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April 2003
The BBC Staffordshire Polish party
Party time
Everyone had to have cake!
On 11th April 2003, you could hear the noise a block away...
Nearly fifty Poles, first and second-generation, gathered at the BBC's Learning Centre in Stoke on Trent, to have a party...

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The party was the idea of Ros Chimes, the BBC reporter, who wanted to mount a final thank-you and shindig to celebrate the project she'd started and which others were about to continue.

It turned out to be quite a day.

BBC Radio Stoke's Janine Machin presented her show live from the Learning Centre as Ros Chimes was hosting. a Polish party.
There was singing, traditional Polish food and a pretty potent liqueur...

The whole event was caught on both stills camera and video. Bend an ear, or cock an eye to get the flavour of the day....

THE POLISH PARTY

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See a short video of Henryck singing at the party!
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Hear Henryck sing a cherry brandy toast, and everybody sing Happy Birthday in Polish - all of which unlocks memories of the old days in Christina, Angeline and Jessie!
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Hear what second-generation Peter, from Longton, has to say on the decline of Polish-speaking in Staffordshire
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Hear Walter's story - from war-ravaged Poland to Leek via Blackpool and Keele
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Hear Janine trying to learn to speak Polish as well as she can...!
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Leek's Little Warsaw
The towns of Staffordshire and South Cheshire are home to a surprising number of Polish communities...

Henryck's story
As a young man, Henryck and a friend decided to flee to France and join the Polish Free Army.

Christina's story
Christina was born in England - at the Blackshaw Moor Re-settlement camp for the Polish near Leek.

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