Formby, Merseyside - multiview postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Formby [Merseyside] (multiview)
• Publisher: Lowes (Wholesale) Ltd., Southport
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Rowland Hill commem (damaged)
• Postmark(s): Liverpool 
• Sent to:  Bootle 
• Notes / condition: see both scans - some wear and cellotape marks on reverse where it has been stuck down.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Formby is a civil parish and town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England,[2] which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census.[3]

Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book under "Fornebei", Halsall, Walton and Poynton.[4] Cockle raking and shrimp fishing lasted into the 19th century.[4] By 1872, the township and sub-district was made up of two chapelries (St. Peter and St. Luke), Birkdale township, the hamlets of Ainsdale and Raven-Meols and Altcar parish.[4][5] Formby was built on the plain adjoining the Irish Sea coast a few miles north of the Crosby channel.[4]

A commuter town for Liverpool,[6][7] it is also a popular tourist destination in the summer months, with day trippers attracted to its beaches, sand dunes and wildlife, particularly the endangered red squirrel and natterjack toad.[8] The area is conserved by the National Trust, and designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[9][10]

Formby is a coastal town, with an area of roughly 7 sq miles (17 km²), located in the borough of Sefton. The town is built upon the west of a large flat area of land called the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. Formby's highest point is within the sand dunes that separate the Irish Sea from Formby. However, these sand dunes are ever-changing in shape and formation, so there is no fixed point.[24] The River Alt runs into the Irish Sea just south of Formby at Hightown.

The town is rurally landlocked; the land between Formby and the areas of Southport, Ormskirk and Liverpool is green belt land and is used for arable agricultural purposes. The areas around the urban fringe are drained by irrigation ditches and open areas get boggy in the winter months. Earth in urban areas is well drained, very loose and sandy.

The section of land between Formby and the coast is varied in vegetation, wildlife and terrain. This area includes pine forests (both natural and man-made), sand dunes, marram grass, deciduous woodland, seasonal ponds and lakes. Large areas of this land are protected by the National Trust.

Formby is in a temperate climate zone, with mild winters and warm summers. Formby's coastline faces an ongoing threat from water-based erosion, with high tides washing away yards of sand dunes. In an attempt to stem this, in some years discarded Christmas trees are collected and planted by rangers and volunteers to help slow this effect.[25]