POW Camp 198 (Island Farm), Bridgend - September 2012

Ace report,thanks for sharing.

not usually my kind of thing, but actually rather like this, nice photos aswel

Wonderful bits of history left behind!

Permission visit?? I would hate to see souvenir hunters in there.

Lovely shots...

Bonesout said:

Wonderful bits of history left behind!

Permission visit?? I would hate to see souvenir hunters in there.

Lovely shots...

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Cheers!

It was indeed a permission visit. I should have mentioned that above!

AlexanderJones said:

Cheers!

It was indeed a permission visit. I should have mentioned than above!

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No problem with that at all fella, I'm pleased that was the case. If it wasn't then I feared how long before it got attacked. Its a wonderful bit of history even thou its small in size

Top stuff, love the extras

nelly said:

Top stuff, love the extras

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We all like 'extras'

Nice post!! Not sure about the first bit of writing but the poem translates roughly to:
Live long enough that you love,
Live long enough that you want to love,
The time comes The time comes

4201Chieftain said:

Nice post!! Not sure about the first bit of writing but the poem translates roughly to:
Live long enough that you love,
Live long enough that you want to love,
The time comes The time comes

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There's no literal translation to the first one, but it roughly means:

"The young who believe in the power of God are good"

Great report, good shots , very interesting thanks for sharing

Nie place to look round that, glad it has been kept.

Amazing Pic's my mum lives in Bridgend in a place called Brocastle.

like this lots - nice one

57 huts were demolished by the council to make way for the rugby academy, which is now to be a housing estate, the hut you see in the pics is the only one they left...the local councilors insisted that the site, being the biggest best preserved uk pow camp, was a shrine to Naziism! and as such must be destroyed! many of us demonstrated against the demolition an stayed overnight to prevent the dozers moving in. but to no avail. the Huts were once full of fantastic paintings and writing on many of the walls, these were sold to the Americans who took the walls down and shipped them to America, not long after the council announced that the site was to be flattened. it is likely that this was done to get rid of the evidence of the missing art work. thankfully we have a great chap here who photographed the whole site many times and has a fantastic web site all about special camp 198. http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/ please have a look it is worth it....

Amazing history... good show...

It's always the places that look uninspiring from the outside that contain such interesting old artifacts.

Great report, thanks!

Great report and pictures, thanks for sharing

Ramsgatonian said:

It's always the places that look uninspiring from the outside that contain such interesting old artifacts.

Great report, thanks!

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Totally man! They're sometimes the best!

Great shots! Where in Bridgend is this? Also, how did you get permission to enter? I'm new to this...