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You know how sometimes you can be so wide of the mark its not true, well I thought the Geneva Convention was formulated after WW2 (the 1949 date), I didn't realise that it dated back to 1863. mmmmmm I hated history at school, its starting to show

The 1949 date was Nato which i think a lot of people get mixed up with. A good example of POWs doing war work are the Churchill Barriers on Orkney, the way they had to be turned in to roads.

Indeed 1949 was NATO, but it was also a key date for the Geneva Convention

First Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" (first adopted in 1864, last revision in 1949).

Second Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea" (first adopted in 1906).

Third Geneva Convention "relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War" (first adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949).

Fourth Geneva Convention "relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War" (first adopted in 1949, based on parts of the 1907 Hague Convention IV).

I remember the pics on conway street,the asda yellow council vans and pretty much what ya's have all mentioned.Does anyone remember the so called kids play area that was close to thorsway and the railway pub in tranmere/rockferry and the big 'ice mountain' slide that was there??

Who remembers any of these?

wow the kikkat,s look mad lol

Yeah I remember that and I also remember the round gravel they had there, It made perfect catapult ammo I used to go there regularly to fill a bag or 2

All them chocolate bars look mad to me! The Kitkat looks the most normal & the mars, Look at the crunchie, aero and smarties!!

you mean they've changed?....god is nothing sacrosanct?

Where's the Payne's Poppets?! Mmmmmmmm.....

Paynes poppets-farmfoods 25p ! Peanut toffee and raisins!!

Anybody want to come on a outing this afternoon - I have two local WW2 sites in mind - neither of which seem to have photographs anywhere on the internet. I can do driving. PM me!

Finally, a decent picture of ASDA in bhead!

thats hardly a decent pic joe - its the slope off the car park on the roof!