PRISONERS of war were back behind the wire at the weekend.

Eden Camp, near Malton, is one of North Yorkshire's award-winning museums, bringing the history of the Second World War to life.

But, in 1942, it was where Italian PoWs survived in a tented village until they had finished building the huts that still stand today.

By 1944, the Italians had gone and had been replaced by Germans captured as the Allies swept across Europe.

Over the weekend, North Yorkshire's experience of the closing phase of the war has been brought back to life by re-enactment groups from across the UK.

Some have been playing prisoners and others guards, while members of the Home Front, Air Wardens and policemen visited the camp - all in authentic uniform.

Although the prisoners were given duties to keep them busy, there was an educational purpose to the event.

Visitors chatted to the re-enactors about their uniforms and equipment, giving them a better understanding of the era and the difficulties both sides faced 60 years ago.