Classifieds / Warehouse workers / Order Pickers / Parcel Sorters Jobs available with Immediate start - Birmingham [6]

Are there no unemployed in Birmingham?

Real Estate / EU national wanting to move and buy a house in Poland [41]

Work???

Real Estate / EU national wanting to move and buy a house in Poland [41]

I am not married yet! If I can buy a house she will retire with me, but she insists on living in Poland!

She is worth it!

Real Estate / EU national wanting to move and buy a house in Poland [41]

I am not seeking work, I am retired and living off capital and savings.

Please, If you want to talk about moving and working then start your own thread, I seek only information about my situation

Real Estate / EU national wanting to move and buy a house in Poland [41]

Thats what I hoped to hear, but..............

gazetapodatnika.pl/artykuly/zezwolenie_na_osiedlenie_sie_w_polsce-a_2134.htm

Seems to imply I cannot be regarded as settled in Poland for five years. I would hate to buy a house I could not live in!

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

Please, look at a map, read my post, Stalin had all the chips at that poker game!

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

Thank you dolnoslask for a touching post. I am English with no blood ties to Poland, but have long been fascinated by Poland and European history. I am 58, grew up in England and now early retired in France. My father was just too young for service in WW2, sadly his older brothers were not. I can remember him saying often how many English people acknowledge and regret the bravery and suffering of Poland for 50 years from 1939 to 1989.

To the Poles who say Britain did nothing, I say you are wrong. A quick look at the map shows that there was little that could be done in 1939, but what did happen was that belatedly Britain and France realised that there was only one way to stop Nazi Germany and went to war, despite neither being prepared fully for it and suffering as a result. If only Churchills warnings had been listened to, and we had had a couple more years to prepare then things might have been different.

By 1945 Britain was no longer a truly world leading power, she was broke, battered and tired. The was no appetite and no support from the US to liberate what we call eastern Europe from the USSR, and Britain did not have the means to do it even if it wanted to. I remember weeping (at the age of 32) when the wall came down in 1989, and again in 2004 when many former eastern bloc states joined the EU. At the age of 58 I have not been conscripted, I have not witnessed a major war in Europe and for that I am truly grateful.

To Poland now I would say embrace your democracy and defend it against any from the right or left who do not respect it, cherish your membership of the EU, play your full part, your history has shown you have much to contribute to Europe and the world and most importantly of all, forgive even if you cannot forget. Here, in a small town in France we have May 8th as a bank holiday, this year the mayor of the German twin town was invited to speak, she referred to here country in its dark days always as "Nazi Germany", not Germany. Perhaps it will take another generation or two to truly forgive, the elderly French here do not forgive but France has learned to cooperate with the new Germany.

Classifieds / Meeting / English Club in Rzeszów [21]

Merged: English speakers or people in Rzeszow??

I am visiting Rzeszow for the first time 06-12 September, has anyone some free time for chat about living there?

UK, Ireland / Learning Polish - Polish shops in England? [34]

I am in the same position, English, learning Polish. I am made welcome in the polish shops so go for it!

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]

How about some facts for a change, from another forum discussing BBC question time 17 January 2013

fullfact.org/factchecks/migrants_foreign_nationals_benefits_cla im_likely_UK-27395[

UK, Ireland / Irish, married to a Polish woman, considering moving to Poland - Rzeszow [11]

Thank you.
Do you speak Polish already? if so how did you learn it?

UK, Ireland / Irish, married to a Polish woman, considering moving to Poland - Rzeszow [11]

Coincidence Mairtin, I'm seriously considering moving to Rzeszow late in 2013.

I guess I'm a lot older than you (I'm 55), and after marital break up a few years ago met a Polish woman who has been working in England. My reasoning is that I know she will want to go back to Poland anyway, plus the equity in my house here would purchase a house there and leave enough left over to draw down a living until my pensions start at 60. I am struggling to learn the language though, doing an evening course in Birmingham.

Are you learning the language?

Keep in touch

Phil

Feedback / would it be possible for the checker to return threads/posts that you are interested in? [11]

I do not lose the settings on the other forums.

Feedback / would it be possible for the checker to return threads/posts that you are interested in? [11]

Not impressed with it. Why can we not automatically go to the next unread post in a thread?

Feedback / would it be possible for the checker to return threads/posts that you are interested in? [11]

Merged: Being taken to the next post you have not read

I use other forums for work where there is a useful feature, when you click on the topic you are taken to the next post you have not read yet. This saves loads of time scrolling through stuff you have seen already, could you introduce it here please?

Classifieds / Meeting / English Club in Rzeszów [21]

Would appreciate any details too, I'm hoping to be living there this time next year!

Any one know if the English club still meets?

Love / English proposing to a Polish lady [31]


If I was looking for a woman like that I would not need to emigrate!


Thanks for that if, both divorces are more recent though