Project ID: 301

DescriptionWartime memories, especially German POWs and Gibralarian refugees.
TopicsHistory
War
TypeU3A-led research (SLP)
U3ANorth Down & Ards U3A
Organization/partnerSomme Centre, Newtownards
Year started2010
Source of referenceSources 42, January 2011
OutputExhibition, personal memories on DVDs. 96page report available from Resource Centre. Copies £4 from National Office.
DocumentsSources 42
NotesThis 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