Hello All This may or my not help...I went to a school reunion at Foundry Lane school, Shirley, Southampton last year. During the tour of the school, we were told that there was a POW camp on the grounds of the school in WW2...I know nothing more than that. Debbie >-- Original Message -- >From: "Chris & Caroline" <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> >Subject: RE: [ENG-SOU] RE: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-D Digest V04 #150 >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:46:56 +0100 >To: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com > > > >I have been trying to get some history on the POW camps in Hampshire Ed >but not much on the net except locations and camp numbers. >Love the email addy Mush!! Proper 'Ampshire that is!! (Isn't it!) >Chris and Caroline >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >The History of the villages of Hampshire and its surrounding counties > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ed Mush Carson [mailto:edcarson1@hotmail.com] >Sent: 15 September 2004 22:25 >To: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ENG-SOU] RE: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-D Digest V04 #150 > > > > > >Hi-there, I was one of the ragged Orphan waifs of Southampton during the > >ww11 and I well remember the POW camps. I was known as Orphan Eddie and, > >because of my young pre-war years in the Rhonda Valley of South Wales, I >had >developed a bit of an accent and was often called 'Taffy' Lawrence. I >often >used to scrape through a gap in the barbed wire surround of the prisoner > >compound and freely mix with the German and Italian personel. I used >smuggle >in bundles of the 'Daily Mirror' newspaper and sing my scruffy head off >amongst them. They used to give me some of thier rations. I recall, they > >were all very gentlemanly and proud of thier family photographs. >Best regards, Edward. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Check out news, entertainment and more @ http://xtra.co.nz/broadband > > >============================== >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 > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 10/09/2004 > > >--- >All of our outgoing mail is checked and certified Virus Free by regularl >updates >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 10/09/2004 > > > >============================== >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ Get Tiscali Broadband From £15:99 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadbandhome/