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Old 05-02-2013, 07:20 PM
Alan J. Alan J. is offline
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Default Lord Mayors Field.

Contrary to popular belief it wasn't a POW camp but they were actually displaced persons, mainly Russian or Eastern Europeans who went back within a fairly short time after the war. They were noted locally for their expertise in making toys, jewelery out of coins etc and supplied many a local child with something for christmas at a time when we could get "nowt".
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