Birthday celebrations were the order of the day at Booths brilliant Burscough store on Saturday with staff and customers in party mood.

And centrepiece of the event was the launch of its new cookbook - with recipes from two members of staff at Burscough - also sharing recipes from customers, colleagues, local Michelin starred and celebrated chefs and Booths suppliers.

Beautifully styled and stylishly photographed, it features a foreword from HRH The Prince of Wales, sharing his support for British farmers and regional specialities.

He said: “I firmly believe that we must all value our relationships with farmers and suppliers, as well as supporting the local community and people. Many of the region’s best loved producers owe their success to committed local buyers and consumers who believed in them, stocked their produce and created a market for them.”

“From farmhouse Lancashire cheese, Yorkshire forced rhubarb, Formby asparagus, to English wineries, start-up breweries and dug today potatoes, it is good to hear that this book champions supports and shares the stories of our country’s very best food and drink producers.”

The book features a diverse range of recipes making the most of the seasonal and regional produce that Booths is famous for, featuring recipes for Herdwick Lamb, Formby Asparagus, territorial cheeses like Mrs. Kirkham’s Lancashire, Shepherd’s Purse cheese and traditional regional recipes like Parched Peas and Lancashire Butter Pie.

The book also dips into the Booths archive of historical pictures, packaging and original Grocer’s ledgers detailing 175 years of this much-loved regional family retailer.

Edwin Booths writes: “This recipe book expresses so much of the Booths character bringing together local celebrity chefs, food stylists, suppliers, customers and colleagues in a menu of culinary delights, many of which represent generations of family traditions.”

“Edwin Henry Booth would be proud to know that his desire to sell the best goods he could find in stores staffed with first class assistants is so enthusiastically perpetuated by the 'Booths Family' of over 3000 people to whom our business becomes more than just a job.”

The Booths Glorious Food Cookbook is available at Booths for £15 or £13 for Booths cardholders and was a talking point at the celebrations with two recipes from Burscough staff Carole and Susan.

Also helping the celebrations go with a swing was Ormskirk School's talented Jessica.