On the 13th of March 2013 I visited Eden Camp in Malton, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. I visited Eden Camp with 4 other people from my university course, to gain ideas for our current design project.
Just a bit of information about Eden Camps History taken from www.edencamp.co.uk
In early 1942 the War Office identified and requisitioned a plot of land on the outskirts of Malton with the view of building a camp to accommodate Italian and German prisoners of war captured from the battlefields of Africa and Europe. A small contingence of British Army personnel, led only by a Corporal, arrived at the site and set about constructing a temporary camp for the arrival of the first prisoners. This simple camp became the home for the first influx of prisoners, approximately 250 Italian P.O.Ws, who were tasked with creating a more permanent camp. Near the end of 1943 the Italian prisoner’s moved out and the camp was used as billets for Polish forces who were amassed in preparation for the invasion of Europe. From mid 1944 until early 1949 the camp housed German prisoners. It was then used to provide accommodation for displaced persons, and later as an agricultural holiday camp and as a Ministry of Agriculture depot.
A few images taken by myself at Eden Camp on 13th March 2013
Inside one of the huts
Inside a hut made to look like a train station
Huts designed to show certain situations within the United Kingdom during the war
Different scenes within huts at Eden Camp
A hut designed to look like a village hall
Inside a hut designed to look like a typical street during the war
Inside a hut designed to look like a typical street during the war
Women maintaining aircraft during the war
Posters from the War
Painted disarmed bombs at Eden Camp
A hut kept as it was when the prisoners of war where held at Eden Camp.
Click this image to view the Eden Camp website
The style of Eden Camp takes people back to the war to show them how life was back then, and to bring back memories for the older generations. The idea for our project at university for the National Picture Theatre in Kingston upon Hull is to bring the past up to date, people wont be taken 'back in time' but time will be brought forward in a modern and interesting way.
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