UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]

PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON POLISH / FOREIGN MIGRANT WORKERS . MY MOTHER CAME TO UK 1953 ON A 2 YEAR WORK PERMIT TO WORK IN A FACTORY SO MIGRANTS COMING OVER IS NOT NEW . BUT YES I AGREE SINCE JOINING THE EU THE FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED . MY MOTHER STAYED IN UK GOT MARRIED TO A POLE . GOT MARRIED HAD 4 KIDS . BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE HAVE NOT BEEN A BURDEN ON SOCIETY HERE MY MOTHER WORKED ALL HER LIFE NEVER CLAIMED BENEFITS HAD EVEN FULL TIME JOB AND 2 PART TIME JOBS AND RAISED 4 KIDS, WE ALL 4 OF US NOW IN OUR 40S HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SYSTEM WE ALL WORK FULL TIME AND HAVE RAISED OUR FAMILIES WILST TO WORKING, MY MOTHER CAME FROM AUSTRIA AND SHE CAME OVER HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE FROM POVERTY SHE WAS RAISED IN A POOR HOUSE . SO I CANNOT BLAME ANYONE WANTING TO MOVE COUNTRY ANY COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE YOU HAVE ONLY 1 LIFE AND NEED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT COS LIFE IS SO SHORT . THE UK IS FULL OF FOREIGNERS FROM ALL OVER WORLD THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE IS CHANGING MAY BE NOT FOR THE GOOD, BUT NOTHING CAN STAY THE SAME . MY POINT IS THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD IN NOMATTER WHAT RACE YOU ARE AFTER ALL BRTAIN FROM THE AGES HAS CHANGED ANGLO SAXON , ROMAN, SO JONNY FOREINER IS NOT NEW EMBRACE THE CHANGE. BUT I DO AGREE THAT FOREIGNERS WHO COMMIT A BAD CRIME SHOULD BE DEPORTED AND BANNED FROM UK

UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]

THINK I NEED TO CORRECT MYSELF . WHEN I MEAN DEPORT FOREINERS WHO COMMIT A CRIME IN UK I MEANT THOSE ON WORK PERMIT SHORT TERM THE PRISONS ARE FULL SO SAVE MONEY AND DEPORT OFFENDERS BACK HOME AND I MEAN CUSTODIAL SENTANCE CRIME .

UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]

in the UK every one moans about there is too many poles or pakis or afghans over here but has anyone rearly noticed that even tho we are part of EU that there are no spanish living over here and french strange when UK people are living in abundance in France and Spain . not that you can blaim them from wanting to laeve France or Spain . But my point being we have over 29 other countries here but i aint come across French or Spanish people living here in UK , maybe not in North Wales eh !

Genealogy / Polish people and their ancestors - they are not interested in where they came from, and in their re [14]


It may not be important to some about rearching their roots . I have grown up first generation Brit not knowing any other family members from either my mothers side or fathers side , my mother came from Austria and my father came from Poland growing up not knowing your history or family only parents and siblings is hard no one to call cousin or aunt or grand parents . some are more lucky than others . I am loving trying to trace my "lost" family and the web is brill . I am keen to know of my Austrian side and Polish culture . UK Anita