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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 43166, member: 29"]Send me the earrings and no one gets hurt. You don't want those, Shiloh. No no, you don't. </p><p><br /></p><p>Isle of Man: NOT a PoW camp, but for civilians. My uncle was interned there for about nine months at the start of WW2. He'd escaped Berlin in '38 for Britain. After war was declared, "aliens" from enemy countries were interned till it could be proved they were no threat. They were housed in hotels on the sea front, and he said it wasn't exactly arduous. Many of the internees, especially the Jewish ones, were highly educated - there was a university, orchestra, and business networks. Uncle met his business partner there. He got released back to London, met my aunt and married her. Till the day he died, he loved Britain for the haven it gave him. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your carving is very nice, it would do well here, especially as it's WW1 anniversaries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 43166, member: 29"]Send me the earrings and no one gets hurt. You don't want those, Shiloh. No no, you don't. Isle of Man: NOT a PoW camp, but for civilians. My uncle was interned there for about nine months at the start of WW2. He'd escaped Berlin in '38 for Britain. After war was declared, "aliens" from enemy countries were interned till it could be proved they were no threat. They were housed in hotels on the sea front, and he said it wasn't exactly arduous. Many of the internees, especially the Jewish ones, were highly educated - there was a university, orchestra, and business networks. Uncle met his business partner there. He got released back to London, met my aunt and married her. Till the day he died, he loved Britain for the haven it gave him. Your carving is very nice, it would do well here, especially as it's WW1 anniversaries.[/QUOTE]
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