Hightown Camp – Blackpool Troop
Hightown Camp is near Formby, Merseyside. It may also be known as Altcar Camp
The Blackpool troop of the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry was formed in Blackpool in 1900
They went to Hightown Camp for 21 days’ training each summer, they certainly went there in 1901, 1903 and 1904
Blackpool photographer, Kenderdine, accompanied them to their camp
Kenderdine was born at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire and in 1890-91, he studied with Jules Lefèbvre at the Académie Julian in Paris, his work being displayed at the Paris Salon
On his return to England, moved to Blackpool, opening an artist and photographic studio in the town, plus he was a member of the Blackpool Sketching Club, in 1891
In 1894 he married Jane Ormerod at Garstang, where he had been painting, and they had four children. In 1901 they were living at 6 Oxford Road (near Church Street & Whitegate Drive).
About 1908 Kenderdine and his famly emmigrated with his family to the Barr Colonist settlement of Brittania, now known as Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
The first view is Blackpool, the other three, Hightown Camp
Horse Wagons at North Railway Station
Watering the horses at Hightown Camp
Troop Stables at Hightown Camp
Blackpool Lines of Troop Tents at Hightown
Many thanks to Ted and Anne Lightbown for the information
