THE old photograph of Park Farm, which featured in Times Past on July 3, has unearthed some wonderful memories of Formby's farming past.
Mr S G McLardy has provided a rather touching account of the Suttons' life in Formby, after the demolition of the old farm off Ravenmeols Lane.
He remembers Ted, Tom and Dorothy Sutton. Ted Sutton had a farmhouse in Moss Side, where he was famous for his chickens and eggs.
Tom Sutton's farmhouse was off Kew Road, where he also kept poultry as well as cattle. In fact, Mr McLardy remembers seeing Tom manually plucking farm fowl, so he obviously took a hands-on approach.
During the 1980s he grazed cattle on land off Range Lane, which is today a National Nature Reserve.
Mr McLardy also stumbled across remnants of the Suttons' time in Formby while rambling on the dunes. He came across the two old milk bottles, both marked Sutton's - Park Farm.
The first bottle was in the sand of Ravenmeols Local Nature Reserve, and the second was discovered in a ditch by old St Luke's Church.
If you have any more information about either of these pictures, or about life in general in Formby in yesteryear, call Tom Duffy on 872237 or write to Times Past at Formby Times, 17 Elbow Lane, Formby L37 4AD or email newsdesk@formby times.co.uk
The Sutton family were tenants at Park Farm off Ravenmeols Lane Code NA
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