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Formby Podcast
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Nature , music , history , life stories and bird song from all over the world
Episodes
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 6) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (6th Episode) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor MBE Episode 6 This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story A Roman Catholic Priest with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. In this episode Fr Gerry Proctor sums up his life and work as a Roman...
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 5) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Episode 5
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (5th Episode) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor MBE Episode 5 This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story A Roman Catholic Priest with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. In this episode Fr Gerry Proctor heads off to Adelaide Australia to study...
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 4) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Episode 4
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE Episode 4 Published February 2026 This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story A Roman Catholic Priest with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor talks about his mission work community projects in 1980s South America. Ecuador working with the youth. Teaching life…
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 3) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Episode 3
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE 3rd Episode priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor MBE Episode 3 Published January 2026 This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story In this episode we follow his mission work in South America, Equedore . Amusing recollections of rides up...
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 2) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor MBE This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story Now an ordained Roman Catholic Priest with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor is ready to greet the world . He would like to travel. In this...
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Fr Gerry Proctor MBE (Episode 1) priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Fr Gerry Proctor MBE priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Fr Gerry Proctor MBE This is Fr Gerry Proctor MBE ’s life story Looking into his family’s life; going back to distant priest relatives. Taking us from his home life in Formby Merseyside. Then up to school days at St…
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Hospice Africa 004 Dr Anne Merriman
Dr Anne Merriman is now a Roman Catholic Nun with the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary Martin. It’s 1973 and Dr Anne has had a calling. She leave as the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs) and goes back home to Liverpool to be with her mother Join us for the next…
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Hospice Africa 003 Dr Anne Merriman March 2025
In this episode Dr Anne Merriman is now a Roman Catholic Nun with the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary Martin. Here she talks about graduating in Ireland as a Doctor in 1963. Now as a newly qualified Doctor with a dream of working in Africa her first post was to work in...
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Hospice Africa 002- Dr ANNE MERRIMAN - episode 2
In this episode, Dr. Anne Merriman travels to Dublin to join the Roman Catholic religious order, the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary. In 1957 as a MMM Nun she began her medical training in Dublin graduating in 1963. Hospice Africa Hospice Africa Vision: Palliative Care...
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Hospice Africa 001 - Dr ANNE MERRIMAN
Hospice Africa Dr Anne Merriman Talking about her early days Family School Education choices Then life pathways Hospice Africa Vision: Palliative Care For All in Africa. Mission: To bring peace to the suffering in Africa through the affordable and accessible http://www.hospice-africa.org...
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Fr Alf Parker - Kendal
Reverent Father Alf Parker Fr Alf Parker now moves to Kendal to become Parish Priest. In this final episode Fr Parker talks about his life and his ministry in the Diocese of Lancaster. This recording was recorded with Fr W A Parker in April 2024. Reverent Father Alf Parker died in November 2025.…
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Father Alf Parker - 4-Underley Kirkby Lonsdale
Underley Kirby Lonsdale. In this episode Father Alf is living and working in Underley Kirby Lonsdale . He had 10 very happy years teaching, Rugby in the 1960s 1970s Formby Podcast Is an independent production If you would like to be recorded If you have a story. Contact us Message [email protected]...
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Father Alf Parker -3- ordained
Fr Alf Parker May 1964 William Alfred Parker is ordained a Roman Catholic Priest with the Diocese of Lancaster, England, UK. He heads to Workington for his ordination. Now out in the world this episode he describes his early years as a Roman Catholic Priest in England in the 1960s, 1970s. Formby...
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Father Alf Parker -2- Ushaw
Father William Alfred Parker 1936 - 2024 Here he is at the Seminary, Ushaw . Life at Ushaw in the late 1950s early 1960s Fr Alf Parker was ordained in Workington, Cumbria (Cumberland) his home town in May 1964. Formby Podcast is an independent production. If you would like your life recorded...
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Father W A Parker -1-
Father William Alfred Parker 60 years a Roman Catholic Priest 1936 - 2024 Chatting here about life up to arriving at Ushaw in the mid 1950s I had the pleasure of recording Fr Parker (my Father’s brother.) Over the next few episodes I will share my recordings . Have a listen Formby Podcast Is an...
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Philena Bruce Palmist, Healer, Clairvoyant, Card Reader, Spirit Release Practitioner.
