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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
The hero of many
Liverpool youngsters lives on
Victoria Road in Formby.
He still is patient enough to pose for photographs
around the village.
Glen
Johnson
Liverpool FC and
England player Glen Johnson has chosen to live in Formby
village during his time at the club.
Alan
Stubbs
now on the coaching
staff at Everton FC
(who owns Woodwards
Bar, Chapel Lane, Formby village and
another in Birkdale Village)
Tony
Hibbert.
Everton FC full
back lives in Formby village
Michael Ball
Wigan Athletic FC player Michael Ball lives
on Massams Lane, Formby Village.
Joe
Cole
New Liverpool FC
signing Joe Cole has chosen to live in Formby Village.
This is the house in
Formby that Joe Cole has chosen to live in. Previously
it was being used as a television location for the
popular channel 4 TV series Hollyoakes.
Howard Kendall
After his long and
successful career as a player and coach Howard Kendall
settled in Formby and is a popular figure around the
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.
Kenny Daglish former
resident now lives in Birkdale, as does Mark
Lawrenson and Alan Hanson
Other past and present
residents of Formby include Steve Staunton, Emlyn Hughes, Bob Latchford, Ray Clemence,
. Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney,
Duncan Ferguson, John Toshack - all
successful footballers.
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