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Formby Village Past and present famous residents of Formby and Freshfield |
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Past and present
famous residents of Formby and Freshfield
Past and present residents of Formby include:-
John Parrott
snooker player & TV
personality is a popular resident of Freshfield, Formby.
John Birt
the former
Director General of the BBC.
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
grew up in Formby and some of her earlier books are set
in the town.
Basil Rathbone
( the
best 'Sherlock Holmes' ) visited regularly, as his
sister lived here.
St Lukes Parish Church in Formby is the burial place of the Irish songwriter and entertainer Percy French. Due to its proximity to the city of Liverpool, various current and former Liverpool and Everton Football Club players have lived in the Freshfield & Formby area, mainly in the Victoria Road area of the village including:-
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool FC captain
Alan
Stubbs
now on the coaching
staff at Everton FC
(who owns Woodwards
Bar, Chapel Lane, Formby and
another in Birkdale Village)
More
football connections to Formby and Freshfield
Neil Ruddock, Emlyn Hughes, John Toshack,
Ray Clemence, as well as Alan Shearer, during his time
at Blackburn Rovers have all chosen to live in Formby
Village.. Former Liverpool F.C. players David
Fairclough and Phil Neal still live in Formby Village.
Fernando Torres may be having a house built close to Steven Gerrard.
Manchester City player Michael Ball lives
on Massams Lane, Formby Village.
Other past and present
residents of Formby include Steve Staunton, Emlyn Hughes, Bob Latchford, Ray Clemence, Kenny Daglish,
Howard Kendall, Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney,
Duncan Ferguson, John Toshack - all
successful footballers.
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Famous residents of Formby are
the red squirrels that live in the pinewoods.
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