The Story of Peter Ripkin and the War of France

In late may, the fear of a naty invasion is entering its peak period. The british government is handing out leaflets on what to do when the enemy arrives. Peter's arrested in about two or three weeks into this process. He's whisked away in a black maria and taken to a local prison. And from there he's transported to a notorious transit camp called warth mills. This is a disused cotton mill which is used to house thousands of these individuals who have been hastily arrested. They're brought to this formerly disused cottonmill where it's really not been prepared for human habitation at all. It's packedi dirty. There's men of all ages