Scots Prisoner of War camp will be remembered

The history of a Scottish Prisoner of War camp is to feature in a talk. Led by Cumnock History Group and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Pennylands Camp 22 – Hidden Histories of Ayrshire exhibition tells the story of those who lived and worked in and around Pennylands Camp 22, a former WWII…

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Ayrshire’s Prisoner Of War camp will feature in new exhibition

A brand new exhibition will shine a spotlight on a former WWII Prisoner Of War camp. Pennylands Camp 22, also known as Camp 22, Temple Camp and Auchinleck Camp, was situated in the parish of Auchinleck in East Ayrshire, to the north-east of Dumfries House, and will be highlighted at the Baird Institute in Cumnock…

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