Life in communist Poland - personal relations

Of course things have different names in different places but 'curry comb' sounds to me like something you use to groom a horse....

Look up 'hair pick' or 'afro pick' on google images (wiki pedia uses 'afro pick' but the kids i knew just said 'pick').

Something a bit like them for horses is called that.

Perhaps that's where I know the term from.

In my elementary school when I was a pupil, and later in schools where I taught in 1990s, students who had a birthday used to bring sweets to class for all mates.

Still happens in kindergartens and lower grades of school in the countryside.

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Wow! All white and binary!

Novi, it is Poland full of Poles.

We used to do that in primary school in the seventies. I'm not sure if it still happens.

And I recently brought all my coworkers ice cream for my birthday.

I remember when name days were a thing in Poland* and being surprised that it was the person celebrating their name day was expected to treat co-workers.....

*they seem to be partly replaced by birthdays but there doesn't say to be any kind of established etiquette about them so in a real way imieniny have been replaced by... nothing.

It does.

White and binary! After 50+ years of multicultural hell here, it's like wow! A heaven on earth!

That's good to hear. Some traditions are worth keeping.

I changed primary schools from a large one in a fairly poor area where it always happened to a very small one in an affluent village where it didn't.

Similar maybe in Poland however from what Pawian says its the other way around.

Still happens all over Poland. E..g, in my school. Today you treat others, tomorrow you are treated - what goes around... One day I will show photos.

I found a photo of price boards from the butcher`s. It is from the times which I don`t remember coz I can see names of sausage unknown to me, e.g, lemon or beer sausage. Amazing!

Also, it might be interesting to recall what kind of offal was on sale in communist times, mostly beef and pork but also veal:

liver
kidneys
tongues
hearts
tripe
tails
legs
udders
spleen
brains
heads
lungs

And sth called beef feet.

Yummy!!!

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Offals....just disgusting🤮

Nope. I have tried liver, kidneys, tongues, tripe, tails, brain. Yummy except brain which is like scrambled eggs after cooking.

And the kidneys always smell like urine.

So you need to keep them in water which you change several times. Simple. And then they Smell like Teen Spirit.

Teen Spirit...? Still better than Brutal.

But not better than Nirvana.


Another memory connected with teens - rascal boys used to go on granda - iść na grandę - meaning they visited sb`s orchard/garden and consumed apples, pears or other fruit straight from trees. Illegally, of course.

Today I haven`t heard about such cases.

Alien, you provoked me to mention it
Grilling sausage over a campfire was my fave diversion on group trips and outings as a child and later in teen years. Firstly, I was fascinated with fire coz it was so brightly colourful. Secondly, I have always liked Polish sausage.

As a grown up man, I taught my kids to do it.

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Memories of the past.

@pawian

Nice post!
I have similar memories!

Yes! No other sausage tasted better for me :)

Take a look at my class photo. Amasing!

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That is you the teacher with your class ?
Pretty blouse, did you make it yourself ?

No, the teacher is my mum and I am in front of her. :):)


Yes, in communism women sewed a lot and often it was better than stuff sold in state shops.

@pawian # 174
This photo is an evidence that life in communist Poland was in gray color but in 50 shades of it.

Except for comic books which gained full colour in 1970s.

Let`s see what crimes the communist police under heroic Captain WildCat dealt with 50 years ago:

Challenge to the stronger:

Final grade students from gitowcy prison subculture bully and rob younger students of money. Teachers receive letters with threats. The headmaster refuses to expel troublemakers - he still wants to educate them. Captain Wildcat suggests starting judo classes in school. Bullies refuse to attend them and one day they get a nasty surprise from their peers.

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Codename Briefcase

A clever thief steals briefcases at train stations - the middle picture shows how.

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Who killed Jack? Captain Wildcat solves the riddle of sly poachers who hunt red deer.

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