your comments
Alf
Is there a memorial to the Polish forces that were connected to this camp and are now at rest in Blacon Cemetery, near Chester? I am trying to fill in their names with the aid of the BMD and there are a few that have or been misspelt and not showing in the respective quarter or year.
Mon Sep 15 08:07:26 2008
Jenny O'Leary, Oswestry
I have a linocut by your uncle Boleslaw Fritz, Kristina, I bought it in a sale about 12 years ago, it is called Polish landscape. If you would like to get in touch I could send you a photo of it?
Mon Jan 7 10:37:19 2008
John Holroyd from Little Gomersal
Krystyna Kaluta asks if anyone has information on her uncle Boleslaw Fritz. I was taught art by Boleslaw at Lindisfarne in the 1950s and very good he was too. I may know someone who can answer Krystyna's question - Roy Jones - who was the geography master before becoming head. I have his present address if Krystina or some one can contact me.
Mon Dec 11 08:58:34 2006
Shahid Naqi
I was a student at Lindisfarne from 1965 to 1969. I remember the area referred to as the Polish Camp well. We used it for cadet training. The Nissen huts were long gone but once in while you would (literally) stumble onto a broken tarmac that had once (presumably) been the floor of a hut. Mostly the area was overgrown with stinging nettles which made it a favourite with sadistic cadet sergeants who would make you crawl through it. I sort of knew that the Polish army had camped there in the war but did not know any details.
Thu Aug 17 09:22:57 2006
Krystyna Kaluta
I am looking for my uncle Mr. Boleslaw Fritz. He was a painter and teacher in the Lindsfarne College. I would like to visit the place in the cemetery... He was a Andres Army soldier from this camp. I am a niece.
Fri Jun 30 07:53:08 2006
Melanie
My grandfather settled in Ruabon. His name was Chmielewski and both my gran and grandfather were residents of the Polish camp in Ruabon.
Mon Mar 20 09:25:46 2006
chris taylor from northampton
the polish camp referred to was located 300 yards inside the grounds of wynnstay hall off the road running from ruabon to overton and only a mile from ruabon
Mon Jan 30 10:32:07 2006
Tony ex Wrexham
The polish Camp in Penley was originally built as a hospital for the wounded and sick poles from the second world war.
lots of them settled and raised families there
Mon Nov 14 08:00:52 2005
David Konieczny, Wrexham
The Polish Camp was situated in Rhos y Madoc near Ruabon, it was used as temporary accommodation for Polish and Italian ex sevicemen who decided to settle in Wales. Many of the descendants of these families still live in the locality.
Mon Oct 10 08:08:07 2005
George Griffiths, Ruabon
As a child I used to play in the park and I remember the Nissen Huts that the Polish families live in and I had Polish friends, one I remember was called Zeo.
Wed Jun 29 11:36:46 2005
Ed Sharkey, Burton on Trent
I am a landscape architect looking at restoring the heated wall in the kitchen gardens at Wynnstay Hall, nr Ruabon. If anyone has any knowledge of the walled kitchen garden at Wynnstay could they please leve a message.
Wed Jun 15 16:17:19 2005
Marie Matthews, Rhos
My father was one of the Polish army which lived in the Ruabon camp, my mother was Scottish and my 2 brothers were brought up there. Long before I was born in the 1960s I was told my father saved a little kid from drowining from the lake by the camp and the track is still there. I visited the camp site a few years ago with my oldest brother who lives in Tasmania.
Tue Mar 29 07:50:02 2005
Andrew Butcher - Hampshire
I was a pupil at Lindisfarne in the late 60's I remember a track on the grounds being referred to as "Polish Drive", I'd be interested to find out more?
Fri Jan 21 16:56:44 2005
G. Masters from Ruabon
The Polish camp mentioned is actually at Penley about seven miles from Ruabon. Some of the army huts are still there and are being used as an industrial estate.
Mon Dec 20 08:14:24 2004
Julian, Wrexham
Wynnstay Hall was sold to Lindisfarne College in 1949, but the Army huts, which had been used by the Royal Engineers during the War, had been turned into a settlement camp for about 40 mid-European families, mainly Polish, Latvian and Italian. After becoming naturalised, they were eventually dispersed, some settling down locally in Ruabon. This might possibly be what Mark is referring to.
Mon Sep 20 14:22:48 2004
