Our History in Brief

Although I had visited Hightown on many many occasions before this date to visit my Grandparents etc I particularly remember the days when myself and friends from Waterloo would visit Altcar Rifle Range to mark the targets after the rounds had hit, this was mainly for local gentry and clubs and received about two shillings each for the day.
We would raise our triangular wooden marking poles and point at the holes made by the bullets.
I was later in 1961 to visit this same range as a T A soldier prior to my enlistment to the Regular Army.(Liverpool Scottish T A to 1st Bn Queens Own Highlanders )
There I cut my teeth on weapons such as The Bren ( Light Machine Gun ) The Sten and the .303 Rifle.
I am now back in Hightown with my wife(Agnes and son John)
Our family history goes on.