TQexplorer
25-08-2010, 09:16 PM
Hi, I know these pictures are 18 months old, but after using the site search (for a while with loads of different terms) I can only find 2 mentions of it on urbexforums:
dangerousdave's report (http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/4187-Ilford-Park-Polish-Camp-Devon-May-09?highlight=newton+abbot) - but all his pictures seem to be removed from the flickr account
and,
escortmad79's post (http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/6420-Ilford-Park-Polish-Village?highlight=ilford+park) - in "demolished/converted", saying not to bother visiting (absolutely right as it's actually been landscaped now with a few thousand trees planted)
Anyway, I'll bite the bullet and post some pic's from my visit last year in case anyone is interested in how it looked Spring 2009?
History from www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk (http://www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk/ilfordpark.htm)
Ilford Park Resettlement Camp
Originally a WWII American Military hospital. After the war in 1948, the abandoned camp, with its long rows of concrete huts with corrugated asbestos roofs and covered walkways, became home to hundreds of Polish Displaced Persons. Stover Park camp as it was known, was one of 45 camps/hostels run by the National Assistance Board catering for the needs of displaced Polish people who survived the war, avoiding the traumas of deportations into the depths of Siberia and exile.
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00253.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00254.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00255.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00256.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00263.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00257.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00259.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00258.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00364.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00281.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00280.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00284.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00271.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00270.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00265.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00282.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00273.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00269.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00291.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00286.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00292.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00289.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00288.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00356.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00293.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00355.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00354.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00362.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00349.jpg
Mod's, if this is too pic heavy/crap/not of interest to the site please just bin it if you like, just thinking it might be of interest to some ;)
...thanks for looking anyway.
dangerousdave's report (http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/4187-Ilford-Park-Polish-Camp-Devon-May-09?highlight=newton+abbot) - but all his pictures seem to be removed from the flickr account
and,
escortmad79's post (http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/6420-Ilford-Park-Polish-Village?highlight=ilford+park) - in "demolished/converted", saying not to bother visiting (absolutely right as it's actually been landscaped now with a few thousand trees planted)
Anyway, I'll bite the bullet and post some pic's from my visit last year in case anyone is interested in how it looked Spring 2009?
History from www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk (http://www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk/ilfordpark.htm)
Ilford Park Resettlement Camp
Originally a WWII American Military hospital. After the war in 1948, the abandoned camp, with its long rows of concrete huts with corrugated asbestos roofs and covered walkways, became home to hundreds of Polish Displaced Persons. Stover Park camp as it was known, was one of 45 camps/hostels run by the National Assistance Board catering for the needs of displaced Polish people who survived the war, avoiding the traumas of deportations into the depths of Siberia and exile.
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00253.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00254.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00255.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00256.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00263.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00257.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00259.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00258.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00364.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00281.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00280.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00284.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00271.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00270.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00265.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00282.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00273.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00269.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00291.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00286.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/Dsc00292.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00289.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00288.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00356.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00293.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00355.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00354.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00362.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/TQexplorer/Ilford%20Park%20Polish%20Resettlement%20Camp/DSC00349.jpg
Mod's, if this is too pic heavy/crap/not of interest to the site please just bin it if you like, just thinking it might be of interest to some ;)
...thanks for looking anyway.