Prisoners of war ran a number of entertainments during their time at Krefeld camp. This was one act in a series of entertainments, which festured my father, Captain Neil Collins (on the left) as a Dutchwoman performing a clog dance.

A British sentimental and patriotic postcard || Three cute children, one dressed as a British soldier and the others carrying Union flags, are portrayed on the front on this postcard, entitled ‘The Recruits.’. Postmarked ‘CHELTENHAM in Gloucestershire / 9.30 PM / MAR 10 17’, the postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master L. Evans / 14. Lulworth Rd / Birkdale / Southport now in Greater Manchester’. The message reads as follows: ‘March 10th / Dear Laurie / I am sending this P.C. because I thought you would like to have a P.C all to your self sic. It as sic been snowing like anything here. With love from Marie.’. The printed text on the back states: ‘This card is printed in England.’ and ‘A. ? DAVIS & Co. / Quality cards / London’. || || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard || Front

A British sentimental postcard || The faintly inscribed initials of the artist who drew the scene on the front of this postcard – ‘M S W’ – have been inscribed beneath its title, ‘The Absent One.’, which has been printed in the bottom right-hand corner. Above, a small girl is shown standing on a chair beside her mother, kissing a photograph of her soldier–father on the mantelpiece. On the back, the printed details inform us that the postcard was produced by ‘C. W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd., London, E.C.’, along with ‘British Production (Copyright). / Series 1525 E’. There is a name and address written in black ink, as well as a message to ‘Miss K. Carr / Waterstock Rectory / Wheatley S. O. / Oxon.’. The message reads, ‘I hope to have a letter from you in the morning. There is now only one post. We have had no rain since I came. Daddie said it was snowing at Keswick. Mother’. The postmark is incomplete, but the postcard may have been posted on 24 September 1916. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard