Reading through issues 49 and 50 of The Halton Magazine, regarding skiffle and rock musicians, sparked my own memories of the music scene at Halton.

There was a jazz concert held in a venue down near workshops, near to where the old church used to be situated. Memory plays tricks but I recall a lad called Moorhouse (?) [possibly 79th] who played drums, trumpet [but not at the same time!] getting a standing ovation from his entry after a solo.

A jazz club [records] was started over in 3 Wing on a Tuesday night, I remember it was the day before band practise night, but cannot remember the actual venue or who started it [possibly a senior entry member]

When I left Halton I bought 2 LP's from "Slim" Turner, one of them included Gerry Mulligan performing a 27 chorus baritone sax solo…..awesome!!