Yorkshire's Garden Of Eden
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We placed this cache near to one of Yorkshire's Premiere Tourist
attractions Eden Camp! The cache is well hidden
and is packed with great items for both adults and kids. Once found
we would highly recommend a visit to the camp.
EDEN CAMP - HISTORY
In early 1942, a small contingent of Army personnel, under the command of a Sergeant, arrived at Malton, midway between York and Scarborough in North Yorkshire. Their task was to construct a barbed wire enclosure and erect tents to house the steady flow of enemy prisoners of war captured in North Africa. The site was named Eden Camp and the first inmates were two hundred and fifty Italian prisoners. These prisoners were put to work constructing a larger permanent camp, consisting of forty five huts. The Italians were at the Camp from 1942 to 1944, then the Germans from 1944 to 1948. While at the Camp the prisoners worked on the local farms under the control of the War Agricultural Officer.
In 1986, local business man Stan Johnson discovered that POW Camp 83 was still generally intact and that thirty five of the original huts were in roughly the same condition as when the last of the 1,200 inmates left for the 'Fatherland' in 1948. Mr Johnson bought the site and initially invested £750,000 to create, within the original Camp, the world's only Modern History Theme Museum.
The huts have been re-equipped to tell the story of The People's War, the social history of life in Britain from 1939 to 1945. So many Museums simply display exhibits in cabinets and on walls and are pretty dull affairs, but not Eden Camp. Realistic tableaux, with moving figures, authentic sounds and smells have been created to "transport you back in time". In one scene there is a living room of a typical wartime home in Britain. The family are seated in front of the fire, listening to the radio as Chamberlain announces "the declaration of war". You see the man move his arm to adjust the wireless set, the woman breathes, the tin bath sits in front of the flickering fire and the scene comes alive.
Each hut covers a different aspect of the story, starting with the rise of the Nazi Party, Hitler and The Outbreak of War. Other topics include: Rationing, the Utility Scheme, ‘Save It’ Campaigns, Evacuees, Propaganda, Home Guard, Home Front, The Blitz, Air Raid and Gas Precautions, Animals at War, The Street at War, Women at War, The Land Army and Timber Girls, The Munition Factories, The Observer Corps, The Auxiliary Fire Service, The WVS, The Red Cross, Civil Defence, The Rescue Services, The Bevin Boys, etc.
Other huts have been allocated military themes – War at Sea and U-boats, LDV & The Home Guard, Bomber Command, Path Finders, R.E. & R.A.F. Bomb Disposal, S.O.E., Escapers and Evaders, Resistance, Women at War, The life of a Prisoner of War etc.
Eden Camp is a truly great day out. So Don't miss it! This cache is located in a small wood just off the stone track.
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