Results tagged “1989” from O & S Advertiser - Memories

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.

ROCKERS Johnny the Fox hit the big-time in 1989, completing a three-month tour in Canada, but where are they now?

Croston lads Andrew Rudd, Chris Bannister, Martin and Andrew Talbot, met at Bishop Rawstorne High School and decided to form a rock group.

Andrew Rudd told the Advertiser: “Chris had a cheap guitar and Martin had a cheap bass guitar, they messed around playing and when they needed a drummer I bought my first kit.

THE small hamlet of Holmeswood near Rufford doubled as France for a TV film in 1989.

Farmer Clifford Taylor allowed the film crew to invade his Wiggins Lane fields to shoot “Crossing to Freedom� starring Oscar-winning actor Peter O’Toole and based on a book by Nevil Shute (A Town Like Alice and On The Beach).