old pupil Sean Downey.
The football was a prize in a raffle organised to raise money for the NSPCC.
Steve pulled Sean's name out of the hat and also presented the money raised from the raffle to NSPCC representative John Yearsley.
]]>
CHILDREN from St John's CE Primary School in Burscough celebrated harvest festival in October 1980 by taking a close look at where their food comes from.
Pupils went along to farmer Jim Hesketh's barn and sat among the bales of hay for the traditional autumn service.
After the sermon the children went on a tour of the farm to see how Farmer Jim worked. They enjoyed the trip so much they painted pictures about it when they got back to the school.
]]>
Children from another school in Burscough , Lordsgate CE, were also involved with people less well off them themselves.
This time it was youngsters who received the fruits of their labours as they raised £72 for Save The Children from their autumn thanksgiving service.
All the children brought in an item of food to be placed on the tables to highlight the plight of starving children in poorer countries.
]]>
THIS week we take a look at a Rufford teenager who was saddled with a mammoth task back in 1982.
Guy Turnball, 18, set out on a sponsored cycle ride around all the Benedictine monasteries in Great Britain.
Guy, a former St Bede's pupil took on the 1,836-mile journey to coincide with the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St Benedictine and to raise £10,000 for the Society of the Protection of Unborn Children.
]]>
Next we have Elaine Mee who was making sweet dreams come true for troops still on the Falklands in 1982.
Her 20-year-old brother Andrew was one of the few serviceman who remained on the South Atlantic islands when most returned home.
The one thing they all missed was chocolate so Elaine 18, and her mum Mavis collected money to send boxes of chocolate over to the troops.
Mavis told the Advertiser at the time: "I've sent four boxes of mixed chocolate out so far - they deserve it."
]]>
THIS week we have soccer mad Darren Donnelly who dreamt of becoming a professional footballer back in 1986.
The football fanatic from Flordan, Birch Green, Skelmersdale had already gained a place in the Blackburn Rovers before being named as 'best pupil' during a course for the Lancashire Schoolboys team.
Darren, 14, was a pupil at St Thomas the Apostle, and was picked as cream of the crop out of eight other West Lancashire boys competing.]]>
Next we have the Douglas Valley Lions who awarded a cheque of £500 to Granada TV's 'Santa Sails for Children' appeal.
Fred 'the Weatherman' Talbot stopped at the Ring O'Bells in Lathom to collect the money from crowds of fans that turned up.
Fred was due to turn up in his canal narrow boat but British Waterways has drained part of the canal at Martland Mill in Wigan to carry out some maintenance work.
Landlord Eamonn Connelly said: "The day was fantastic."
]]>
THERE were double celebrations all round for twins Colin and Mark Aspinwall who got matching degrees in 1987.
The Aspinwall brothers from Sandy Lane in Holmeswood both attended Loughborough University of Technology.
The brothers, whose family own Holmeswood Coaches, studied automotive engineering and design.
]]>
Gordon put in an advert in a programme for Douglas Drama Group about the pub being steeped in railway memorabilia but it was accidently printed as 'railway numerasignia'.
He liked the look of the word and people who saw the advert seem to know what he meant and had it painted on the pub van.
Gordon said: "It means that there are lots of articles to do with the railway...I think."
Gordon also said he wanted to see the word in dictionaries all over the country.
Oxford Dictionary editor Joyce Hawkins told the Advertiser at the time: "Words have to be in use for several years before we consider putting them in the dictionary."
]]>
GOLFING legends Tommy Armour III and Christie O'Connor Jnr made a young Lydiate lad's day at an international golf tournament at Royal Birkdale in 1987.
Graham Birchall won the Whitegates Junior Putting Trophy and got to meet some of the finest golfers in the world.
Armour first joined the PGA Tour in 1981 at the age of 21.
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Hannah Pulley and Rachel Nixon, both 11, cleared out their families old toys and books, priced them up and sold them from Hannah's Garage in Alty's Lane, Ormskirk.
The Ormskirk Grammar pupils' marathon sale raised a grand sum of £50.60, which was donated to the NSPCC.
]]>
WE have five lads from Hesketh Bank this week using pedal power on a penny farthing to raise money for charity in 1982.
