glen mill pow camp oldham

[sscrooge]

has anybody any pics of glen mill pow camp that was in oldham, it held fj prisoners and some russians that fought on the side of the germans, as it was not far from me i want to do a bit of research on it, cheers dave

[Ian Jewison]

All I can find at the moment is:

PoW Camp 2:
Glen Mills, Wellyhole Street, Oldham, Lancashire - Base camp
An old cotton mill + huts. For a while it was a transfer point and holding depot for German POW being sent to and returned from Canada. Also held a large number of Russian volunteers who had been captured fighting for the Germans in France. Could hold up to 5000 POWs. Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England' and 'Thresholds of Peace'.

Some useful sites:
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/frames.htm
http://www.kg6gb.org/pow_camps_in_uk.htm
http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/Ho...nformation.htm
http://islandfarm.jimnet-backbone.co.uk/aspboard.asp

/Ian

[Adrian Stevenson]

No pics but found this in addition to Ian's links:

http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/glenmill.html


Cheers, Ade.

[Ian Jewison]

Not sure how PoW camps worked but there must have been 2 sub camps there also!?!?

It is recorded as being PoW camp 2, 168 and 176!

Here's a Google search which might help:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Glen+...e7&rlz=1I7HPNN

/Ian

[sscrooge]

g

thanks guys i am going to have a nosy up to wellyhole road and see if anything survives, cheers dave

[Graeme G]

Bit of local history for you my dad used to get toys of the prisoners that they had made from scrap wood etc in exchange for stuff they couldn't get in that exact mill. How kids have no malice all this happened with his elder brother an invalid as a result of the battle of hal-falfa ( I think thats spelt correctly )

[stevewebster]

re:- glen mill

I live in Clarksfield and been up the road to glen mill but I couldn't find anything. Most of it is private land. I found some interesting info here..

http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/pdf/mrhr_10_moore.pdf

I know of two pows that married local girls. I've lost the info regarding this though. All I can remember is that one was a paratrooper and was still alive 2006 and living in Uppermill.

[sscrooge]

g

thanks a lot ,that link is fantastic i went up myself about a month ago and i too couldnt see any thing,except we found a pill box that has been buried and a viewing point kinda thing plonked on top of it, cheers dave

[stevewebster]

pillbox?

Where is this pillbox? I heard there was one up there but couldn't find it. I've seen the pillboxes in Delph (Horse and Jockey) and Greenfield (opp. Dovestones) and looked for the one nr Glen Mill but coudn't find it. Info would be much appreciated. Cheers.

[sscrooge]

g

hi steve, if you go up welly hole st, the site of mill will be on your right,go past it then if you look to your left set back halfway up a hill you will see a drystone wall set in a crescent shape,this is built on top of pill box, there is a path that leads upto cemetery next to it, if you stand in crescent you will be on top of it,if you look at the floor you will see the concrete of the roof of box,an old guy shown us where it was, its completely buried now tho hope this helps, cheers dave

[stevewebster]

cheers! Might go up there and investigate.

[stevewebster]

re glen mill

you might have seen this already:-

http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/ne...est_of_friends

[Mat Holloway]

It may be interesting to run a metal detector over the site if thats possible? You may find the odd FJ dogtag!!
Do you guys have any current photos?
cheers
matt

[stevewebster]

Glen Mill

Bob Moore's article "Glen Mill: The International History of a Local POW Camp During World War II" is now online.

http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/pdf/mrhr_10_moore.pdf

There's not a huge amount of photos but it's a great read with extensive notes at the end.

[sscrooge]

heres a pic of whats now sat on the site of glen mill, an ind estate