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Thursday, 10 May 2007, 14:55 GMT 15:55 UK

POW camp sale backers stage party

Cultybraggan Training Camp (Crown copyright: RCAHMS) Villagers who want to buy a former World War II camp under right-to-buy legislation have organised a street party to gain vital local support.

The Comrie Development Trust is behind the proposal to buy the 64-acre Cultybraggan camp site in Perthshire.

It is being sold by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for £350,000.

The trust has organised a referendum in the village and needs half of the 2,000 residents to vote in it. It then needs to secure a majority in favour.

The maximum security facility opened in 1939 and held German prisoners.

Cultybraggan was used as a training camp after the war but the MoD plans to sell the site along with the many Nissen huts which are still standing.

The Scottish Executive accepted the Comrie Development Trust's official register of interest in buying the site under right-to-buy legislation.




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