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NEW life has been breathed in to the past, thanks to Tony Bonney and Formby Civic Society.

The society has now completed the digitisation of the a vast collection of scrapbooks, sketches, newspaper cuttings and photographs of Formby. And Tony Bonney gave a presentation on the subject to the public last week at Ravenmeols Community Centre on Park Lane.
The collection includes thousands of Formby Times cuttings, from the 1890s to the 1980s, which will be of huge interest to researchers and local people. And Times Past is now planning to use this wonderful resource in the coming months.
Tony Bonney, who coordinated the project, has now created a database, and can carry out specific searches on the people, places and stories that all contributed to the history of the village by the sea. Speaking to the Formby Times, Tony said: "Yes, I came across some lovely images and fascinating stories while scanning the collection and working on the database. I remember one in particular about a raid on a pet shop in Formby in the 1970s, when the animals were all let loose. And I particularly enjoyed archiving Muriel Sibley's art work. I would also like to thank BT, who donated a computer toward the project."