Park St Barracks

[Barry Sharples]

Anybody out there got any photo's of 40/41st RTR.TA or DLOY taken about 1966/7?

[ron waters]

FRANK Welcome to our friendly site , where abouts do you live ?
Even though we lived in Park Street very close to the Barracks I have'nt any photos , maybe my cousin FRANK will be able to help you , he was in the Cadets there.
Ron

[ron waters]

I dont know whats wrong with me , my last post should have read WELCOME BARRY .
Ron

[Bernie R]

Barry

Welcome aboard!

My brother in law was in 238 RCT TA in the late 70's. Would that be any use to you? If so I'll ask him if he's got any pics.

My ex wife's family were good friends of Jack & Kitty Totty the caretakers of the barracks - and used to have all their family parties in the barracks (my own wedding in Nov 77 included) - alas they are al long gone now, Jack, Kitty and the barracks!.

Bern

[Barry Sharples]

Thanks Frank & Bern.
I'm from over the border in Litherland,Hornby Boulevard,now living in Tarbock.I remember the Bootle Times coming to Park St Barracks in 66/67 & taking pictures of us lot in the TA.It's those pics I'm after.
Regards,Barry.

[Jan]

Hi Barry,

Have you contacted the Bootle Times and asked them if they can help you with the photo's? Or maybe Crosby library has them on microfilm (the old papers that is).

Jan

[frank delamere]

FRANK Welcome to our friendly site , where abouts do you live ?
Even though we lived in Park Street very close to the Barracks I have'nt any photos , maybe my cousin FRANK will be able to help you , he was in the Cadets there.
Ron

SORRY RON, the only photos i have of park street are the ones i have already put up, they would be from the fifties
frank

[diyman]

FRANK Welcome to our friendly site , where abouts do you live ?
Even though we lived in Park Street very close to the Barracks I have'nt any photos , maybe my cousin FRANK will be able to help you , he was in the Cadets there.
Ron

SORRY RON, the only photos i have of park street are the ones i have already put up, they would be from the fifties
frank

hi frank, the pics of park street where are they on the site please.

[frank delamere]

diyman, the couple of pics for park street, if you check back my links to about 2006 you may find them. one was a group by the side of a bus,i cannot remember the other one sorry
frank

[Ygododdin]

My Dad was caretaker there until about 1963 and we lived in the house on the left side as you looked at the main building from the road. I have somewhere, some photos of the barracks including some of John McNally of the Searchers who held his wedding reception in the Officers Mess in the early 60s. There is a painting in Bootle Town Hall of some troops marching out of the barracks, I've photographed that but will have to search for it. Let you know.

[DonDeeg]

I was in the Cadets there in 1966, but I don't have any pics.
My Brother David was also there, he was a cpl. I remember a John Meehan being a sgt, and a Capt Mulcahy?.

[Eddy Lloyd]

I was there in the cadets in 1962 ish was he the captain with the limp??

[smoked out]

an old workmate went to park street for the t.a , when we saw all the kit he got that was just what was needed for spending winter nights fishing on the dock wall we joined.

when we got told they issue two sets of kit i left and me mate stayed and got us a set each.
army issue long johns certainly kept the chill away for the cod run.

[DonDeeg]

Eddy, Yes that was him.
We must have been there about the same time.
Do you remember my brother, Cpl David Deegan?
He went on and joined the Scots Guards.

[Eddy Lloyd]

The name rings a bell Don but I've got reverse alzheimers I remember what I had for Breakie but can't rememer names and faces of years ago I still think I wake up to a strange woman every day that's the bonus.

[DonDeeg]

Hahaha, that's not a bad thing Eddy..

