In a four-storey converted factory on the fringe of moorland country more than fifty German prisoners of war had two eggs and three rashers of bacon each for breakfast, writes a "Daily Express" reporter.
Wearing grey and blue polo swear ters and grey flannels, they wake at 6 am. and line up for sick parade an hour afterwards. Inside the factory, which is ringed by barbed wire and guarded by troops, the men stroll and talk in an exercise yard.
Girl workers in a nearby factory can see them from a hill about 300 yards away. Some of the girls have waved to the men. The prisoners, I was told, have thanked officers for treating them so well They were surprised at the quality and quantity of food.
So far they have spent most of their time reading, writing, and exercising. Many of them want to work, Another batch of twenty prisoners, sent to the south of England, had a meal in an hotel before going on:
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