A Christmas card sent from Ruhleben internment camp to Grimsby in 1916.

An original postcard sent by Walwyn Tyson to his wife back home at ‘Ludae Villa’, Dudley Street, Grimsby.

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The artist, A Healey Hislop (1887–1954) was captured, as a civilian in Germany in 1914, and spent the whole of the World War 1 in Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp, a Prisoner of War Camp near Berllin. Facilities at the camp included musical instruments – the camp had an Opera Company – and a printing press. A Healey Hislop became Art Editor of the camp’s magazine.