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Post by ZosiaB on Feb 27, 2013 19:32:04 GMT
I am happy to announce that the book we have been working on for the past 18 months is finally available. This book documents the experience of living in Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales after WW2. It is a photographic record of events in the camps brought to life in personal stories by past residents. In 75,000 words and 700 images the book covers thirty camps and six Polish boarding schools. Second and third generation descendants researching their past, find little or no information about how or why their parents or grandparents came here, how they lived and integrated in the British community. Similarly, English communities are increasingly aware that military camps in their neighbourhood emptied after WW2 then filled with displaced persons. They find few records about who these people were, where they came from or their personal and social lives. This book recreates the spirit of that period and fills a historical void. The book is available from Amazon on the link below. www.amazon.co.uk/POLISH-RESETTLEMENT-CAMPS-ENGLAND-WALES/dp/0956993494/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1_VK2A |
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Post by induna on Mar 13, 2013 15:48:32 GMT
Congratulations on completion of your book. I have almost completed a spy thriller historical novel of post WWII that involves an Englishman from High Wycombe whose Polish girlfriend is part of a family of Polish emigres living in Hodgemoor Resettlement camp. My story provides some historical background of the hardships suffered by the Poles through the periods of Russian and German occupation and the contribution made by the Polish Free Army. You can see information about my book at [a href=" deathwatchbeetle.net "] deathwatchbeetle.net [/a] I look forward to looking for your book on Amazon. You can contact me directly through my web site. ![]() [/img] |
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Post by will2450 on May 9, 2013 13:51:20 GMT
hi zosia
my name is William Christopher Houston ( boltryk ) , danka borowskia son . congratulations on your book , which i must get .are there any reunion come up in the near futher
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Post by Half Polish on Sept 13, 2013 11:22:06 GMT
Not much help on information on my father but a fantastic book all the same!
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Post by krzysztof on Nov 28, 2013 17:56:35 GMT
Pani Zofio,
Czy otrzymała Pani moje zdjęcie kaplicy z Long Marston ?
Pozdrawiam
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Post by ZosiaB on Nov 30, 2013 17:50:26 GMT
Panie Krzysztofie
Dziękuje za zdjęcie kaplicy z Long Marston w zamian
wysłałam Panu email i zdjęcie procesij z Long Marston.
Może sprawdzi pan czy nie poszło do spam.
Pozrawiam.
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Post by polishkid on May 26, 2014 17:46:56 GMT
I would like to obtain a copy of this book. When I went to Amazon, It seemed they were no longer available?
My mother lived in the Fowlmere camp. We visited there recently. Am interested in any pictures of the camps that folks may have too.
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Post by krzysztof on Aug 1, 2014 11:36:22 GMT
Panie Krzysztofie Dziękuje za zdjęcie kaplicy z Long Marston w zamian wysłałam Panu email i zdjęcie procesij z Long Marston. Może sprawdzi pan czy nie poszło do spam. Pozrawiam. Pani Zofio, Długo nie byłem na tej stronie i dopiero teraz dowiaduję się, że "coś" mi Pani wysłała. Niestety nic do tej pory nie otrzymałem (sprawdzałem w spamie). Czy mogłaby Pani raz jeszcze spróbować ? Może na mój adres jkristof@box43.pl ? Pozdrawiam serdecznie. |
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Post by zygh on Sept 10, 2014 12:56:18 GMT
Zosia
Hope I'm doing this right. I discovered you Resettlement Site in the early hours of Sunday morning last as I sat there nursing a glass of whisky and for the n-th time thought back to my childhood years (I guess when you get to a certain age, it happens to most of us). Again for the n-th time I typed East Moor into Google and eventually ended up on your Site. As I said in my e-mail I 've already ordered your book and Amazon tell me it will be with me today or tomorrow. I really can't wait. I've spent some time looking at the East Moor pages - not only did I find my name in the school nominal roll but the oldest of my three younger sisters and was shocked to discover a photo containing the middle of my three sisters. The youngest of course won't be there she was born after we had relocated to York when the Camp closed. I am sure that the book will live up to expectations and I will in the coming weeks delve into the Photos box and maybe send some in. I may also have some questions to your followers as it is only when it is too late that you realise there are questions out there which will never be answered . . .
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Post by sarahforrest on Oct 4, 2014 15:50:42 GMT
I am happy to announce that the book we have been working on for the past 18 months is finally available. This book documents the experience of living in Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales after WW2. It is a photographic record of events in the camps brought to life in personal stories by past residents. In 75,000 words and 700 images the book covers thirty camps and six Polish boarding schools. Second and third generation descendants researching their past, find little or no information about how or why their parents or grandparents came here, how they lived and integrated in the British community. Similarly, English communities are increasingly aware that military camps in their neighbourhood emptied after WW2 then filled with displaced persons. They find few records about who these people were, where they came from or their personal and social lives. This book recreates the spirit of that period and fills a historical void. The book is available from Amazon on the link below. www.amazon.co.uk/POLISH-RESETTLEMENT-CAMPS-ENGLAND-WALES/dp/0956993494/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1_VK2A |
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Post by halinar on Dec 16, 2014 21:12:28 GMT
Amazon does not have any stock - can you let me know how I can obtain a copy please!
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Post by rich on Sept 5, 2018 18:01:15 GMT
will have to buy. my mom remembered that they lived in pwlli (welsh spelling sorry?) and my grandfather was demobilized at Penrhos
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Post by earnest on Sept 14, 2018 21:23:54 GMT
Good luck with the book; I ordered through Waterstones ages ago and have heard no more. You probably mean Pwllheli.
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Post by khaddeka on Nov 3, 2018 16:19:13 GMT
I am happy to announce that the book we have been working on for the past 18 months is finally available. This book documents the experience of living in Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales after WW2. It is a photographic record of events in the camps brought to life in personal stories by past residents. In 75,000 words and 700 images the book covers thirty camps and six Polish boarding schools. Second and third generation descendants researching their past, find little or no information about how or why their parents or grandparents came here, how they lived and integrated in the British community. Similarly, English communities are increasingly aware that military camps in their neighbourhood emptied after WW2 then filled with displaced persons. They find few records about who these people were, where they came from or their personal and social lives. This book recreates the spirit of that period and fills a historical void. The book is available from Amazon on the link below. www.amazon.co.uk/POLISH-RESETTLEMENT-CAMPS-ENGLAND-WALES/dp/0956993494/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1_VK2A |
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Post by khaddeka on Nov 3, 2018 16:22:10 GMT
Hi Zosia congratulations on your book! Do you talk about the Hazlemere camp High Wycombe in your book? My mother and grandparents were at that camp they came in 1946 from Trani Italy. My mother spent her first 5 years of life at that camp.
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