Philena Bruce. Palmist, Healer, Clairvoyant, Card Reader, Spirit Release Practitioner. Contact Philena https://www.philena.co.uk/ Recorded July 2024 I had the most amazing opportunity to record this lady who I had met many years ago at a wedding near Glastonbury. She is Palmist, a Healer, she…
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Hugo Page Croft - A good story well told
Hugo Page Croft Recorded 23/24 April 2024 A GOOD STORY WELL TOLD. Audio recordings of personal, family & business histories. To share experience & anecdotes between one generation and the next. A fabulous life story from Hugo Page Croft in April 2024. We begin the conversation with his maternal...
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Viva - Genevieve Mary Mawdsley . April 2023 Ince Blundell 1930s with 6 Brothers and Sisters
Living in Ince Blundell in the 1920s 1930s until 2000. Viva was born in 1925. She chatted about growing up with her family. She is one of 6 brothers and sisters. She described the family house. Three bedrooms one for the boys one for the girls and one for Viva’s parents. The toilet is always an...
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Gong Bath - grab a blanket, lie down, close your eyes. 60 minutes of gongs bells symbols & chimes
Gong Bath - grab a blanket, lie down, close your eyes. 60 minutes of gongs, bells, chimes and symbols. Steve Gong runs classes for groups in a church hall in Ainsdale Merseyside. Quite magical . Have a look at @resonate8056 on instagram - this is the link...
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Ladies Cricket is thriving in Formby Merseyside- Simon Sutcliffe is the coach at Formby Cricket Club
Simon Sutcliffe Formby Firebirds - Ladies Cricket in Formby Merseyside is thriving. The Ladies Cricket team has huge support form Formby Cricket Club. The main inspiration/ coach / anchor man is Simon Sutcliffe. A magical story illustrating the benefits of team sport. How life / communities in…
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Cumbria Workington Helena Thompson Musem Park Road Workington The Symphonium Plays Silent Night
Picture this: In the heart of Workington, the Symphonium gracefully serenades the town at Helena Thompson Museum Park Road, weaving the enchanting notes of "Silent Night." A gift to the community, the house stands as a testament to the harmonious connection between art and the people of…
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Relax- Dawn Chorus Grange over Sands November 2023 rain, trains, clock chimes, blackbird calls
Grange Oversands Cumbria Dawn Chorus, 14 November 2023 Blackbird is spooked , church, bells chime, more rain comes down northern train heads from Barrow to Manchester early morning in Grange Over Sands #uklotteryfunding #fundingopportunitiesUK #lotteryforchange #lotteryfunding…
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Whistling Tree Frog Liitoria Ewingii evening Chorus New Zealand
Whistling Tree Frog Liitoria Ewingii evening Chorus New Zealand Terrace Downs Golf Course Canterbury 1 - 1/2 hours drive from Christchurch New Zealand September 2023 Evensong - 3hours 50 minutes with the Whistling Tree Frog and a view of Mount Hut, New Zealand. Recorded September 2023 Whistling...
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New Zealand Hobbiton Bilbo Baggins’ Dawn Chorus 2023
New Zealand Hobbiton Bilbo Baggins’ Dawn Chorus 2023 Hobbit This is what Bilbo Baggins listened to I every morning when he was filming The Hobbit in New Zealand Hobbiton @hobbitontours #matamata Dawn Chorus Full podcast - 1 hour - listen to Formby Podcast #formbypodcast #bilbo #bilbobaggins New...
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Our Formby slideshow Joan Rimmer Music recorded live by Stephen Gerrard Introduction Formby Podcast
Joan Rimmer Slide Show ‘ Our Formby ‘ A Sandgrounder is the name given to someone born within River Alt in Formby and the River Nelson Hesketh Bank Southport . And has 3 generations born within theses geographic boundaries. Memories In this episode Joan Rimmer and Stephen Gerrard go through their...
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An Bang Beach Sounds of Hoi An Vietnam 2023 @aira_boutique_hoian - 5 mins captured pure relaxation
Nightime singing hot Insects calling in the night hot, 18.00 hours darkness descends. Hot . Fans buzz working hard to create a breeze, hot . Night time lanterns glow, orange, yellow, gold, green, blue, flowers, patterns . #hot #hoian #sounds #relax
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Insects on Sefton Coast Dr Phil Smith Formby Beach hosts thousands of insects on the sand dunes
Here Dr Phil Smith shares in intricate knowledge of insects . We explore questions - why does it matter that a Tiger beetle on Formby Dunes disappears. His stories of biological control are quite staggering. Quite incredible. Why have the government allowed pesticides that alter Bees behaviour,...
