RAF Haydock

[Cerura]

I was having a trip down memory lane and decided to look again at this site in case anyone had posted since I last looked.

Sadly not.

It was once such a busy forum, full of facts and friendship.

I am still here, is there anyone else out there?  It would be so lovely to hear from old friends.

Lynn

[sarah]

Hi Lynn,

No, there have been no new replies on this particular topic but you will be notified by email when someone does.

Yes, it is still a busy forum you can see all the different topics on the front page and the times of the day that that they were posted. You have only posted the one topic you comments a bit harsh!

Yes, you can also see the members logged in at any particular time, their names are showing real time at the bottom of the page.

Hope that answers your post.

Sarah

[Yickerlass]

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.