The Story of Eden Camp in North Yorkshire

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @simonrichards6739
    @simonrichards6739 2 года назад +27

    We went there as a teen on a school trip, I got ripped by the other students for being so interested (my dad brought me up on WW2 history), they just wanted to mess about, whilst I was fascinated! Funny how all these years later those same people have reached out to me to research their family members who served. Obviously I have done, printed of service records, pictures etc and some of them have even said “thank you I’ve shown the family and sorry for taking the piss at school”. Great video and brilliant place.

    • @kevinpickard7627
      @kevinpickard7627 5 месяцев назад

      Do you still do this? My great Grandad was serving, and I would love to be able to find out more information on this, but I don't know where to start

  • @mrsecurity
    @mrsecurity 2 года назад +1

    Would definitely go and visit this place when I’m next up north, looks really good! Awesome video as always 😃

  • @barbaralamson7450
    @barbaralamson7450 2 года назад

    That was very interesting.
    Thank you. 👍

  • @alisongodden4500
    @alisongodden4500 2 года назад

    Hi! Another great museum nearby Eden camp is Yorkshire farming museum, meurton Park. I hope I have spelt the name right!

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 2 года назад +26

    My gran was a welder in the war, she was also made a widower with 3 small children to feed and look after.SHe walked from East Loftus to Skiningrove and back everyday to work. Great video 2x👍

    • @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge
      @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge 2 года назад +4

      Amazing gran👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @dcallan812
      @dcallan812 2 года назад +1

      @@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge Thanks she was, Later she married my grnddads identical twin and had 3 more kids.

  • @tonycasey3183
    @tonycasey3183 2 года назад +17

    I must have visited Eden Camp at least a dozen times with four different generations of my family. It never fails to inform, educate and entertain.

  • @minecraftedencamp7725
    @minecraftedencamp7725 2 года назад +5

    Amazing! Very informative!

  • @rodkennedy9800
    @rodkennedy9800 Год назад +3

    I’ve been to Eden camp years ago and more recently and it’s a great day out, well worth the money. It’s obviously ran with love and affection by the staff/owners, not just for the money. I would highly recommend 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦.

  • @nathanw1474
    @nathanw1474 2 года назад +2

    My great uncle was a POW here called Willi Rueter married into my family to my great aunt(Lurline) they got married in Scarborough worked on a German merchant ship apprehended by British troops from what I knew

  • @stephenfryer4047
    @stephenfryer4047 2 года назад +8

    Thanks Andrew for a cracking video. Brought back memories of past Yorkshire holidays with my children. We visited Eden camp on numerous occasions. We bought a world war two song cd in the gift shop and sang along to the songs in the car for the rest of the holiday. I've also managed to take some of my grandchildren to Eden camp!. Keep up the good work.

  • @stephengreen6338
    @stephengreen6338 2 года назад +5

    Well done Andrew, another enjoyable film, my dad was a brill cream boy, he never flew planes, he was however in Berlin he was a chef feeding our boys, but he would give potatoes, and other food stuffs to the locals who were starving, he was a good man. This wonderful camp should stay as a reminder to future generation's, look forward to more Andrew, thanks again.

  • @diannehardwick950
    @diannehardwick950 2 года назад +5

    Thanks for a great visit to a place I’ve never been. I am from Yorkshire but I’ve lived in Oz for the last 29 year. Now I’ve seen this, I shall put it on my “must see” list to visit next time I’m over there. So informative and it seems the inmates got a lot better treatment than our people did overseas.

  • @alanmoss3479
    @alanmoss3479 10 месяцев назад +1

    Stan Johnson was a coal merchant in Malton, used to sell coal to him via Cawoods Coal around the time he bought it, his son Howard made it what it is today, but chances are he's now passed it down the line. Used to speak to Howard on the phone often when arranging deliveries, his usual greeting was " now then you c**t" proper Yorkshire bloke, no offence given or taken. Also thanks for the free tickets around 1998 when I took my children.

  • @rosebailey3501
    @rosebailey3501 2 года назад +2

    My dad was a POW in Germany very tough times and starvation I was glad to see the UK did a more humanitarian treatment of prisoners

  • @NIGELOWEN19575
    @NIGELOWEN19575 10 месяцев назад +2

    Another interesting and informative video from you. I love the way you engage with your viewers with some personal facts and the music and editing all add to the professionalism. I really must visit here.

  • @sahhull
    @sahhull 2 года назад +1

    My school friends grandad (a German) was a POW at Eden Camp.
    Not sure how true it was or it could have been the confused ramblings of an old grandpa, but his name and German accent makes it probable.
    RIP Mr Meyerhoff snr

  • @GeoffreyRivis
    @GeoffreyRivis 5 месяцев назад +1

    My uncle had a large farm near Foxholes. In the 40's the government built Nissan huts on his farm, in which Italian prisoners were housed. After the war in the 50's, I helped to pull down many of these huts to make into field pig huts. We made a wood frame with skids and the curved sheets were assembled onto them. Some of the remaining huts were converted in the late 50's to mushroom growing houses. In a good week more than 5 tons of mushrooms were harvested and sent down to London to be sold. My uncle provided a van to pick up the women he employed, from Scarborough. He transported them to work and back every day. They would work on the mushrooms all day. Thanks for your excellent video.

  • @shiver_me_timbers
    @shiver_me_timbers 2 года назад +1

    An Italian camp near me (very small) was recently torn down! Similar to Eden Camp. No one seems to care anymore!

  • @Helen-us1ly
    @Helen-us1ly 2 года назад +1

    Reincarnation was in the Bible until it was edited out 500 AC.

  • @HuntersMoon78
    @HuntersMoon78 Год назад +1

    I'm from Chester le Street Count Durham and I went on a school trip when I was 15 to Eden Camp, I loved every minute of it.

  • @joannefoster891
    @joannefoster891 8 месяцев назад +2

    Livable buildings still in use after 80 years! Ill bet no modern build will still be here in 80 years time. Excellent video Andrew, next time i come to UK i will definitely be visiting it.

  • @benmarshall787
    @benmarshall787 2 года назад +1

    Great video Andrew, just watched you in Huddersfield bus stn spare stand. You look like an extra fr allo allo with uniform on! You should have had an MG to climb out of Sq Leader!
    Eden Camp is very good, been there a few years back and of course great to access next to a64.
    Look forward to the next one. A trip to Leeds n bk for me to do. C'mon you terriers!
    Ben 🚌🚍🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

    • @NorthYorkshireWanderer
      @NorthYorkshireWanderer  2 года назад

      Haha cheers Ben! I’ll apply for a role as an extra if they ever remake it. Hope you’re well!

  • @Rust_in_Time
    @Rust_in_Time 2 года назад +1

    It's obvious you were an RAF pilot in a past life....Just look at your drone piloting skills!
    Just hope your drone doesn't develop an engine fault...

  • @griswald322
    @griswald322 2 года назад +1

    Great video Andrew. I have been travelling up to Pickering for over 30 yrs and
    pass Eden Camp everytime i leave and rejoin the A64. After watching your
    video i must stop and visit next time. Always wondered what was in there.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @NickB_Yorkshire
    @NickB_Yorkshire 2 года назад +4

    Great stuff. Love Eden Camp but haven’t been for a few years. The effects are amazing, especially the smells. Going into The Blitz display really brings home an idea of what it must’ve been like at the time 😧

    • @ChristianPinnock-r4s
      @ChristianPinnock-r4s 10 дней назад +1

      It must have been shocking to see your house destroyed most people today would think gas explosion

  • @rupertjames5467
    @rupertjames5467 14 дней назад

    Started watching,turned off as soon as I saw a Ukraine flag being flown above the camp. It's beyond me why anyone in the UK would be flying a Ukraine flag?

  • @dave710
    @dave710 Месяц назад

    Andrew!
    I have just found your channel - superb.
    I love the content and delivery.
    I grew up in RHB, Whitby, and Kirbymoorside - now residing in Sweden 🇸🇪
    I miss the North Riding.

  • @barbaraprest783
    @barbaraprest783 2 года назад +1

    I enjoyed it very much - thank you 👏👏

  • @mikeswift6713
    @mikeswift6713 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the memories, we visited Eden Camp the year it opened which I think was 1987, we also visited Beamish Museum and the Manchester Science Museum not long after they opened as well, the children also visited Eden on school trips.
    The thing that stood out was the U-Boot display, this had sound effects and moving floors to give a feeling of being depth charged, is that still there, we’ve not revisited since.

  • @christinabaker7273
    @christinabaker7273 2 года назад +1

    I love this place. Would really like returning one day.

  • @rachelwalker7091
    @rachelwalker7091 2 года назад +2

    Really well made and fascinating film. It’s funny because just before you told the story I was thinking you would have made a good wartime RAF pilot. I think it’s the way you look and carry yourself and probably that’s what people have picked up on.

  • @wam2610
    @wam2610 2 года назад +1

    👍

  • @007JHS
    @007JHS 3 месяца назад

    The social history is what I found most fascinating.... made me remember stories my parents and other relatives recounted.

  • @daryljackson3430
    @daryljackson3430 3 месяца назад

    They had it easy in England pow camps , not like how they treated our lads in Germany and Japan. Some prisoners would have been delighted that they didn’t have to go back and fight anymore.

  • @timerkiert4731
    @timerkiert4731 4 месяца назад

    As a descendent from a polish prisoner of war, I found this video particularly interesting

  • @ronaldlovick1524
    @ronaldlovick1524 Год назад

    The u-boat hut really upset my father when I bought him to Eden camp as his brother was in a submarine during the war ( MHS THISTLE) that was sunk by a U-boat and all lives lost, his brother was only 19.

  • @LadyBlanche.888
    @LadyBlanche.888 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely spiffing as they used to say! I think it's more than possible you were an RAF Pilot,how great was that you were able to know that!
    What a marvellous place to visit! 👏

  • @nickfoxy
    @nickfoxy Год назад

    Fantastic video. By the way you really do look just like a 1940s pilot. I wouldn’t dismiss the mediums reading. Much more to this reality than our current laws of physics have figured out!

  • @briandalrymple9986
    @briandalrymple9986 5 месяцев назад +1

    I had the absolute pleasure to visit Eden Camp on a visit from New Zealand in 2016.
    I can see the additions to the camp since then and enjoyed your video.
    The hut that impacted me most was the memorial hut to those who had been In the war.

  • @linedwell
    @linedwell 2 года назад +1

    Most excellent video.
    Content wise and production wise. 👍

  • @moggiee1
    @moggiee1 2 года назад +1

    Superb video as always, Andrew. Many thanks to you - it looks like they opened just for you that day lol

    • @NorthYorkshireWanderer
      @NorthYorkshireWanderer  2 года назад +1

      Thanks! Yes, the staff were absolutely brilliant with me. They have a great team there!

  • @andrewdaley3081
    @andrewdaley3081 2 года назад +1

    Last Time I was there was at least 25 years ago. 🇬🇧👍

  • @andrewmegginson5553
    @andrewmegginson5553 2 года назад

    Well that went slightly in a direction I wasn’t expecting. That must be why you are sporting the wing commanders moustache.

  • @paulbaker8003
    @paulbaker8003 2 года назад +1

    Great film!! Will definitely be visiting this year.also the model of the bismark was made by my uncle Arthur.

  • @peterscotney1
    @peterscotney1 2 года назад

    similar camps were built on the rural wirral peninsula , Italian prisoners of War built a road outside my mums house , later on they were joined by germans , but the 2 groups were kept apart working in they're own gangs !

  • @fill7t1
    @fill7t1 2 года назад +1

    I applaud you Andy, that was brilliant! I was there about 6-7 years, so much has been added to Eden camp.... very informative, We're due another look back very soon. Thank you

  • @David-tt2mt
    @David-tt2mt 2 года назад +1

    Excellent video, have been a few times since it opened, the exibit improvement since the early days is evident by the displays. 1987 seems a long time ago, but I remember being thoroughly impressed and moved by the story boards. Have been several times since, and each time there is always something to see and be absorbed by. Your story of your RAF spiritual connection is fascinating and may be a further confirmation that we are indeed existing within a loop.

  • @Ukraineaissance2014
    @Ukraineaissance2014 Год назад

    People in the past life were never just housewives or sheep farmers according to these 'psychics' are they?

  • @stevenstreeter1145
    @stevenstreeter1145 2 года назад

    One near me growing up as a kid in Lancashire called knuzden camp, it's now under neath the m65

  • @746laurie
    @746laurie 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this video. My late father-in-law was born in Romania of Schwab German parents. He was an apprentice painter and decorator when the Second World War started and was soon conscripted into the Wehrmacht. He was wounded and taken prisoner by the Allies in Northern France shortly after D-day. Upon recovery from his wounds, he became a POW in what is now South Oxfordshire and put to work on a farm with other German and Italian POWs. Whilst at the farm he met a Land Army girl who had been brought down from Liverpool. Of course liaisons between POWs and the Land Army girls were forbidden but they found a way and married in 1948 once the repatriation of POWs started. He continued working at the same farm and eventually became the farm manager, retiring in 1986 and passing away in 1995, still with some small pieces of shrapnel in his abdomen.

  • @stugill4513
    @stugill4513 2 года назад

    id never herd of this place before but will be paying a visit this year thaks to this vid thank you

  • @Nate_Gamer173
    @Nate_Gamer173 5 месяцев назад

    I went to Eden camp with my school like 2 days ago and it was so good

  • @geoffpartington1527
    @geoffpartington1527 2 года назад

    South of pickering would be interesting

  • @grahamfield6173
    @grahamfield6173 2 года назад

    excellent and you look the real deal in the RAF uniform

  • @Ukraineaissance2014
    @Ukraineaissance2014 Год назад

    The blitz and u boat huts terrified me when I was a kid

  • @debbiewalker312
    @debbiewalker312 8 месяцев назад +1

    My dad was in RAF in late 40s bless him he loved it

  • @dotdoughty5504
    @dotdoughty5504 6 месяцев назад

    I went there. In the. 1980. It was. Intresting

  • @johnjephcote7636
    @johnjephcote7636 2 года назад

    Been past it many times but never visited, thank you.

  • @arthur12345cat
    @arthur12345cat Год назад

    Very good video, just like being there

  • @elainaworsley470
    @elainaworsley470 11 месяцев назад

    I've been going to Eden camp for many years, and I took my children. Everything myself & my husband go we always wear 1940s type attire. It seems wrong not to. We also dress for visiting 1940s weekends and also dress in victorian costumes for Otley show near Xmas. It's all great fun. I love your videos. If I were you, I'd do a bit of digging into that pilot thing ( you never know ). 🤔 thanks again.

  • @rontanser9369
    @rontanser9369 2 года назад +2

    Thank you very much that was lovely to see how it’s progressed I went to Eden camp when it first opened there was only a few huts Open then one of them was that submarine yes I do remember that most vividly mainly because the little boy in front run out screaming when the sirens went off also I seem to remember there was a very nice CAFE there as well

    • @NorthYorkshireWanderer
      @NorthYorkshireWanderer  2 года назад +1

      Yes the cafe is great! The U-Boat & Blitz huts are just brilliant. No matter how I filmed them it wouldn’t do them justice, you need to experience them.

    • @rontanser9369
      @rontanser9369 2 года назад

      @@NorthYorkshireWanderer I think Eden camp and the Jorvik Museum in York are the best museums I’ve ever been to

  • @rickydub6950
    @rickydub6950 2 года назад

    Was there as a child on holiday in the 90s. 😁👍

  • @steamdean100
    @steamdean100 2 года назад

    But did he ever get his cement factory?

  • @tinabarber1796
    @tinabarber1796 Год назад

    Thank you for a brilliant and really informative video! Been past Eden Camp loads of time and never realised it had been a POW camp. Love hearing about your spiritualist encounter.....have you ever thought about looking up the name you were given?

  • @alansayers9637
    @alansayers9637 2 года назад +1

    Hi Andrew, you bring so much to this channel , especially with the presentation of your videos and their content. Thank you for your enthusiasm in bringing both the history and the lives of the people who were part of it. Can't wait for the next video , would love to see you step out of yourkshire into Northumberlan and explore the coast line.

    • @NorthYorkshireWanderer
      @NorthYorkshireWanderer  2 года назад

      Thanks Alan! We had a family holiday up there last summer. It was the first time I’d been & I loved it - so much history. Hopefully going back this year.

  • @chodbin1
    @chodbin1 2 года назад +1

    Cracking video again Andrew.

  • @nadinearnold8235
    @nadinearnold8235 2 года назад

    Wonderful video, you looked very smart in the jacket. Did you ever look up the pilots names that she gave you? Been to Eden Camp a couple of times...think I need to revisit!

  • @daviddjerassi
    @daviddjerassi 2 года назад

    Born in 1935 every inch of the camp meant something thank you for the video chocks away Sir.

  • @onemore5952
    @onemore5952 2 года назад

    Great videos, great accent!

  • @pilgrum23
    @pilgrum23 2 года назад

    I been twice but you vid is exelent

  • @SarahTaylor-f4l
    @SarahTaylor-f4l 7 месяцев назад

    I have been here yesterday

  • @harlenescorner
    @harlenescorner Год назад

    That’s interesting about the pilot the medium mentioned. Have you ever looked into trying to trace that pilot? 🤔

    • @NorthYorkshireWanderer
      @NorthYorkshireWanderer  Год назад +1

      No, I’ve not tried. The military records from WW2 seem huge so wouldn’t really know where to start to be honest.

  • @craigepton3925
    @craigepton3925 8 месяцев назад

    I felt a sprint there too

  • @garystroud6153
    @garystroud6153 Год назад

    Thanks for this video, I've had it in mind to visit Eden Camp since I picked up a leaflet (can't remember where but a while back). Living in a military area, and having served, you collect bits and pieces of knowledge but rarely the full story. Still trying to join some of the dots. Now lockdown has eased and having had the most recent booster I may get there, probably in spring '23.

  • @woolleycodwanderers4833
    @woolleycodwanderers4833 2 года назад

    Another excellently researched and executed video Andrew 👏👏👏👏 ... p.s you are looking a bit more comfortable in front of the camera 😉👍 ... ❤️👵🏼🐾🐾🤠

  • @hoxboy2099
    @hoxboy2099 2 года назад

    I love the smells lol

  • @gillstephenson1563
    @gillstephenson1563 Год назад

    Brilliant. Thanks so much for this. I'm originally from Sunderland so was lucky to visit Eden Camp on a number of occasions. Sadly, live a bit too far away now so really enjoyed this.

  • @dollyhare5186
    @dollyhare5186 2 года назад

    Great video. Never been despite living quite close. My great uncle was killed on a Lancaster Bomber in Belgium. Will make sure I go to see this soon. Thanks for your entertaining videos!

  • @davidcutts2650
    @davidcutts2650 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing the experience. Seems to be an amazing place. Know what I was brought up in Bridlington & never knew of Eden Camp. I will certainly visit when next in the uk. Regards from South Africa.

  • @mikeyates7494
    @mikeyates7494 Год назад

    Enjoyed the video thanks, choked me up abit at the end

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 2 года назад

    It's a superb place to visit. I enjoyed my time there . I got wet , by watching a puppet show , the dolls had water guns. Loads of tanks and things like that , it's interesting and it has a pub.

  • @goldilocks913
    @goldilocks913 2 года назад

    Thanks Andrew, my girlfriend is always raving about this place and we were up there a couple of days ago but didn’t have time to go. On the must do list now though. 👍

  • @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge
    @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge 2 года назад

    It’s on my list now, I’ve seven kids to entertain 👋
    Lovely presentation.

  • @sewahsewah
    @sewahsewah 2 года назад

    Excellent 👍

  • @katiecroft8493
    @katiecroft8493 2 года назад

    Thank you so much. I'm originally from Sunderland & was lucky enough to visit Eden Camp on a few occasions. Been away from the North East for 12 years now so too far to visit now so this brought back some happy memories.

  • @trevorsmith2152
    @trevorsmith2152 2 года назад

    Great video thanks for that, interesting conclusion to it as well. There is more to our lives than meets the eye or should I say our five senses. Yes I certainly believe that. 🤔😊

  • @zolfodor4835
    @zolfodor4835 2 года назад

    Brilliant video mate,my 2 sons visited Eden camp on their school trips years ago,I,m gonna definitely have a day out there.

  • @Roscoe.P.Coldchain
    @Roscoe.P.Coldchain Год назад

    Thankyou I live in Yorkshire and this is the first time I’ve heard of the place, definitely worth a visit thanks

  • @AMDronephotography
    @AMDronephotography 2 года назад

    Been to Eden Camp a few times over the years, always a good day out. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

  • @andymiles5156
    @andymiles5156 2 года назад

    Very interesting. Maybe one to avoid if you suffer from automatonophobia.

  • @lol-pz1ni
    @lol-pz1ni 2 года назад

    miss going to Eden camp , I remember going as a kid and that's where my love of ww2 era history began

  • @mrsb8311
    @mrsb8311 2 года назад

    Hi really enjoyed your video very informative and full of interesting facts been there a few times years ago nice to see some new features thanks 🤗

  • @kindredspiritinvestigation5903

    Great video

  • @nysavant
    @nysavant 2 года назад

    Very interesting. I was already planning my first visit while on holiday in July. This video has made me look forward to it even more.

  • @kellywright1413
    @kellywright1413 2 года назад

    I love the fact they stayed over here and married locals that’s so lovely ! Like to learn things about history x

  • @jillfoster6369
    @jillfoster6369 2 года назад

    How fabulous - we visited here a couple of years ago and loved it so much the rest of the family visited the following year. Thank you for the memories.

  • @maggiemitchell4359
    @maggiemitchell4359 2 года назад

    Wow what a place would love to visit it one day ,thanks for sharing : )

  • @kevinhobbs5918
    @kevinhobbs5918 2 года назад

    This is a marvelous and imaginative way to keep this piece of interesting history alive ,a great shame and pity someone didn't do the same in Wales at Bridgend where at the sight of the biggest breakout of German pows only one hut remains 👍🦉

  • @Ryulin18
    @Ryulin18 2 года назад

    You're great. Can't wait to see more since I met you at The Rotunda Museum

  • @KevUTM1925
    @KevUTM1925 2 года назад

    Great video, visited here many years ago this has inspired me to visit again soon 👋👋👋👋