 ANNOUNCEMENT
3 October 2021
Hut 9 fundraiser -
https://gofund.me/679ef39b
PLEASE Help OUR GROUP
preserve the history of Island Farm
We need to raise funds for the
purchase of our Visitor Centre; the building which has
kindly been loaned to us to date but is now up for sale.
Our Visitors'
Centre, on 11 March 2017
As a Preservation Group we have been
established for 9 years and have built up incredible public support.
We host open weekends which are so popular. They are fully booked
literally in a few days with over a thousand people attending over
the course of a single weekend.
From generous donations raised during
these events we have already secured a considerable amount but in
order to continue to preserve the history we desperately need to
raise a further £40,000 to buy the Visitors Centre.
We would continue to refurbish and
use this building as a Visitor Centre / museum. Without
this building we have no storage, no display area or building from
which to give our history talks.
Island Farm has featured on numerous
TV programmes and its history has literally touched countries across
the world and we would truly be grateful if you could make a
donation and help us to reach our target and preserve the WWII
history of Bridgend.
Sincerest thanks for your support
Hut 9 Preservation Group
Brett, Wayne, Stacie & Stel
& the cohort of our
Volunteers and Re-enactors that bring our events to life...
ANNOUNCEMENT
15 October 2021
Channel 5, Tuesday 19 October 2021
Walking Wartime Britain - Episode
6
Discovering the people and places
that changed the course of WWII
Hosted by acclaimed presenter
Arthur Williams
Brett Exton tells the story of
the Hut 9 Escape Tunnel
and the Welsh Great Escape
OUR MISSION
We
are a local group of volunteers who have been
asked to help preserve Hut 9, the last remaining
building on the Island Farm POW camp site.
The
history of this unique prisoner of war camp is of National significance
for the 1939-1945 war.
We have many aims for the future and
some of these include the preservation of the
building, its escape tunnel (The Welsh Great Escape)
and the collection and preservation of all material
pertaining to Island Farm and its former Prisoner of
War Camp. This includes photographs, documents,
eyewitness accounts and day-to-day objects used in
the camp.
The
Hut 9 Preservation Group and the cohort
of our volunteers and re-enactors who
bring Hut 9 to life, are looking forward
welcoming you to our next COVID-FREE
Event at Island Farm.
Thank you all for your support and
hope to see you soon at Hut 9.
Hut 9
Preservation Group
Registered Charity No. 1198068
Brett Exton -
Chairman
Wayne Gill -
Projects Officer
Stacie Bourke -
Treasurer
Stel Anthony -
Secretary
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