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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Saturday 08 February 14 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
Excellent work, Anydogsbody. Thankyou! I can see why my father usually said this camp was near Porto San Giorgio or Fermo. I cannot ever recall him saying it was Monte Urano. I was 11 years of age when I visited this place in the summer of 1974 & can only really remember what's on the photo's we took (although I can recall PS Giorgio), but the area seems more built up than I remember it. Although to be honest, I only really recall the older houses overlooking the camp.

P.S. The address also works on Google Earth.

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Monday 03 February 14 18:00 GMT (UK)  »
Further to what I just posted, clicking on the photo of the camp just enlarges the photo, click the box beneath (Leggi tutto...) for more details. The author has credited me for the photo, so I'll withdraw my comment about him using other people's photo's!

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Monday 03 February 14 17:54 GMT (UK)  »
I've just had another failed attempt to find PG70 on Google Earth (not looked for it for a while though). However, I did find an interesting Italian website http://www.coninfacciaunpodisole.it  to read and see more click the small box marked "Leggi tutto" beneath the picture of PG70, which those following this thread will recognise. Sacomar seem to have continued as a leather business, but I think they may no longer be at the former camp, but in Fermo itself. From what I've grasped from reading articles on Sacomar in Italian, they may have recently gone bust (2010).

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Monday 10 September 12 11:39 BST (UK)  »
Anydogsbody's picture of PG70 "today" shows it's largely unchanged since my visit (with my parents, during a holiday in Rimini) in July, 1974. It was a leather factory at that time and there was a bar across the arch (as in the sketch) with the name "S.A.CO.MAR". The pic's are on my flickr page (mwe152).

My dad was captured on Oct 28th, 1942 in North Africa & taken on the route described (in the hold of the ship & on to Capua). He was in the camp with a man called Bob Haynes (originally from Alperton & lives in Ruislip), who he kept in touch with.

The name Monturano is a new one on me. Dad always called it Fermo or Porto San Giorgio. It was 100 miles/160km down the Autostrada from Rimini to P.S. Giorgio, we then headed inland towards (or through?) Fermo. Dad had to ask various locals in order to find the place! This and the fact I can't find it on Google Earth means it was a pretty goood place for a PoW camp, as few would fancy escaping and no-one would be able to do a rescue!

Just had a quick scoot around online and there is a town called MONTE URANO (not Monturano) 40km north of Fermo. "Monturano" is probably a word of mouth, unwritten corruption of Monte Urano?

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