[Jim Procter]

I have not been back to Ozzy for over 50 years.I dont know what it is like now but I knew what it was like then. During the war 1939-1945 we lived opposite the Old Mother Red Cap in Brantwood Avenue.Across the field was the farm run by Sam Lofthouse and his family and behind that was the Italian Prisoner-of-War camp.At the top end of Knuzden was a track leading to the farm and then on to the camp.In 1945 with some of my mates from Knuzden and Intack we played football against a team of Italians from the camp.It poured with rain and we got beat easily.I think the Eyeties got Sundays off because they were allowed out of the camp and they could stroll around with the girls who came flocking from Blackburn.Me and my pals had great fun creeping up on a couple and seeing what they were getting up to in the long grass.Happy Days.