[billygooner]

i was born on hawthorne road opposite the then christ church juniors. i remember seeing montgomery riding on a tank in park street 1946

[Eddy Lloyd]

Was he lost Billy

[BOBHAMO]

FUNNY WORLD EDDY ,I JIONED WITH DONNY FOR A FEW MONTHS , ALAN JONES AS WELL , WENT WE WENT TO ALTCAR RIFLE RANGE , TO FIRE THE LEE ENFIELDS 303S , WAS A GREAT LAUGH , CAPTAIN MULCUY ?? DID HAVE A BAD LIMP . REMEMBER WHEN WE WHERE DOING SOME COMMANDO TRAINING , AND HE PICKED ON ME BECAUSE I LOOKED HARD ,AND GAVE ME 5 MINUTES TO TRY AND HIDE MYSELF IN THE SAND DUNES , BEING A WISE GUY I WENT OVER THE FIRST DUNE AND CIRCLED AROUND ,THINKING THIS OLD FELLOW WILL NEVER CATCH ME , NEXT MINUTE I WAS PINNED TO THE FLOOR AND FROGMARSHED BACK TO THE REST OF THE LADS , NEVER UNDERESTIMATE , AN EX SOLDIER , GREAT TIMES , BOBHAMO

[Eddy Lloyd]

I wasn't with them long either Bob. I remember going to Wales and climbing Mountains with them. Can still smell the bacon we had for breakie

[DonDeeg]

I remember we went to Northern Ireland for a week,
And we Bivved in The Mountains of Mourne and got drowned out witht the rain,
Few off us went off to Downpatrick for a few Bevvies
and got caught . what rascals we were back then.

[whacker66]

Donny was it you that went to town with allan jones and me to join the army? I remember getting a home visit from the army as well but was unable to join cos I had Rheumatic Fever as a kid

[DonDeeg]

Yes Whacker, that was us..
and they wouldn't take any of us..hahaha they must have know how dangerous it would be to give us all a gun!!!!

They asked Allan if he was afraid of the dark and he said ' No, I am afraid of what's in it!!!! Classic.

[whacker66]

donny you are a welcome buddy bringing memories back

[BOBHAMO]

just brilliant donny alan was had a dry wit , you three amigos might have got in the chelsea pensioners , bobhamo

[Ernie Jackson. (Bunty)]

I was a cadet with the 40th RTR at Park Street for about two years around 1948.

I joined because we got a free uniform so I had something to wear.
Our summer camp was at Walney Island, Barrow -in-Furness and it was great as the local girls thought we were real soldiers.

The Officer in Charge at that time was a Captain Toby and he had only one eye - at least we thought so as he always wore a patch over the other.

Captain Arthur Mulcahey was just a Sergeant Major then.

He was always disappointed that his leg problem had prevented him from joining the Regulars or the TA so made do with being involved in the cadets.

He ran the cadets soccer team and, if anyone is interested in ancient history, I have a photo of that team with Arthur on it.

My god we were a scruffy lot.

We always knew him as Mr MOKAY till he told us how to spell his name.

I have corresponded a lot with Frank on the site but only now have realised we may have met before in an earlier life - but then again maybe he is just a lad who came years after me.???

[DonDeeg]

Bob.. if Me Whacker and Allan had gotten into the Army we probably would have Started World War 3...

[diyman]

any pictures of park st, or the barracks would be much apreciated, earlyer the better.

[graham01]

hi all,i too am looking for pictures of park street barracks.went for a walk there this savvy,where abouts were they?

[Eddy Lloyd]

Top end of Park St on the lefthand side towards Hawthorne Road.

[PETER CRAIG]

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[graham01]

thanks guys,off on sunday will walk down there again.researching my my great grand dad who joined 1/7 kings on 5/12 1914 at park street and stayed there till going to france 5/8 1915.he was born in great crosby in 1879 and died in 1924 as result of being gassed in ww1.thanks again graham.

[diyman]

i got a few wooden beams when they knocked it down, and to this day there holding up my through livingroom . so a piece of bootle history right under my head

the park street health centre and mill spring court are them new brick buildings on the left,,,where the TA used to be

[PETER CRAIG]

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[Eddy Lloyd]

On the left???