[4] Its five founding staff members were journalists from the Echo: Steve Scott, Derek Massey, Rob Rohrer, Chris Oxley and Brian Whitaker.
As well as the investigative journalism, it had sections devoted to local music, theatre, social clubs and places to drink.
[4] The first few editions of the paper used an IBM 'golfball' typewriter for typesetting, which was owned by local musician and humourist, Fritz Spiegl.
The Free Press poured considerable resources into investigating the circumstances around the building of a dry ski slope in Kirkby in 1973.
Months afterwards this, the paper was accused of contempt of court after running a story about a Serious Crimes Squad detective who had been found to have a hidden safe in his garage containing stolen property.
[2] Derek Massey went on to work as a photojournalist as well as being an advocate for cycling and successfully campaigning for the preservation of the palm house in Sefton Park.