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Prisoner of War Camp for Italians (Walpole Road), Cambridge

History of the Prisoner of War Camp

In 2016 Pamela Knights recalled the Italians in the prisoner of war camp off Cherry Hinton Road, and the visits that local children made with pieces of wood to have toys made:

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Knights08-WWII-The-Paddocks.mp3

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  • oral history
  • world war two

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  • Cherry Hinton Road

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