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The Mayor of Sefton Cllr Mrs Beryl Lamont at the festival surrounded by people of all ages who had brought their teddy bears along to be judged in a bear competition
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Nostalgia: 35 years since Southport Pier Festival saw families enjoy procession, drive-in movies and fireworks finale

This year marks 35 years since the first ever Southport Pier Festival!  The event took place in the summer of 1990 and saw families enjoy a host of events including…

Guests enjoy the Follies Reunion at The Vincent Hotel in Southport
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Revellers go back to the 80s to enjoy Follies Reunion in Southport

By Andrew Brown Stand Up For Southport Revellers danced the night away as they gathered together to celebrate an iconic Southport nightclub of the 1980s.  People came from far and…

The Follies Reunion takes place at The Vincent Hotel on Lord Street in Southport town centre on Saturday 16th November 2024. Colin Parry (left) with Serena Silcock-Prince (right)
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Reunion will remember legendary Follies nightclub in Southport 40 years after its closure

Southport

Woman to speak about tragic day World War II US bomber crashed near Southport

Scarisbrick Hall School near Southport is proudly celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2024

Scarisbrick Hall School celebrates 60th birthday with a year of special events

Melissa Woods was invited back to Southport Flower Show as a VIP guest in 2015. Having attended the first ever flower show in 1924
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Memories of first ever Southport Flower Show in 1924 recalled by visitor who saw event bloom

This picture, taken in September 1982, shows Bill Tidy MBE (right) and Cllr Ralph Gregson (centre) and former Carlton Hotel owner and Southport Tourist Board Chairman Basil Law (left) enjoying a run on Southport Pier
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‘What a lovely humble man he was’ – Bill Tidy MBE remembered as exhibition opens at The Atkinson in Southport

Southport Visiter staff with copies of the newspaper next to the printing press at the Southport Visiter office on Tulketh Street in Southport
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Southport Visiter celebrates 180th birthday as one of UK’s oldest newspapers

Merseyrail's Southport line is celebrating 120 years of electric train services L&Y Stock - Ainsdale 1935. (Paul Gorton Collection)
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Merseyrail Southport line celebrates 120 years as world’s first inter-urban electric railway

Visitors to the Southport Game and Country Fayre in 1989. Photo Southport Visiter
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Southport Nostalgia: Popular Game and Country Fayres in Churchtown entertained thousands