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