I just read that the POW camp was in Aliceville. Northington General Hospital was originally an Army Hospital. We moved to within walking distance of it around 1954 and I can recall the old Barracks, and the remains of the covered railroad siding and covered walkways from it to the hospital itself. This was the way most of the patients arrived during the war years. Hank -----Original Message----- From: DRowe85608@aol.com [mailto:DRowe85608@aol.com] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:28 PM To: ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALTUSCAL] Northington Originally, Northington became Druid City Hospital. I believe at one time Northington may have had something to do with the military. I had my tonsils removed at Northington in 1946 or thereabouts. I also remember riding on the city buses during the war and seeing a German POW camp near there somewhere. Anyone remember that. DJ ==== ALTUSCAL Mailing List ==== Tuscaloosa, Alabama AlGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal send comments to cgerdau@hotmail.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Hi again, Hank & Listfolk. Yep, Aliceville was where the big POW camp was located, but a lot of German prisoners were also housed and/or treated at Northington General Hospital. Many of them were orderlies; others were patients. Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Holloway" <hollohen@attbi.com> To: <ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:20 PM Subject: RE: [ALTUSCAL] Northington > I just read that the POW camp was in Aliceville. Northington General > Hospital was originally an Army Hospital. We moved to within walking > distance of it around 1954 and I can recall the old Barracks, and the > remains of the covered railroad siding and covered walkways from it to the > hospital itself. This was the way most of the patients arrived during the > war years. > Hank > > -----Original Message----- > From: DRowe85608@aol.com [mailto:DRowe85608@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:28 PM > To: ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALTUSCAL] Northington > > > Originally, Northington became Druid City Hospital. I believe at one time > Northington may have had something to do with the military. I had my > tonsils > > removed at Northington in 1946 or thereabouts. I also remember riding on > the > > city buses during the war and seeing a German POW camp near there somewhere. > > Anyone remember that. > > DJ > > > ==== ALTUSCAL Mailing List ==== > Tuscaloosa, Alabama AlGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal > send comments to cgerdau@hotmail.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== ALTUSCAL Mailing List ==== > Tuscaloosa, Alabama AlGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal > send comments to cgerdau@hotmail.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >