Description:
A child asleep in a Foxley Camp bedroom which had been one of the Canadian and American barracks during 1944 and 1945. The walls are painted over concrete breeze blocks. A wooden chair has been placed beside the bed and shoes underneath it
Title:
Pawlowicz family Christmas inside their Foxley Camp home
Type:
Image
Date Published:
1950s
Description:
Pawlowicz family Christmas inside their Foxley Camp home, which was one of several military barracks occupied by the American and Canadian personnel during WW2
Title:
Children standing outside the Foxley Camp living quarters
Type:
Image
Date Published:
1950s
Description:
Children standing outside the Foxley Camp living quarters. Their homes were redundant barracks vacated by the Canadian and American personnel during after WW2
Title:
Children in front of a Weobley transport lorry visiting Foxley
Type:
Image
Date Published:
1950s
Description:
Children in front of a Weobley transport lorry. The Foxley refugee camp was on the outskirts of Mansell Lacy, a village seven miles from Hereford.
Title:
Children in a pushchair. A Foxley Camp building is in the back ground
Type:
Image
Date Published:
1950s
Description:
Children in a pushchair. A Foxley Camp building can be seen in the background. The camp had previously been an American Hospital during WW2
Description:
Mrs Jadwiga Pawlowicz and children. Behind them are some of Foxley Camp's living quarters, formerly Canadian and American military barracks from 1944 to1945. After the end of WW2 the buildings were occupied by the Polish Resettlement Corps and their families
Title:
Children with Foxley Camp buildings behind them
Type:
Image
Description:
Children with Foxley Camp buildings behind them. An English school was opened for the younger children, but the older ones attended Mansell Lacy village school. The local priest ran Polish lessons on Saturday mornings
Title:
Children walking in front of Foxley Camp living quarters
Type:
Image
Description:
Children walking along a path in front of Foxley Camp living quarters, previously Canadian and American military barracks during 1944 to 1945 .The Polish Settlement Corps and their families occupied Foxley until the camp was closed and demolished in 1958
Description:
Children walking on a snow covered road in Foxley Camp. During the winter months, families would sit and warm themselves by a coal stove in their temporary home. Polish refugees had been housed in converted barracks due to post WW2 housing shortages
Title:
Foxley Camp. Children in front of a covered walkway
Type:
Image
Description:
Children in front of a covered walkway. Foxley became a resettlement camp after WW2 for families scattered all over Europe and then later reunited by the British Red Cross. Children in front of a covered walkway
Description:
Children from Foxley Camp perched on a log. The residents would often walk around the camp and the surrounding areas of Mansell Lacy and Yazor.
Title:
Cathedral, High Town, Old House, Wye Bridge & Cathedral
Type:
Image
Description:
Black and white postcard with a 'Good Luck' message, a black cat and horseshoe showing views of Cathedral, High Town, Old House, Wye Bridge & Cathedral
