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Armed Forces / Re: RAF Haydock
« on: Friday 03 May 24 14:57 BST (UK) »
Hi Greyhound,
I don't know how old this enquiry is as there's no year on the datestamp. However, I can tell you that I've lived in Haydock all my life and remember RAF Haydock well.
My husband lived at 15 Avery Square up to 1970/71 as his father was the camp Warrant Officer and retired from the RAF after serving there.
We frequented the Spiders Web a lot and the food they did there was absolutely delicious. There were 2 painted murals on the walls; one a Spitfire and the other I think was a Hurricane. My husband, then aged 16 or so, acted as DJ on social evenings playing records. I remember it as a very happy place and when my father-in-law retired he was carried at shoulder height around the site, somewhat tipsy after a happy evening in the mess.
I remember the gates and access to the guardroom on right hand side of Haydock Lane. My Husband went into the communications centre once on a brief visit. All very hush hush and secure. It was located where Little Delf is now.
There were white flat-roofed office blocks on the other side of the road where Springfield Park is now and a small building with round radio dish aerials on the roof.
They used to have cricket matches somewhere on the camp as I have a photo of my husband in cricket flannels in front of the house in Avery Square. He would have been about 16 at the time.
There was a small children's playground at one end of Avery Square close to Clipsley Brook. The RAF accommodation houses were sold off as private dwellings when the camp closed.
I don't know how old this enquiry is as there's no year on the datestamp. However, I can tell you that I've lived in Haydock all my life and remember RAF Haydock well.
My husband lived at 15 Avery Square up to 1970/71 as his father was the camp Warrant Officer and retired from the RAF after serving there.
We frequented the Spiders Web a lot and the food they did there was absolutely delicious. There were 2 painted murals on the walls; one a Spitfire and the other I think was a Hurricane. My husband, then aged 16 or so, acted as DJ on social evenings playing records. I remember it as a very happy place and when my father-in-law retired he was carried at shoulder height around the site, somewhat tipsy after a happy evening in the mess.
I remember the gates and access to the guardroom on right hand side of Haydock Lane. My Husband went into the communications centre once on a brief visit. All very hush hush and secure. It was located where Little Delf is now.
There were white flat-roofed office blocks on the other side of the road where Springfield Park is now and a small building with round radio dish aerials on the roof.
They used to have cricket matches somewhere on the camp as I have a photo of my husband in cricket flannels in front of the house in Avery Square. He would have been about 16 at the time.
There was a small children's playground at one end of Avery Square close to Clipsley Brook. The RAF accommodation houses were sold off as private dwellings when the camp closed.