EAW016723 ENGLAND (1948). The village, Wylam, 1948

POW Camp - water tank.

POW Camp 'ornamental fountain' Confirmed from digital photograph at Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn (NRO 07724/10). See http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/blog/wylam-from-above

Former Miners' Club Hut, built in 1925 which stood on Engine Dene. The hut was used for many things in its long existence. It was eventually removed in the 1970s.

Butcher's Bridge (over railway) - replaced 1974

Bradley Dene

Coalway Plantation

'Shadingfield', Elm Bank Road (later home of Basil Bunting, poet)

Castle Hill Farm

Parsonage

Toll House

Laburnum Terrace

Wylam Masonic Hall, Chapel Lane

Methodist Church

Florist Hall Cottages

Bird Inn

Black Bull Inn

Charlie's Corner

Former Colliery School

Burgoyne House

Burgoyne Terrace

Ship Inn

West View

Tyne View

Allotment Gardens (The Haughs)

Pavilion

Stephenson Terrace

Ingham Row (now Ingham Terrace)

Castle Hill Convalescent Home (Royal Victoria Infirmary)

Recreation Ground

Flour Mill

Wylam Wood Road

Nissan huts of POW Camp (West side)

Coldwell Hill

Bradley Hall Park

Sled Lane Pond

Daniel Farm

"Wylam Castle" During the Second World War there were both German and Italian POW camps close to this location. German prisioners, over a period of just eight days in 1947, built a 3 foot high Bavarian castle in the gardens around their nissen huts. It was built using using stones from the river with roofs made from tins and had four towers, electric lighting and elaborate home-made furniture, and a ball room with tapestries and carpets. The front door could be opened and closed automatically and the castle even had its own ornamental fountain. A discreet panel above the front door read ‘Built by German prisoners’ and it was intended as a lasting reminder of their stay in Wylam. It attracted hundreds of sightseers over the next two years, but in May 1949, a lorry appeared on the site, the castle was lifted from its foundations and is reported to have fallen into pieces. http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/blog/wylam-from-above

Greenside Road, Crawcrook

Chesters Gardens, Crawcrook

Kingsley Terrace, Crawcrook

Ryton Sand & Gravel Works

The Boathouse Inn

Holeyn Hall Road

Wylam Hills Farm

Dene Terrace

School (now library)

Falcon Terrace

Florists Hall

Wylam Tennis Club

Brewery House

Wormald House

Former stables building for Wylam Mill (now CoOp)

Woodcroft Road

Algernon Terrace

Wylam North Station

Wylam Institute

Nissan huts of POW Camp (East side)

Wylam Hills farmhouse

Wylam Cottage

Blue Bell Lane

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Scar Houses (demolished)

Wylam Station (south)

Bradley Mill Farm

St Oswin's Church

Fox & Hounds

Wylam Bridge

Willies well?