Grove Park Camp 1946-57

This website gathers together photographs and memories from former residents of Grove Park Camp (1946-57), a resettlement camp set up on the grounds of the country estate in Iver to accommodate Polish soldiers and their families after the Second World War.

These materials formed the basis of a temporary exhibition curated by me (Maryś Creech), which appeared in the Gallery Room at the Curve Library in Slough in March 2022.

By providing an overview of the history of the camp and a glimpse into what daily life was like for residents, the exhibition sought to convey the importance of the Grove Park community (who were among the first of many generations of Polish people to settle in Slough in recent decades) to present-day visitors.

The exhibition coincided with news of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, which highlights how relevant the subject of welcoming displaced people remains today.

The aim of the project more broadly is to continue collecting photographs and personal memories from Polish resettlement camps like Grove Park, so that we can keep sharing this story and bring it to different audiences.