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Staffordshire & South Cheshire's Polish Community Online
Julia Hermit

A Long Way From Home

A new book about the Polish experience of the last 60 years has been produced in North Staffordshire



Weblinks - local / national /international
Henryck Swiercz's story
Send us your Polish stories and pictures
Photos of Poland and PolesThe Polish in Staffordshire
Crib "king"A page of pictures from your own photo albums. Some from Poland, some from here, some old, some new!The Polish CommunityThe history of the Polish in the Staffordshire ... plus extensive weblinks, and local contacts
Polish Community Message BoardStaffordshire's 'Little Warsaw'
Polish Message BoardWhat's your stry of the Polish experience? Can you help with some puzzles? And talk to other Poles...Henryck
BBC reporter Ros Chimes worked on a memories project in Leek in Staffordshire.....
MORE COMMUNITY FEATURES
Do you know the local Polish community?
We want to hear your thoughts too...e-mail us

Weblinks
Links to the Polish communities all over Britain - including ones in Staffordshire. Click here for more

Traditional Polish recipes

Red Borscht and Usrke - these and other classic Polish recipes were submitted - for you to try and taste...
Click here for more

We want to build up this local Polish community archive section and we need your help for that! Please send any pictures and stories to us by eMail to: stoke@bbc.co.uk

or by post to: BBC Online, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 1JJ

If you send pictures to us by post, then please include your address so we can return the photos to you...

You can also get in touch with us by telephone:
01782 221281

Many thanks - we look forward to hearing from you!
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Polish Stories
Leek's Little Warsaw
The towns of Staffordshire and South Cheshire are home to a surprising number of Polish communities...

Henryck's story
As a young man, Henryck and a friend decided to flee to France and join the Polish Free Army.

Christina's story
Christina was born in England - at the Blackshaw Moor Re-settlement camp for the Polish near Leek.

Audio archive
Community Audio Archive
We're building up an audio archive of interviews with members of the Polish community...

Contact us...
Send your stories and pictures to us at:

BBC Stoke and Staffordshire
Cheapside
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 1JJ

tel: (+44) 01782 221281

e-mail: stoke@bbc.co.uk


BBC Stoke and Staffordshire
Cheapside • Hanley • Stoke-on-Trent • Staffordshire ST1 1JJ
Telephone 01782 221281 • Fax 01782 289115
• e-mail:stoke@bbc.co.uk


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