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Description: | 19th June 1945.
Re-union of friends at a rally in Roundhay Park for ex-prisoners of War, organised by the Yorkshire Evening News. The newspaper had become involved with the welfare of POWs in 1941 when 9 women whose men were captured had met at the newspaper offices. A club was formed to help the POWs and provide help, advice and support to relatives. The newspaper sponsored and administered the club. There were 20,000 members meeting at 23 centres in Yorkshire. By the end of the war 32000 pairs of socks, 12000 pullovers, 13000 scarves, 10000 helmets and seven million cigarettes had been sent to POWs. The club had a packing centre in Leeds where parcels were made up, the contents were sometimes subsidised by the club, many were sent out free of charge. Parcels normally included soap, razors, toothpaste, underwear, chocolate, cigarettes, socks and writing materials. The men seen here are in front of the signs for various camps and huts. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | POW Rally Roundhay Park | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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