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