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Relaxation Spanish Beach sounds for 35 minutes lie down next to the Mediterranean
Relaxation Spanish Beach sounds 35 minutes of beach sounds: the rhythm of gentle lapping waves of the Mediterranean sea set a background, voices chatter, laughter warms makes you smile, tapping as a baby explores sound. Spanish voices #costabrava #ryanair @ryanair #sagro #relax #relaxation #paint...
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Relaxation Dawn Chorus Formby 2023 - only the birds singing in this episode
Dawn Chorus May 2023 Formby Merseyside L37 England UK This is part of Formby Podcast’s relaxation recordings - it is long but quite magical bird song captured. There is only bird song in this episode The next episode will have an expert introducing the birds as they wake up. #ntformby #rspb
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Goal achieving Braintenance Dr Julia Ravey BBC Radio 4 Producer Presenter Dr Neuro Science
Dr Julia Ravey Braintenance Published in 2023 Born in Allerton, Liverpool. This fabulous Liverpool girl brings to busy lives - how to find and achieve your goals. How to dream outside the box, how to set the goal and how to get there. Dr Julia Ravey gives you the steps / the staircase to reach…
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Relaxation Northern English Farm Spring Sounds #lamb #moo #newlife
Capturing Sounds of Spring on a Northern English Farm. A latch opens the gate the door. Food pellets drop into a bucket. Water buckets are filled. Lambs bleat, ewes baa, cattle moo, a tractor purrs as it drops of the day’s provisions, the quad bike buzzes round to inspect the sheep as they wait…
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Relaxation Martinmere Black Tailed Gulls arrive March 2023 Spring Sounds
WWT Martinmere West Lancashire attracts thousands of migrating birds. In March (Formby Podcast recorded in 2023) Capturing Spring Sounds mainly of the Black Tailed Gull . #relaxation Formby Podcast would like to thank Liz for introducing the birds . #wwt #rspb #springwatch
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Relaxation Cat purring
Relaxation purring cat part of the capturing voices / relaxation/ spring sounds #mediation#relax
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Friends of Williamson Tunnels created in 1806 to 1840 Liverpool Tunnels Liverpool Mole
Friends of Williamson Tunnels 40 - 44 Mason Street Liverpool L7 3EW (Opposite 39 Mason Street) Formby Podcast visited the Williamson Tunnels with the Friends of Williamson Tunnels in March 2023 we spoke to Tom Stapledon a guide, a Trustee, a digger, a volunteer and the Project Manager. Thank you…
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Relaxation Frog Chorus Capturing Voices 2023 Spring first lunch outside #Meditation #relax #spring
Relaxation Frogs Spring sounds. All the words have been removed from this version for your enjoyment . Frog chorus captured on 17th March 2023, Freshfield Formby Merseyside, UK Our first lunch outside on sunny St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023. We have 2 ponds in the garden. One has a sunny aspect....
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Frog Chorus Spring sounds first Lunch outside St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023 . Freshfield, Formby
Frog chorus captured on 17th March 2023, Freshfield Formby Merseyside, UK Our first lunch outside on sunny St Patrick’s day 17 March 2023. We have 2 ponds in the garden. One has a sunny aspect. The other enjoys a shaded position next to a large Cyprus tree. A new rain water system introduced...
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Capturing Voices - Jimmy Goulbourne a Formby Plumber Joan Rimmer Tapes recorded in 1993.
Jimmy Goulbourne Capturing Voices Lancashire Accent Jimmy Goulbourne born in Formby November 1914 Plumber in Formby 1930s - 1980s This is a great story capturing a wonderful Lancashire accent Jimmy Goulbourne is a Formby man. His father was from Formby. His mother was from Rainhill, Liverpool....
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The Mexico a vivid description of the last few hours of the Mexico in December 1886.
