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In our final post on the subject for now we look at Creative POWs![]()
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“The Italians made me a ring which I have treasured all these years.The outer edge was from a thruppenny piece, which looked like gold, and the centre, of King George’s head, was cut out from a silver spoon.” This and other tales of talented POWs persist in the Herefordshire Lore Archive. This particular memory came from Shirley at Burley Gate who recalled visiting the Italians’ camp with her mother: the ‘camp’ was no more than a large metal hut beside the road at Bullocks Bridge, apparently still standing.![]()
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It was Italians who created a chapel at Wellbrook, Peterchurch, furnished with chairs, organ and other items from a disused church at Urishay Castle and was later used as a church by local Roman Catholics.) Meanwhile the cherub heads in Much Birch parish church are said to have been painted by Italian prisoners of war in 1942.![]()
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Finally the portrait of this bonny baby (apologies for the poor reproduction) was painted by another Italian POW for a local family farming in the Golden Valley - he even signed himself ‘POW’.
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Tremendous piece of research!
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The business of cider and perry - central to our local economy for centuries!
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Are we a city of culture? No central museum for the last few years, and still a small city library since the main library closed? ![]()
Find out more at Hereford Civic Society’s November meeting. ![]()
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Friday 21st November 2025![]()
Jesse Norman MP![]()
MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire![]()
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KEYNOTE LECTURE![]()
Hereford, City of Ideas: Culture, Capability and![]()
Innovation in the 21st Century![]()
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7.30 pm (Doors open at 7.00pm)![]()
At the Kindle Centre, adjacent to ASDA. HR2 7JE![]()
In the Main Hall downstairs