Is anyone part of it? Does anyone have Polish parents who settled here after WW2. My father was Polish and in Barnsley in 1946. I'm attempting to write a book about his life, so any other Polish experiences/ stories welcome.

Tak! Please write to me 'off list', I have many wonderful stories about my Polish father and our family living in Sheffield.

Originally posted by StatisTYKE
Is anyone part of it? Does anyone have Polish parents who settled here after WW2. My father was Polish and in Barnsley in 1946. I'm attempting to write a book about his life, so any other Polish experiences/ stories welcome.

Hello,

I was intrigued by the fact that we have a honory polish consulate. There is more about Sheffield's polish community here.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/pc/


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Don't know anything about the Polish community, but I remember going a couple of times to the Polish Ex-servicemens Club on the corner of Ecclesall Road and Dover Road. I was only 17, and thought I could drink, but the amounts of Vodka these guys could drink amazed me. This was in 1956.

My father was awarded some kind of medal from the Sheffield Polish community around the 1980's. It was (I think) for his work regarding the Poles via his post at the Sheffield star.

Oldtimer ,

At almost exactly the time you were slurping vodkas back in the Ecclesall Road Polish Club , I was delivering papers there !
I remember they had an alsation in the yard adjoining Dover Road , so I never actually went in the yard , just shoved the paper through a gap in the woodwork.
I delivered the Star there from 1955 until 1958 and the paper shop was called , 'Manners ' just across the road near the junction with Hickmott Road.

I remember that Club too, Oldtimer. I went there on a couple of occasions about the same time as you did. I got in a bad way both times.

There's a Polish restauraunt on Abbydale Road apparantly. I havnt been but I intend to one day. Pierogi and Bigos!!!!....MMMM

roy james bit on the side :)

Dinnington has/ had a fairly large Polish/ Ukranian community, there was the Ukraine Club there - don't know if it's still active though I'm afraid.

My aunt (Mum's sister) married a polish bloke, I believe he was a 'displaced person' after the war.

My aunt (Mum's sister) married a polish bloke, I believe he was a 'displaced person' after the war.

check under the fridge, displaced stuffs normally there, or down the back of the settee

Only dog hair & a dried slice of carrot mate.

Not Jasper Carrott I hasten to add :hihi:

Please can anyone tell me how you would go about finding Polish tradespeople?
Is there a list somewhere? I have read that Polish tradesmen are very reliable and have been let down several times by various people.

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Back in the early 70's I knew 3 polish lads who did the working mens clubs and functions, keyboard, guitar and drums. They were great lads but I lost touch with them. Annoyingly I can only remember the drummer was called 'Ziggy'. Anyone know of them?

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The way I do it is to compose the text in Word (using the "insert symbol" facility) then copy and paste into the Forum window. But it's a bit laborious if you need to write a lot of Russian text - and my Russian is VERY basic anyway.

It is nice occasionally to meet a Russian in Sheffield - I occasionally get to a "Kruzhok" meeting. I made 10 visits to the former USSR in 1975-1990 and have written a few books on Russian philately (see my home page). In my experience the Polish community in Sheffield are a great bunch of people - hard-working, not afraid to let their hair down and full of firm opinions! (especially about Russians...) The Polish Club "Dom Kombatanta" in Ecclesall Road was a favourite watering-hole of mine.

I have a Ukrainian uncle, but beng from Lwów he also speaks Polish fluently and is still going strong in his 80s, living in Lincoln. I bought my Wadsley bungalow from the late Josef Sliwa, well-known in the area as "Polish Joe" - a great bloke.

Years ago I corresponded with a stamp collector in Poland. I did him a few favours and he gave me a book on the history of Poland - it was delivered personally one Sunday morning by a Polish emigrant living in Dinnington - as Don_Kiddick mentioned there is/was quite a community of Poles in Dinnington, and the "grape vine" system obviously worked well!

Great people, the Poles. And the hard-working, skilled Poles that are coming here thanks to membership of the EU are to be welcomed. And those who don't already have skills are willing to learn and adapt to life in a different country - unlike some of our own layabouts who expect the State to give them a living.

does anyone remember a pole who came to England late 1940.s or early 1950.s. he came to Sheffield and lived in the Ellesmere Road area.
His name was Florian Wilks (?). Would be late 70.s or early 80.now

My uncle Pavel is polish.

there used to be an old polish fellow on margetson road,otto meister, a real interesting character,conscripted into the german army as a second class german,captured,brought as a prisoner of war to england,then given the chance to join up with the free polish forces,which he did,living his remaining years in sheffield,up to hids death in 2001.

My father in law was the Chairman of the Ukranian Club in Dinnington for many years before it finally closed in 1999. His name was Stefan Jozwiak.

I married his daughter in 1970 and we had our wedding reception at the Polish Club in Ecclesall Road. Stefan took the hard stuff (vodka and scotch) with him and put it under the top table - he certainly wasn't going to give the Poles any cash that he needn't!!

He came from Liscanci, a village near to Bucac in the Ternipol region. He spoke fluent Polish as well as Ukrainian and had many friends in both communities. He ran a delicatessen in Attercliffe, catering mainly for the local Ukrainian and Polish communities and also ran a Saturday delivery service to Dinnington where he was known fondly as "the sausage man".

Sadly, there are very few Ukrainians left in Dinnington now. And I have just heard this week that the Polish Club has also been closed.

I have a photo of a Jack Mescovic(is that a Polish name?)taken in the early '60's. If anyones interested ,or knows of anyone who's perhaps related, let me know and I'll send you a copy if you want.

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Hi everyone

im a Master's student at sheffield UNI and im workin on the Polish immigration in Sheffield. does anyone know a book that would tell about the Polish immigration in yorkshire or even sheffield? i dont know yet if im gonna focus on the new wave of polish immigration or the polish immigration after WWII
my grandma was polish so its kinda goin back to my "roots" tho she emigated to France, as im french.
thanks very much

I have to agree with you 'Hillsbro'. I used to go to the polsh Club with a Polish friend and found the polish people I met as hardworking, adaptable and very friendly.

I must relate a story about my friend- I called for him one day and he asked me to go down to the newsagents to collect his daily paper which he had on order. At the newsagent I gave his name for the newspaper which was Eugenus Czernowski.

The newsagent glazed over and said he didn't have any papers in that name.

When I told where Eugenus lived he replied, Oh! I know who it is, you gave the wrong name. It's Eric Smith who lives at the big house!

Later, I challenged Eugenus about his name and he explained, 'I never use my Polish name for everyday use I always use Smith', it makes life so much easier'.

From that time on he became 'Smiffy' to us.

As 'Oldtimer' wrote, I also was amazed how much vodka these lads could consume when I went to the Polish Club.

They were also very adept at making their own concoctions.

One way was to buy 140* Proof Polish Pure Spirit which was bought from a spirits shop on Dixon Lane and then buy Polish Cherry Syrup from the Polish delicatessen in the Meat & Fish Market.

These ingredients were mixed together and watered down to taste and I think they called it 'Vishnoffka'.

Maybe this is not the correct spelling but I've written as spoken as I remember.

It know many Polish people made their own drinks including Vodka as they had always done on the Polish farms for yonks.

I guess they needed something for the cold winters they have to survive.

I know my family in Denmark drink Aquavit on the farm to keep the blood circulating.

Hope this snippet helps you StatsTYKE.

Happy Days! PopT




Happy Days!

Hi can anyone help me ,I am looking for the correct spelling of a Polish American I knew as a kid from Heeley,I will spell the second name how it sounds Poleckie first name Jan.Hoping someone can help cheers Tosh13.

Policki, perhaps?

Tosh 13

There is a Polish Family called Potocki in Sheffield, is this the name?

Stanislaus Potocki was a war hero, taking part in the underground movement against the Germans in Warsaw.

Hi PopT can't be sure the lad came over from Boston USA in the late 60s early 70s to see his family on Forster Road at Heeley,his name was Jan Poleckie but don't know if I have the surname spelt right.cheers Tosh13

Hello
My name is Anouchka and I am a Master's student in Sheffield. i am doing my dissertation on the Polish community in Sheffield after 1945. I would like to meet people who have families or are directly linked to the POlish community in Sheffield. Im focusing on housing policies, clubs and assocations, what the british gov and sheffield council did for the polish people, like jobs. Anecdotes and stories are more than welcome. i would like to make a questionaire that people would answer. it would be very important for my work if you could tell me more about it.
thank you very much
anouchka

