This photograph gives us a new perspective on Loftus; this view looks over the field behind the Leisure Centre and the houses of Rosedale Crescent to Hummersea Hills, formerly Westfield Estate; nick name “Colditz” being applied owing to its resemblance to the WWII prison with that name. Hummersea School can be seen to the front left of the estate. It took a while to get our heads round this view; the terraced streets of East Loftus can be seen behind the estate, on the right of the picture and Easington is in the background, on the left.
Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough; thanks to Maurice Dower and Margaret Atkinson for the updates.
How well this did estate earn the nickname ‘Colditz’ what an impressive view. My mother lived there until her death.
Maurice it was dubbed that name because it wasn’t liked so people made out it looked like colditz. Do you remember me Margaret Mcauley? It was called Westfield estate
I lived at Oak walk.