Peter Ball, Joseph Webster, Patrick Iddon, Jonathan Webster and David Cropper decided to ride from Southport to Hesketh Bank in aid of cancer research.
The boys set off from Southport Promenade and went via Banks to Becconsall Farm where 200 folks gathered to cheer the lads home.
]]>
We also have a picture of Paul and Sandra Wells with Edward McArdle who were part of pop band Bamboo Blue in 1982.
Edward chose music over university and scored a place on Radio One's playlist with Bamboo Blue's single "Scarlet on a Thursday."
The former Ormskirk Grammar pupil, was a regular with his brother Ian at the Buck I'th Vine, and they founded a folk music club together. He was also in another Ormskirk band called The Spoons.
]]>
FRANK Bruno packed a punch in the Advertiser in 1989 and brought flower power to West Lancashire.
Frank was in the area in time to open Southport flower show and the heavyweight boxer was such a hit with the crowds that the opening ceremony was delayed.
He even had a carnation named after him and asked whether he was a keen gardener, he joked: "I'm a darker version of Percy Thrower."
]]>
Another sporty star making a splash was Nicola Craven, a 17-year-old, water skier who took part in the European junior championships in Greece.
The West Lancashire skiing protege already scooped four gold medals earlier in 1989 at the British junior championship in slalom, trick, jump and the overall championship and broke the British trick record with a total of 3210 points.
]]>
THIS week we start with a few old codgers who were making an appeal for the return of some ornaments to their local watering hole in February 1988.
Barry Taylor, Jim Winrow and Len Saunders, regulars at the Red Lion in Burscough, used to have their own place 'Codger's Corner' where they used to sit every time they had a pint.
Landlady Mary Kitts placed four wise monkeys carved from wood which depicted the proverb 'see, speak, hear and do no evil' and a shell owl as a joke on the five men who sat there.]]>
We also have 1st Ormskirk Scouts and Cubs at their headquarters on Wigan Road. District Commissioner Fred Rodgers is pictured with scouts who won their Chief Scout award and cubs who were awarded their Gold Arrow awards.]]>
THE KICKING Donkey Pub in Scarisbrick was overrun by American GIs and country yokels back in 1985.
The car park was crammed full of trucks after the pub was chosen by the BBC for the Little and Large comedy show.
The comic duo were dressed as country bumpkins who were cleverly swindling American soldiers out of their money.
]]>
Next we have another team of men who had their fingers crossed to get a place in the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally.
Recognised worldwide as one of the toughest rallies going, this was the first international rally for brothers Keith and John Mahood of Heskin Lane, Ormskirk, Brian Burton of Aughton and Dave Thompson of Marians Drive, Ormskirk.
All four were keen members of the West Lancashire Motor Club and took part in rallies up and down the country.
]]>
THIS week Memories honours the Royals in 1981, with Ormskirk's golden boy George Longstaff picking up his Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace.
The 18-year-old, of St Helens Road, was a student at Preston College and gained the gold award after passing his bronze and silver awards.
He had to do advanced first aid work, a 50-mile walk in four days, and a spell as a helper at a home in North Yorkshire.
]]>
July 1981 was also the date that Prince Charles married Lady Diana and Britain celebrated with street parties.
Pupils at Rainford's Bushey Lane CE Primary School also joined in with the celebrations by staging their own version of Prince Charles and Lady Diana with eleven-year-olds Robert Ashcroft and Shelley Fryer as the bride and groom.
]]>
THIS week we go back to 1980, the year JR was shot and Juliet Bravo showed Jean D'Arblay struggling for female equality in a fictional Lancashire village.
It was also the year that the Brooklands Cricket team took on each other in a 'Superstars' competition.
First team skipper Derek Anderton, Mark Swindlehurst, Roger Finn, Jack Call, who also chairman of Ormskirk Rugby Club, Don Pratt and Dave Brighouse entered into the spirit of the occasion.
]]>
Next we have pupils from Rainford Bushey Lane Primary School taking part in a fancy dress competition at the school gala.
There were various events including a five-a-side knockout competition, netball shooting and crazy sports.
]]>