EPW017467 ENGLAND (1927). White Heather Camp, Heaton Park, 1927
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| Title | [EPW017467] White Heather Camp, Heaton Park, 1927 |
| Reference | EPW017467 |
| Date | March-1927 |
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| Place name | HEATON PARK |
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| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 383710, 403687 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.2457745671168, 53.52934347654 |
| National Grid Reference | SD837037 |
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 What is this building? I can only assume it is connected with the Hutments, and if so must have been some sort of sewage/sanitary processing. It lies downhill from the camp and just up from the River Irk. I have walked the path (2014) and can see no present trace, but cultivation furrows can be seen nearer to the River, presumably from the Waterside settlement.
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 Eddie Ball |
Thursday 29th of January 2015 10:12:30 AM |
| Actual Site of the White Heather Camp. Summertime tent site for needy children. |
Eddie Ball |
Thursday 29th of January 2015 10:01:03 AM |
| WW1 Hutment Camp, Manchester Regiment. (NOT White Heather Camp) |
Eddie Ball |
Thursday 29th of January 2015 09:59:57 AM |
| Cottages at Blackley Waterside. |
Eddie Ball |
Monday 15th of September 2014 12:51:23 PM |
 Class31 |
Tuesday 2nd of September 2014 12:32:31 PM | |
| Middleton Road A576 |
Class31 |
Tuesday 2nd of September 2014 12:28:33 PM |
| Junction of Middleton Rd, Northbrook Ave and Sheepfoot Lane |
Allan |
Wednesday 19th of March 2014 10:57:19 PM |
| possibly Sheepfoot lane towards Middleton road the only landmark i can see is the gatehouse where the tram terminus was |
boltie |
Sunday 29th of December 2013 11:40:58 AM |
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The buildings shown were built by the Manchester regiment for WW1 training, and used for slum relief housing in the 1920s & 30s. The White Heather Camp was behind these huts. Huts later used by the RAF as part of their occupation of the park for Aircrew Training in WW2. Site later used by Manchester Corporation for prefabs for post WW2 housing, along with another site off Bury Old Rd. |
Eddie Ball |
Thursday 29th of January 2015 10:04:08 AM |
These are the "Hutments", an Army Training Camp used in the first world war. The White Heather Camp was located behind these huts. |
Eddie Ball |
Monday 15th of September 2014 12:48:21 PM |