Project ID: 301
Description | Wartime memories, especially German POWs and Gibralarian refugees. |
Topics | History War |
Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
U3A | North Down & Ards U3A |
Organization/partner | Somme Centre, Newtownards |
Year started | 2010 |
Source of reference | Sources 42, January 2011 |
Output | Exhibition, personal memories on DVDs. 96page report available from Resource Centre. Copies £4 from National Office. |
Documents | Sources 42 |
Notes | This project looked at Northern Ireland's wartime memories, including WW2 & Korea (re Royal Ulster Rifles) and POW/refugee camps in NI., using personal memories and objects. The main focus is on German prisoners of war and Gibraltarian evacuees and this led to a member of the group being invited to Gibraltar |