Results tagged “1985” from O & S Advertiser - Memories

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.

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.

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.