Hallmuir POW Camp Buildings and Ukranian Chapel
Although not local to me, I was on a half term holiday close to the area so I couldn’t not visit. Unfortunatley, this meant a quick drive-by visit with family […]
Although not local to me, I was on a half term holiday close to the area so I couldn’t not visit. Unfortunatley, this meant a quick drive-by visit with family […]
My fascination with local history, World War 2 and my football club Crewe Alexandra all came together one evening when reading through a statement relating to Japanese war crimes from a […]
As far as iconic cult heroes go I don’t know of any held in such high regard for bravery and determination as Bernhard Carl ‘Bert’ Trautmann, football fan or not! […]
There are many ‘Dad’s Army’ style enemy stereotypes about both the Italian and German soldier from the second world war. The Italian soldiers were often accused of being submissive and […]
The wonders of modern technology, specifically google earth combined with some local knowledge from the previous owner of Snape farm have enabled me to specifically label the function of each […]
This is an interesting story about a German prisoner of war called Wilhelm Rubenbauer who was held at camp 193, which I picked up from the Madeley Village website. The […]
A Second World War ‘Q-type’ bombing decoy was located at Betchton for short period during the second world war. The decoy sites were also known as Starfish sites and were […]
This is a post with a difference, and a blog subject I want to feature more often in the future if the information is out there. My main plans for […]
After making a post about the Weston camp in Crewe I have already started planning some visits of other local sites where POWs were held during and post WW2. I […]
This camp is located at the back of Snape Farm in Weston near to Crewe. During World War 2 the site was originally commissioned as an anti aircraft defence site, […]