olive wrote: > Barbara > > Are you sure that the barracks were in Blackpool? Have a walk round! > > Fleetwood Library have an article, written by H. Peters, about the > Hutment Barracks. They also included some diagrams of the > establishment, which show the location of the hospital, the canteen > (operated by my great grandfather) and the other camp buildings. They > also included a photo of the hospital. > > The Barracks was on the corner of Poulton Road and Cemetery Road/Lane > (now Beach Road). The Queens Hotel was located across from the camp on > Poulton Road. The Camp stood on 14.5 acres of land and was built in > 1861 and closed at the end of 1929, at which time the Hutments and the > rifle ranges were passed on to the Town. > > The boundary of the Camp was along Beach Road from Poulton Road to > Shakespeare Road. Along Shakespeare Road to a line between what is now > Borrowdale and Bramley Avenues. Along this line from Shakespeare Road > to Poulton Road and then along Poulton Road back to Beach Road. > > The rifle ranges were next to the cemetery and bounded by Beach Road and > Poulton Road. There were 3 by 900 yard firing mounds, 5 by 800 yard > mounds, 3 by 750 yard mounds, 1 by 700 yard mound and a 1 by 650 yard > mound. > > There are 2 Annie Sandersons in Freebmd under Fylde, which could match > up with Fleetwood. > > The Squires Gate Army set up was not a barracks. I believe this was > some kind of Army hospital. You can ask at Blackpool Library about > this. central.library@blackpool.gov.uk > > Not sure when Weeton began, but the barracks are still there. Quite recent really, during the last war when it was built for the RAF (but was not an airfield). When it was no longer required, I think in the 1950s it was then taken on by the army. > > Olive > phil -- Phil Stringer, Enterprise Systems, Phone +44 161 275 6057 IT Services Fax +44 161 275 6040 The University of Manchester email Phil.Stringer@manchester.ac.uk UK Genealogy - http://www.genuki.org.uk/

Hi Phil and Jackie. I know there is some information on what exactly was at Squires Gate etc. so I will ask at the library and post this to the list. Some time in the future someone may need this and if the information goes under a proper heading it can then be searched in the archives later. I know once I looked at a book on this subject, so I will see what I can find to help out others. Olive