My Feltwell Memories by Clive Regis 

My father, Royal (Roy) Regis, worked on a farm on Corkway Drove.  I do not know the name of the farm but we lived in a wooden bungalow.  This bungalow is still there, and can be seen on Google maps ref 52°28'47.6"N 0°27'53.5"E.  I lived here with my parents from 1960 - 63, including the winter of '63.

My mother, Irene (Rene) Kathleen Regis, worked as a domestic help for an American family on USAF / RAF Feltwell.

I recollect being told that the farm workers accommodation had previously been a WW2 prison camp for German POW's.  There were two rectangular wooden  buildings, each converted into 2 bungalows.  My father's brother lived in one.  There were also other buildings in front of our home in which as children we played, I remember one was called "the canteen".

I also recall that one of my fathers work colleagues was a German POW, who had met and married a local girl and never returned home.

I went to Feltwell Primary school.  We were collected by a bus each morning, I remember Shrub Hill farm, maybe we collected more children there? 

Looking at the location on Google maps now, it appears that only our house has survived and the other buildings have been demolished and replaced with brick built bungalows.

I am keen to confirm if the site had been a POW camp during the war. (There was a camp, Plough Camp, nearby so this is quite probable. Ed)

That's me in my first car, riding my first horse with my cousin on the back, and me on the left of the tin bath. If you look at the building on Google maps and my picture, you will see it is one and the same!  You can also see the other buildings that I believe were once prisoner barracks.

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