WWII Prisoner of War Camp

jambutty · 30-07-2006, 14:01

I’ve heard a rumour that during WWII there was a Prisoner of War Camp somewhere on the Ossy moors.

Can anyone throw any light on this matter?

Whilst I am at it. Has anyone heard of a railway station called Entwistle that was also supposed to be on the Ossy moors? In the late forties our band of intrepid, scabby kneed explorer kids spent many fruitless days searching for Entwistle without any success.

mthead · 30-07-2006, 14:03

Only one Ive heard about is the one that was in between Stanhill & Knuzden,that housed Italian PoW's.

SPUGGIE J · 30-07-2006, 14:21

Heard of the camp but never the station. Sure its not a myth jambutty or removed just after the war?

SPUGGIE J · 30-07-2006, 14:26

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entwistle_railway_station

http://www.answers.com/topic/entwistle-railway-station

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...kw=&localinfo=

entwisi · 30-07-2006, 15:32

Oi! Stealing my thunder there Spuggie!

cashman · 30-07-2006, 16:00

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Originally Posted by mthead

Only one Ive heard about is the one that was in between Stanhill & Knuzden,that housed Italian PoW's.

think it was the stanhill end and housed krauts as well.

SPUGGIE J · 30-07-2006, 16:10

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Originally Posted by entwisi

Oi! Stealing my thunder there Spuggie!

No it got me thinking.

Why would you want to pose as a station?

steeljack · 30-07-2006, 17:26

yep ,my Mum used to reminisce tell the story that they were Italians , some were allowed out to work on local farms much to the delight of the local teenage girls from Ossy and west-end .

West Ender · 30-07-2006, 18:03

I remember the PoW camp at Stanhill when I was very small. I'm not sure if the Italians were still there, I think it was Germans. They used to whittle toys out of pieces of wood and some of them used to be given tokens, instead of money, and were allowed out of the camp. They used to go in my aunt's bakers shop in West End.

I also remember Entwistle, back in the days of steam trains. My dad was in business in Bolton and travelled by train from Blackburn until 1953 when he got his first post-war car. I occasionally went with him on a Saturday and I know the train used to pass through it. There was a big water tank there, next to the station, where they used to refill the boilers.

talentedbutslow · 30-07-2006, 19:31

In steam train days......used to choke going through the long sough tunnel just before entwistle station coming from Blackburn direction........

West Ender · 30-07-2006, 21:40

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Originally Posted by talentedbutslow

In steam train days......used to choke going through the long sough tunnel just before entwistle station coming from Blackburn direction........

Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the tunnel.

cashman · 30-07-2006, 22:34

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Originally Posted by steeljack

yep ,my Mum used to reminisce tell the story that they were Italians , some were allowed out to work on local farms much to the delight of the local teenage girls from Ossy and west-end .

they havent changed much steeljack.

jambutty · 31-07-2006, 08:27

Much obliged everyone for the information.

No wonder we never found Entwistle. We were looking in the wrong place.