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Cyberspace meeting for Great Escape Vets

Former prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III, the scene of the Great Escape, have reunited in cyberspace.
Alex Lees, Jack Harrison and Melville Carson took part in a video conference to reminisce about their time in the camp during World War II.

The meeting linked the men from their homes at the veteran's charity Erskine and in Rothesay and East Lothian.

A spokesman for Erskine said the "historic and emotional" reunion lasted more than an hour.
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