> Hi Syd, thanks for this info about the POW's definitely being at Midanbury! > : ) I've been thinking about this ever since, and wondering about it. > We lived at Vale Drive, so I know the street names that you mention : ) as > we left there when I was 13 / 14. Also remember the prefabs, and of > course, that would have been what they were working at there, -- I couldn't > for the life of me, think what they would be doing there, - that was the > puzzling part that was causing me to doubt whether they were really POW's > that I saw near the field by the bus stop at the bottom of Mousehole Lane, so > now that explains it! thanks. > There were also prefabs of a different type up in the Rossington Ave area, > (sortoff opposite Highview Way, which was across the field directly behind > us). I had friends living in both Rossington Ave and Highview Way. Also > had friends in Onibury Road. > Am wondering if you know any of the people that I knew in that area. > Alandra, BC Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Syd and Judy Hockey" <syd@sydandjudy.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] POW Camps in Hampshire > > > > > > Hello Everybody, > > Yes there were German prisoners of war at > > Midanbury, they were building prefabs at the bottom of Mousehole Lane and > > Vanguard Road. I lived at Wakefield Road as a child and do remember > seeing > > them, I have also checked this with my mother and she confirmed it. > > Best regards, > > Syd Hockey. (Southampton) > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > >