RAF photo, 1944, showing the camp to the right of the pond.@deptfordmarmoset the café looks exactly how I remember it!
Shame about the lack of evidence re the POW camp, but I think the last residents left in 1945!! There's no sign of any prefabs either.
As far as I remember, it was all flattened and covered over, same as Blackheath.
It was used to dump all the bombed out buildings then grassed over. The church used to be on a mound, not down in a dip, I believe.
My dad spent the war trying to shoot down German planes with a big gun there..
Must have been fun exploring there today, though 👍🏼
There are no ponds nearby - it's not flat land, it's mostly wooded - so that picture isn't of Shooters Hill.@deptfordmarmoset
RAF photo, 1944, showing the camp to the right of the pond.
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Any idea if this is still in the area?
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Ypres Memorial Mile Stone, Shooter's Hill.
I'm blaming the RAF for that one.There are no ponds nearby - it's not flat land, it's mostly wooded - so that picture isn't of Shooters Hill.
I don't remember ever noticing the milestone but I'll keep my eye out for it.
Really? We had one German escape from Camp Libby , because we told the Germans they may be transferred to the French and British custody for war reparations, so I was told. This was after the war.@deptfordmarmoset the café looks exactly how I remember it!
Shame about the lack of evidence re the POW camp, but I think the last residents left in 1945!! There's no sign of any prefabs either.
As far as I remember, it was all flattened and covered over, same as Blackheath.
It was used to dump all the bombed out buildings then grassed over. The church used to be on a mound, not down in a dip, I believe.
My dad spent the war trying to shoot down German planes with a big gun there..
Must have been fun exploring there today, though 👍🏼
Watch yer ankles!Go easy with the Scythe for a bit.
That's closer by miles! But @PeteXXX said there was a camp apart from the Woodlands farm/golf course site. Probably about a half mile south west, alongside the Rochester Way (old A2 route).I'm blaming the RAF for that one.
http://e-shootershill.co.uk/2015/06/11/prisoner-of-war-working-company-1020-shooters-hill/
What about this spring!Spent all day dividing snowdrops. Here's to next spring!
Do you think it might have been an overflow site from the Woodlands farm site? From what you said, I understood it to be in the area directly below (south) of the Oxleas Meadow label.@classic33 & @deptfordmarmoset
Nice finds but that's the camp on the A207 (Shooters Hill). The Oxleas camp was on the old A2 Rochester Way.
An aerial photo shows a few things, plus a big circle thingie..
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Happy hunting.