Faces of Westhead

Ormskirk and District Family History Society (registered charity no. 1004895) covers the sixteen ancient townships of West Lancashire, and - between them - our membership can claim links to every single of them.
Being conscious that the names of some of the smaller villages and hamlets on our map can sometimes be overlooked, we are delighted to present this montage of photos featuring the people and events of Westhead in past times. The Society would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of one of its supporters, who donated most of the digitised photos that are featured in this video.
This compilation has been released to mark the forty-second anniversary of our inaugural meeting, on 27 February 1980.
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[@annebushell130]

Wow, thank you for this. I wonder if you knew that Ron Janes who founded ODFHS actually lived in Westhead? 😊 My Dad was Treasurer in the early days. They both would have loved this ❤️

[@odfhs]

Thank you so much, Anne! We often wonder what the founders would have made of new technology being used for family history, and - now you mention it - I think our longest-standing members have mentioned that the committee meetings used to be held in the Janes' house, back in the day. (I've got a feeling theirs was our first postal address, too!)

[@gailhoward884]

Re the photo titled An Event in Westhead 1931 , with Alma Howard, Mr Hardman and Mr Bosanko, Alma recalls that when they paused for the photo they stuck to the road which had recently been resurfaced

[@odfhs]

Thank you, Gail - we definitely didn't know that! I could easily imagine how that might have happened, especially if they were using tarmac on the roads. (Which, I would guess, they were.) We just wish we knew what the event was!