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FORMBY SAND-WINNING.- AN INTRODUCTION. - 09 March 2008
Although the modern term for this activity is ‘sand extraction’ the traditional term ‘winning’ continues in popular usage. The word win is here used in the ‘mining’ sense of getting ore, etc from a mi ....
FORMBY SAND-WINNING, BY JACK GORE - 09 March 2008
In connection with this project at the end of the year 2007 I interviewed four elderly people who had knowledge of sand winning operations around Formby.
The first was a former director of Wood ....
THE ‘FLYING GOVERNESS’ BY SARA LANE - 09 March 2008
The earliest family connection with the Formby area I can find is a letter from my great grandfather, Thomas Anderson, dated l837, addressed to his sister Janet at the family home, Kilblain House, Gre ....
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