This is the story of the Mexico Set in 1886 this is story of the greatest loss of Lifeboat Crew the RNLI has ever known. The Mexico was built in 1860 the story begins at her birth in a Sunderland ship yard in 1860. It ends with loss in the Irish Sea off the Southport Formby coast in December…
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Capturing Voices Jane Kwok, Wu Ming Ting / Lisa Clayson
The story of Jane Kwok Chinese name Wu Ming Ting. Born Shanghai 1928 She is 94 years old. Formby Podcast interviewed at her home in Crosby November 2022. Jane was one of 6 children, girls and boys, born and raised in Shanghai during a time of massive cultural change and unrest in China. Educated…
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Sand Winning Formby Sand was a valuable mineral used in Industry during the 1900s Dr Phil Smith
"Sand-winning: Memories of sand-winning (or sand-mining) on the Sefton Coast are fading but it was a major industry for about 60 years. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes were taken from the sand-dunes and beaches, ending in 1970. In places, coastal defences were weakened, this being one of the...
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Olympic Sport of Fencing . Formby Ravens Fencing Club meet weekly Monday 7.45 - 9pm
The Olympic Sport Fencing . Formby Ravens Fencing Club Meet each week Monday 7.45 - 9pm Formby Ravenmeols Community Centre near Park Road Formby Join from age 11. £5. Cost. Equipment provided by the fencing club. For more details contact the club by emailing [email protected] or telephone...
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Jupiter can be seen in Formby Skies - here Mr Williams from Formby High Astronomy explains
Mr Williams is a teacher at Formby High School in Formby . He has run an Astronomy GCSE course for the last 10 years . Here he talks about the planets Mars, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter as they follow the elliptic line across Formby’s Skies - that’s the line the sun follows - if you were wondering ....
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Scouts in Formby - 4th Formby Holy Trinity Scouts Podcast recorded 3 November 2022 in Formby
This is 4th Formby Scouts and we meet at Holy Trinity Workshop, Formby, on a Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. In this episode we made a podcast - interviewing the leaders and the scouts. I enjoy the many hikes and camps across the year and it is generally just a good experience. Because I...
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Sand-Where does it come from? Long Shore Drift Sand Lizards newts Dr Phil Smith Make your own Record
Formby Sand Dunes are made of sand. You walk over the sand dunes to get onto Formby beach. But where does each grain of sand come from ? In this podcast Dr Phil Smith tells all, in ways we can all understand . Sand is washed in from deposits in the Irish Sea. After it arrives on Formby beach…
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Climate Change How wildlife is being affected on Formby’s Sand Dunes Natterjack toads dune greening
Climate Change Formby Dunes 2022 By Dr Phil Smith A fascinating conversation on the effects of climate change on Formby wildlife and where they live. Hot summers and lower rainfall is welcomed by some of us and helps if you are a plume-horn hoverfly invading from the south. It's not so good if…
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Viking Village 12th Chapter The Story of Formby Published 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Joan Rimmer
Chapter 12 Viking Village By Edith Kelly. The Story of Formby Published in 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Audio book read by Joan Rimmer in June 2021. The Story of Formby Published in 1973 By Formby Civic Soceity Written by Edith Kelly’s book Viking Village, The Story of Formby Thanks to Joan…
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Viking Village 11th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society 1973 read by Joan Rimmer
Flora and Fauna Plants growing on Formby Dunes in 1973. Viking Village 11th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer Viking Village Chapter 11 In this chapter 11 flora and fauna up to 1973 is described and discussed. Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic...
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Viking Village 10th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society 1973 Read by Joan Rimmer
Viking Village Chapter 10 Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Chapter 10 Cottages Cottages were owned by the Formby Family Families lived the same cottage for generations they maintained . How cottages were built and building materials...
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Litter Bins - Chris Hunter Ranger at Formby updates on bin management and the problem with Litter
Bins - are collected 3 times a week by Sefton Council. Chris Hunter Ranger at Formby gives an update on bin management and the problem with Litter In this podcast Chris Hunter from National Trust Formby takes a look at the bins - a constant issue with the number visitors Formby attracts Formby...
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Viking Village 9th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer
Viking Village 9th Chapter Written by Edith Kelly. Formby Civic Society in 1973 read by Joan Rimmer. Audio book read by Joan Rimmer June 2021. Chapter 9 This chapter begins with the First World War in Formby. The war memorial was built on land given by the Weld Blundell Family. To remember young...
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