Skelmersdale: A New Town would not have been possible without the kind support of the Lancashire County Council Community Heritage Team, project volunteers and all those who have contributed to the project by sharing their thoughts and precious family archival material with the wider public.
Glassball would like to thank, in no particular order, the pupils and staff at Cobbs Brow Primary School, Lancashire Archives in Preston, Rosie Cooper MP, the staff and students at West Lancashire College, former SDC employees, Skelmersdale Library staff, the team at Penguin Office Services, North West Film Archive, West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Service, Gary Chase at Service Graphics, and North West Sound Archive. Glassball would like to pass on our special thanks to Gary Owens, Carol Fenlon, David Tilsley and Marianne Howell for their wonderful support throughout the project. Glassball is indebted to London & Cambridge Properties and their staff for their support and use of the shop unit within the Concourse shopping centre during our project. Also to the Homes & Communities Agency for allowing us to share with the wider public the in-depth photographic documentation of Skelmersdale covering over forty years, from the town’s inception and development, to the town we see today. We would also like to share our gratitude to Paul Farley for writing the foreword for the publication.
Finally this project benefitted greatly from the support of Councillor Barry Nolan, without his advice, support, and the time he gave we wouldn’t have got as far as we did, rest in peace.