Formby: A Potted History CTB ‘A cautionary tale from the

‘A cautionary tale from the early days of the Scramble for Africa

Victoria Pugh

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Formby: A Potted History CTB ‘A cautionary tale from theSaxon settlers and Viking invaders defined the early settlement of Formby on the coast of north west England. The manors that made up the town and small port lived through the Norman Conquest and the Black Death, and it is here that the countrys first lifeboat station was set up, on its beach. But it was the coming of the railways in the nineteenth century that transformed the area, with easy access to Liverpool and new businesses attracted to the