Poles In Britain
Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in London, there were large numbers of Poles. Every class at school had a few children, who were either Polish or had a Polish father. I also worked with a couple of Polish engineers, who had been part of the large numbers of their countrymen, who had come because of the Second World War.
Last week, I was relating this and other stories to a Pole, who manages my local restaurant. She had no knowledge of what I said, as under the Soviet influence, this important part of Polish and British history was not taught in schools.
The Anonymous Widower 
Much 20th Century History & even Australian History IS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS today.
“There are Those that Do, and Those that Teach; Those that can’t Teach, Teach Teachers” . . . I also like : “Academics are Kids, that Never Left School”.
When we add Political Correctness into teaching History . . . those Kids should know about our past . . . our history . . . our wins & our losses . . .
Surprisingly our ANZAC Stories & Western Front WW1 and OZ WW2 battles like 400 kids {militia} holding Japs in a fighting retreat in 1942 is now being taught by Old Soldiers & Media . . .
Comment by Steam Lover | February 3, 2013 |
We tend to teach history very selectively. For instance, few know about the Battle of Taranto, one of the most significant battles of the Second World War. Never go anywhere near a Royal Navy warship on Taranto night without a taxi home or a bed on the ship.
Comment by AnonW | February 3, 2013 |
I am a descendent of this migration. Part of my family faught Germany starting in Sept of 39. After the war, part of my family stayed in France, other Great Britain and mine ended up in the United States.
Comment by jony663 | February 4, 2013 |
Quite a few of my Jewish friends have origins in Poland and their families came over in the 19th century. My father’s line is Jewish, but it was always said the line was German and came over around 1820,
Comment by AnonW | February 4, 2013 |