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16-11-2013, 19:45
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Prisoners of War in Huncoat
I've searched for past threads/postings about a WW2 PoW camp in Bolton Ave, Huncoat. Found nothing. Am I right in thinking that there was one? What do you know about it and the inmates?
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16-11-2013, 20:01
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Re: Prisoners of War in Huncoat
If there was - Roy Chetham will know about it.
Roy's information site on Huncoat, History, Walking and Weather etc.
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16-11-2013, 20:03
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Re: Prisoners of War in Huncoat
I have never heard anything about it. My dad was from Huncoat and he never mentioned it. I know there was one somewhere in Ossy.
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16-11-2013, 23:02
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Re: Prisoners of War in Huncoat
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17-11-2013, 07:07
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Re: Prisoners of War in Huncoat
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18-11-2013, 08:17
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Re: Prisoners of War in Huncoat
Roy confirms that this estate of small chalet bungalows , known as 'Sawdust City' because the walls were insulated with sawdust, was built in 1939 . The first occupants were mostly workers from the Bristol Aircraft factory at Clayton (later English Electric) and later foreign, mostly Italian) coal miners. It was never a PoW camp.
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