Huyton, Derby Road c.1910
Photo ref: H625503
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A Selection of Memories from Huyton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Huyton

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Remember ST Augustine’s being built and our incursions over the fence for a scrap with the guys from Seel Road school next door
My husband and I celebrate our Golden Wedding on Sat 5th Oct 2013. We had our wedding reception in the barracks, I remember we ran out of beer and my husband had to go the pub next door (The Blue Bell Inn) and buy more beer. We had a great time there, the only thing to marr the night was that our wedding video was stolen from a car while we were in the hall. But happy to say we are still together and looking forward to celebrating fifty years together.
We loved the flics on a Saturday morning, mum got rid of us all for a few hours we got our sweets in the Mayfare sweet shop opporsite before going in. It was always 'cowboys and indians', that's why it was called 'the ranch'.Sometimes the film would snap - well it snapped a lot and when it did we would all bang our feet. It was great, you could hear it outside, great fun - I don't remember anybody getting thrown out. My ...see more
I can remember Huyton when it was a village, in the 1950s. The Police Station was at the end of Derby Rd. not far from St Micheal's Church. At the other end was Richardson's , a grocery shop which often had a ginger cat on the steps. My mother would buy her groceries here and I can remember sugar being weighed out into blue bags. About half way down Derby Rd. was the council offices with a War Memorial outside and ...see more