----- Original Message ----- From: "Alandra" <alandra32@telus.net> To: "clargo" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> Cc: <[ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] POW Camps in Hampshire > Hi Rod, am sure I recall hearing about/possibly even seeing, some POW's at > Midanbury, Southampton when living there as a young child. There was a > field directly behind our home, and am remembering being told (probably by > other children) that the men we saw, at the bottom of the field near the bus > stops, this group of men had been working there, -- were German POW's, but > don't really remember the colour of their clothing, altho my imagination > tells me it was bright blue. (but maybe I'm thinking of the "demob suits" > colours : ) now you've got me wondering if they really were POW's. > Alandra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "clargo" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> > To: <ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:00 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] POW Camps in Hampshire > > > > As a follow up to the message from Chris and Caroline, towards the end of > > WW2 there was a POW camp at Thornhill in land adjacent to Kootenay Avenue, > > near where I lived at the time. > > The 'inhabitants' were not only Germans but some Italians and I remember > > they wore brown uniforms with a blue square on their backs. > > Perhaps that prompts some memories? > > > > Rod in Andover. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >