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.
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👍
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 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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! 👏
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😧
I last visited there in the early 90's, and was impressed then. After watching this on how much more there is i will certainly be heading that way again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your videos, I find them interesting, informative and make me want to visit places I've never even heard of.
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.
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?
Fantastic video. And I loved the part about your previous life as a RAF pilot. Can’t wait to visit the museum when it opens next year eventhough it will take me a 5 hour drive. Will probably be worth it
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.
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!
Great video. i went here on school trip in 1999 when i was 8 and came again with my (late) grandparents on 2006. as child i found the blitz room scary experience. Came again when staying in rippon in 2019, it a day of heavy rain so we were not able to do our original plans of walks . in 2019 it had changed to allow dogs which was great for us. definitely recommend this as interactive family day out. brilliant video as always
Fascinating stuff, not just the video but also a couple of years worth of everyone's comments too. Did you ever look up the name/s given by the medium lady who looked into your past?
Absolutely loved that.. Fantastic insite into the history of Eden camp.. Im due to visit it soon on a motorbike camping trip.. I love ww2 history and this was just brilliant thanks for making this. Rich
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 👍
I saved this until I had time to properly enjoy it and I’m glad I did ! Beautifully produced film as always , very interesting and definitely a place I would love to visit 😀 thank you for all your hard work , can’t wait for the next one 😎.
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.
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.
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
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👍
Amazing gran👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge Thanks she was, Later she married my grnddads identical twin and had 3 more kids.
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 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦.
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.
Cheers Joanne 🙂 glad you enjoyed it!
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.
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.
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.
Thanks Geoffrey! 👍🏼
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.
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.
Thanks! Definitely worth the visit 👍🏼
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.
Thanks Nigel! 👍🏼
An Italian camp near me (very small) was recently torn down! Similar to Eden Camp. No one seems to care anymore!
I love the fact they stayed over here and married locals that’s so lovely ! Like to learn things about history x
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.
I love this place. Would really like returning one day.
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
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.
Thanks Dianne!
My dad was in RAF in late 40s bless him he loved it
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.
Cheers Stephen! 👍🏼
Been to Eden Camp a few times over the years, always a good day out. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Amazing! Very informative!
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.
Born in 1935 every inch of the camp meant something thank you for the video chocks away Sir.
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.
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.
Thanks Elaina. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
The social history is what I found most fascinating.... made me remember stories my parents and other relatives recounted.
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.
Thanks Dave! Glad you’re enjoying them! 👍🏼
Been past it many times but never visited, thank you.
id never herd of this place before but will be paying a visit this year thaks to this vid thank you
Bedankt, thank you. Keep up the good work.
Bedankt Jaap! Really appreciated! 👍🏼
Another great video Andrew. Especially liked your personal tale at the end. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Paul! 👍🏼
Brilliant video love watching historical things
Most excellent video.
Content wise and production wise. 👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
Thankyou I live in Yorkshire and this is the first time I’ve heard of the place, definitely worth a visit thanks
Wow what a place would love to visit it one day ,thanks for sharing : )
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
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it! 👍🏼
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! 👏
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.
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.
Cheers Laurie. Great story! 👍🏼
miss going to Eden camp , I remember going as a kid and that's where my love of ww2 era history began
I enjoyed it very much - thank you 👏👏
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 🤗
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.
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.
My favourite school trip we went in year 4 loved it
Mine too. Went about the same age for the first time.
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer I think I'm going to have to re visit again, it was about 1999 when I went lol
Enjoyed the video thanks, choked me up abit at the end
Cheers Mike 👍🏼
Superb video as always, Andrew. Many thanks to you - it looks like they opened just for you that day lol
Thanks! Yes, the staff were absolutely brilliant with me. They have a great team there!
As a descendent from a polish prisoner of war, I found this video particularly interesting
Excellent video, thanks Andrew.
Thanks Di!
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 😧
It must have been shocking to see your house destroyed most people today would think gas explosion
I last visited there in the early 90's, and was impressed then. After watching this on how much more there is i will certainly be heading that way again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your videos, I find them interesting, informative and make me want to visit places I've never even heard of.
Cheers Richard. This place is well worth a visit 👍🏼
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.
Great film!! Will definitely be visiting this year.also the model of the bismark was made by my uncle Arthur.
I went to Eden camp with my school like 2 days ago and it was so good
Brilliant video mate,my 2 sons visited Eden camp on their school trips years ago,I,m gonna definitely have a day out there.
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?
Thanks Tina. I’ve thought about it a few times but never followed it up.
If your in the area you owe it to yourself to visit; its fascinating. Great work Andrew, I loved this video.
Cheers Jeff! Yes, great place to visit 👍🏼
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Me and the other half visited recently and loved it.
I went there. In the. 1980. It was. Intresting
One near me growing up as a kid in Lancashire called knuzden camp, it's now under neath the m65
Fantastic video. And I loved the part about your previous life as a RAF pilot. Can’t wait to visit the museum when it opens next year eventhough it will take me a 5 hour drive. Will probably be worth it
Thanks Tessa. Yes, it will be worth the trip!
The blitz and u boat huts terrified me when I was a kid
Cracking video again Andrew.
Thanks!
Was there as a child on holiday in the 90s. 😁👍
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.
If ever I'm in the area I'll definitely visit
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!
You're great. Can't wait to see more since I met you at The Rotunda Museum
Great video. i went here on school trip in 1999 when i was 8 and came again with my (late) grandparents on 2006. as child i found the blitz room scary experience. Came again when staying in rippon in 2019, it a day of heavy rain so we were not able to do our original plans of walks . in 2019 it had changed to allow dogs which was great for us. definitely recommend this as interactive family day out. brilliant video as always
Thanks Emmy!
that was one of the best videos i have ever seen, brilliant. brian d,
Thanks Brian! 👍🏼
Great video, visited here many years ago this has inspired me to visit again soon 👋👋👋👋
Thanks
Thanks Matt! Really appreciated 👍🏼
We've been there, it really is brilliant. Superb cafe as well.
Fascinating stuff, not just the video but also a couple of years worth of everyone's comments too.
Did you ever look up the name/s given by the medium lady who looked into your past?
Absolutely loved that.. Fantastic insite into the history of Eden camp.. Im due to visit it soon on a motorbike camping trip.. I love ww2 history and this was just brilliant thanks for making this.
Rich
Cheers Rich! 👍🏼
Loved this video. Thank you. 👌😃
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.
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
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.
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer I think Eden camp and the Jorvik Museum in York are the best museums I’ve ever been to
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.
I felt a sprint there too
Excellent film as always
That was very interesting.
Thank you. 👍
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.
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.
It’s on my list now, I’ve seven kids to entertain 👋
Lovely presentation.
Thanks! 👍🏼
Another top video,worth the wait thanks
We’ve been there 3 times absolutely brilliant.
Excellent 👍
Would definitely go and visit this place when I’m next up north, looks really good! Awesome video as always 😃
excellent and you look the real deal in the RAF uniform
Another fine video! Interesting, informative, entertaining and educational!
Thanks! 👍🏼 glad you enjoyed it.
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Additionally, you make a very handsome RAF pilot.
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.
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. 👍
Excellent video Andrew, You look smart in that RAF uniform, Well done.
Thanks Liam 🙌🏼 all good fun!
Andrew brilliant vLog as per so detailed keep up your great work 👍 I love it 👌
Cheers Christopher! 👍🏼
Fantastic as always buddy!
Cheers mate!
Fantastic video, thanks for introducing me to this! A destination for my next trip up north I think!
Cheers Dean!
Really interesting film 👌
I been twice but you vid is exelent
Another great video Andrew, well done .
Cheers Chris!
I saved this until I had time to properly enjoy it and I’m glad I did ! Beautifully produced film as always , very interesting and definitely a place I would love to visit 😀 thank you for all your hard work , can’t wait for the next one 😎.
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
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.
Thanks Rachel! 🙂
Maybe why you fly that drone so we’ll to eh Andrew 😂👍
Brilliant video Andrew, you make such interesting and unique material. I love Yorkshire so really appreciate your local knowledge.
Thanks Joseph! Plenty more to come 👍🏼