The complete Cyril Critchlow Collection ... - Blackpool Council

Vol 158 p 21-25 Five original copies of the spoof or joke newspaper “Billy’s Weekly Liar” that was
sold on the Promenade in Blackpool. The paper is one doubled-sided sheet of
newsprint per issue, published by Bolton’s at Walton-le-Dale, Preston. Comprises
Issue 24 (dated March 1958), Issue 25 (also dated March 1958, probably erroneously),
Issue 26 (dated June 1961), Issue 27 (dated June 1963), Issue 28 (dated June 1964).
The paper was not, of course, issued weekly. See also items below and also the
photograph listed in Volume 162, pp 14-15. A further photographic image of a seller
of Billy’s Weekly Liar can be found in Alfred Gregory’s book “Blackpool: a
celebration of the ‘60s”
Vol 158 p 26 Original copy of “Billy’s Weekly Liar” (said to be from July 1991, and published by
the West Lancashire Evening Gazette presumably as a spoof of the original paper)
Vol 158 p 27 Short paper written by Gerry Wolstenholme in 2009 relating his memories of “Billy’s
Weekly Liar”