Hello
My name is Anouchka and I am a Master's student in Sheffield. i am doing my dissertation on the Polish community in Sheffield after 1945. I would like to meet people who have families or are directly linked to the POlish community in Sheffield. Im focusing on housing policies, clubs and assocations, what the british gov and sheffield council did for the polish people, like jobs. Anecdotes and stories are more than welcome. i would like to make a questionaire that people would answer. it would be very important for my work if you could tell me more about it.
thank you very much
anouchka
i used to care for a polish bloke in the 90,s,a really interesting old fellow.
he was conscripted into the german army as a 2nd class german ,fought on the russian front,and was captured in ,if im correct,italy.
from there he was kept as a prisoner of war ,being brought to louth,lincolnshire,he was then given the chance to join up with the free polish forces,which he did,at the end of the war,he settled in sheffield,marrying a local girl,staying here until his death in 2001.
from the stories he told me,i believe he would have liked to have returned "home",but would have been seen as a traitor,you see,he was polish born,but spent his working life in germany.
we used to joke with him that he joined up with the side who was winning at the time,which often resulted in him shouting at us in either german or polish....but never told us what it meant,then we would all fall about laughin at what our interpretations were.
he worked at fox,s in stocksbridge,along with many other ex-p.o.ws who stayed after the war,up until his retirement,often doing 7 days a week.
i spent many happy hours in his company,christmas time there is something i will always remember,with his cherry brandy and stollen cake,i used to dread other carers coming round because it meant the stollen was shared out more.....well,i hope this little snippet helps you in some way.

Anouchka

I have sent you a PM.

Hope it helps you. popT

Hello
I am doing a master's on the Polish community in Sheffield from 1945 up to now. U said in your message that your dad emigrated to sheffield. would it be possible to interview him or you if your dad is not available for any reason?
i need to interview polish people who moved to sheffield for my masters work.
thank you
Anouchka


My father was awarded some kind of medal from the Sheffield Polish community around the 1980's. It was (I think) for his work regarding the Poles via his post at the Sheffield star.

Tosh13 I'm from Poland and I think taht this guy surname is Polecki ;)

I am not sure if this counts as 'Polish community' but I thought I'd ask. My Mum was a nurse in Sheffield in WW2 and I have found a photo with a dedication to her from 'Halina Sasko, underground Army Worsaw' dated 25.vi.45. There is a stamp on the back too looks like 'Stalag X3 25 Bopraft'. Can anyone throw any light on this story? Ta.

Hi Karen - Sasko is a Polish surname and Halina a (girl's) name. Stalag is a German word (short for "Stammlager") meaning a prisoner-of-war camp. I guess this was someone in Warsaw that your mum corresponded with.

have some polish relatives my grandfather was polish came over in war name was victor lukazeski not much now about his back ground didnt talk much as I know he was a german conscript and he went awol to england?

Hi Karen - Sasko is a Polish surname and Halina a (girl's) name. Stalag is a German word (short for "Stammlager") meaning a prisoner-of-war camp. I guess this was someone in Warsaw that your mum corresponded with.

Thanks.
The picture is signed as coming from Sheffield and the people in the photo are men and women in army unifrom. I think they were wounded from the Polish Underground Army that she nursed in Sheffield. I thought there might be some record of such nursing during the war
:)

I am not sure if this counts as 'Polish community' but I thought I'd ask. My Mum was a nurse in Sheffield in WW2 and I have found a photo with a dedication to her from 'Halina Sasko, underground Army Worsaw' dated 25.vi.45. There is a stamp on the back too looks like 'Stalag X3 25 Bopraft'. Can anyone throw any light on this story? Ta.

Hello Karen,
I am from Warsaw but have graduated at the University of Sheffield.
Yes, "Sasko" is Polish family name. But the phrase "underground Army Warsaw" sounds odd for me. I think your mum's friend did not write it correctly.
In Poland during the WWII the most powerful undergraund army was Armia Krajowa (Home Army) which was ruled by officers loyal to the Polish Government based in London. So, I think your mum's friend was a member of Armia Krajowa. The picture is dated 25 June 1945. At that time Warsaw was liberated by the Soviet Army (in January 1945). Warsaw was completly destroyed and empty. Life was really hard. The Soviet Army also brought communism ideology to Poland. People who did not want accept the communism ideology were prisoned, couldn't find a proper job etc. The Polish Government in London was the main enemy of Polish communists. The same was with Armia Krajowa. Some of their soldiers fought against Polish communists and the Soviet Army (even when the WWII was over), other tried to escape to the West. So, that's why so many Polish soldier who where in Italy or England did not want to go back to Poland. They were afraid of communists. Many Polish former soldiers came to Yorkshire to look for a job and normal life. Many settled down in Sheffield. For example, a grandfather of Ben Starosta (Sheffield Utd young player) was Polish soldier who fought in Italy against the Germans. He lived many years in Sheffield.
Greetings from Poland. Adam.