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