Huyton, Derby Road And St Michael's Church c.1910

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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

These barracks were used as the recruit training centre for the Territorial Army and all volunteers serving with the 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment completed basic training here in the 1960's before passing out to "trade training" with the Royal Signals. I completed my initial training here and quickly went on to train in Germany at RAF Geilenkirchen with the 42nd Signal Squadron. Altough the ...see more