Where I Live: 'I bought a £135,000 house on the same site where my dad worked in the War - it means a lot to me'

Our homes are often a reflection of who we are and mark every change, chapter and milestone in our lives. The saying 'home is where the heart is' particularly rings true for Pete Reynolds, 62, who spoke to us as part of our Where I Live series.

Each week we take our readers inside a different home in the north west to have a look around, see how they've renovated to make it their own and find out why it is so special to them. For bank account manager Pete, his £135,000 three-bed house in Buckshaw Village, near Chorley means more than most.

Having grown up nearby in Euxton, Pete has moved around through work and lived in Manchester, Berkshire and Wigan before going full circle and moving back to Lancashire last year. After splitting from his wife, the dad-of-four wanted to live closer to home and decided to settle in the transformed village which has some sentimental history to him.

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Buckshaw Village is an exclusive residential area with modern housing, tree lined avenues and colourful parks - but it didn't always look that way.

The village was built on the site of the former 400 acre Royal Ordnance Factory, which was used during the Second World War to produce and supply ammunition. The original train station used to transport the arms has been re-invented and now provides access to Blackpool and Manchester.

Today it has a population of roughly 4,000 residents and is known as being a sought-after area, but Pete has a personal reason why he wanted to live there.

"My dad used to work in what was the old Royal Ordnance Factory. The old building still stands at the entrance so living here now brings me back," he told