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Armed Forces / Re: RAF Haydock
« on: Monday 04 May 09 19:38 BST (UK) »
Hello all,
I know it's a little late in the day to be commenting about RAF Haydock, so anything I say might well have been said before.
The RAF camp known as RAF Haydock is often referred to as RAF Blackbrook.
This must come from the 'North West Signals Centre' being codenamed 'RAF Blackbrook' during WW2.
I don't know the exact reason for the use of 'Blackbrook' but, due to the nature of the work undertaken there, it was probably for security and after the war this did not matter so much and it was changed to Haydock, no doubt so personnel could find it more easily.
In actual fact, RAF Haydock (the admin. block and the accompanying accommodation at least) was not in Haydock at all. It was in Ashton in Makerfield, the brook called 'Clipsley Brook', being the boundary between the two places, running between the Signals Station and the Camp.
(should anyone deny this, I live on the site and pay parish tax to Seneley Green Parish Council anually. Seneley Green is part of Ashton in Makerfield township)
The name of the road running between the two sites is Haydock Lane, a smaller road named Slag Lane runs between the Camp (Admin. / Naafi / Spiders Web etc.), and the accommodation sector (Avery Road, Square, Crescent).
The camp has now been developed and, as said previously, the 'Avery' houses remain. Others have been built alongside them and the 'official' side of the camp is now called 'Springfield Park'.
Jemmy.
I know it's a little late in the day to be commenting about RAF Haydock, so anything I say might well have been said before.
The RAF camp known as RAF Haydock is often referred to as RAF Blackbrook.
This must come from the 'North West Signals Centre' being codenamed 'RAF Blackbrook' during WW2.
I don't know the exact reason for the use of 'Blackbrook' but, due to the nature of the work undertaken there, it was probably for security and after the war this did not matter so much and it was changed to Haydock, no doubt so personnel could find it more easily.
In actual fact, RAF Haydock (the admin. block and the accompanying accommodation at least) was not in Haydock at all. It was in Ashton in Makerfield, the brook called 'Clipsley Brook', being the boundary between the two places, running between the Signals Station and the Camp.
(should anyone deny this, I live on the site and pay parish tax to Seneley Green Parish Council anually. Seneley Green is part of Ashton in Makerfield township)
The name of the road running between the two sites is Haydock Lane, a smaller road named Slag Lane runs between the Camp (Admin. / Naafi / Spiders Web etc.), and the accommodation sector (Avery Road, Square, Crescent).
The camp has now been developed and, as said previously, the 'Avery' houses remain. Others have been built alongside them and the 'official' side of the camp is now called 'Springfield Park'.
Jemmy.