Scottish-Polish Connections Past and Present


1 To exchange information:
with the Polish Community
in Scotland and others
who are interested in
links between
SCOTLAND and POLAND.

2 To provide
a FORUM for current
developments in
Poland.

3 To exchange
information about Polish
events in Scotland

Polski Hip-Hop w Szkocji

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Witam !

Wiadomosc kierowana jest glownie do polskiej mlodziezy hip-hopowej mieszkajacej w Szkocji. Jak wyglada sytuacja ze scena HH w Szkocji ? Jak wiele jest grup, jak aktywne i na jakim poziomie ?

Pozdrawiam

Rafal "Gano" Wywiol

Posted on Aug 7, 1999, 7:01 PM
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Polski Hip-Hop w Szkocji

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Prosz« wytumaczy s¸owo hip-hop



Posted on Aug 12, 1999, 10:08 PM
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Vojtek - Soldier Bear

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Dear All,

I am a freelance journalist and film maker and I am making a film about Vojtek - The soldier bear. I would be glad to hear from anyone who has any information regarding Vojtek and I am especially keen to make contact with any surviving veteran from the 2nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps. I would also be happy to hear from anyone in Scotland who knew or saw Vojtek while he was in Winfiled Camp in Berwickshire. Please if you can be of any assistance contact me via email. Thank you.



Posted on Jul 13, 1999, 8:51 PM
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Wojtek the Bear

by Robert Ostrycharz

Dear Mr Harding

I have sent an email to you regarding your enquiry.

Posted on Aug 5, 1999, 12:10 AM
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Wrestling with Voytek

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As a side note, I do remember my father saying that when he was with the 3rd Carpathians, he actually wrestled with Voytek.
The Bear loved to wrestle with his friends .... the Polish troops.

Gary Jucha
Peterborough/England.

Posted on Sep 15, 1999, 2:58 PM
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Thank you

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Dear Gary,

Thank you for your information, and all your subsequent emails. I am slowly gathering more and more information about Wojtek.

Kind regards,
Donald Harding
London

Posted on Nov 2, 2000, 10:29 AM
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Voytek the Bear

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Dear Donald,

Watched a recent Channel 5 production on Poland and WW2 which Voytek the bear was featured several times. Just wondered if anything came of the film you had planned to make about him? I tried e-mailing you but your address is no longer valid.
An old Polish war veteran gave me cuttings from a newspaper some years back, which had serialised the story. Great reading.

Kenneth Rybarczyk

Posted on Apr 2, 2002, 1:36 AM
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brown bear

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could you contact me with any scans of the cuttings please?
thanks ... martin mjrs@mjrs.karoo.co.uk

Posted on Jan 12, 2005, 12:08 PM
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Can You Help?.

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Hello Kenneth. Hope you don't mind me asking, but do you still have the newspaper cuttings re. Voytek the bear?. If so could you possibly tell me the Newspaper title and date, from which I should be able to retrieve the article/serial from their archives. I am after this info. for a friend who is involved in trying to get a statue erected in the Borders, near to where Voytek was last billeted. Regards & thanks for your time taken in reading this unsolicited message.
Sincerely, J.G. Brydon.

Posted on Sep 19, 2008, 7:48 PM
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Wojtek

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Hello,
I was recently in London , England and visited the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (20 Princes gate, London SW7 1PT -Tel 020 7589 9249 )

They have plenty of information and artifacts from WW2 including momentos, stories, information and possible contacts on Wojtek the Soldier Bear.

Good Luck.

Posted on May 29, 2002, 1:49 AM
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Wojtek

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Know quite a bit about Wojtek the bear, he was my dad's best friend!

Posted on Jun 11, 2002, 11:21 PM
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Soldier Bear

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Sorry unable to help you with any information accept that i was came across a very old copy of the book in my mother's house and could not put it down. Anyway wondered if you had made a film or if one was in the process as i think that if done well it would be a fantastic film
regards
angie

Posted on Feb 27, 2004, 5:07 PM
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Wojtek's Statue

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I understand that when Wojtek was demobbed after the war, he was retired to Edinburgh Zoo and died aged 22.
A recent program on UK History TV showed a statue put up in remembrance of Wojtek, the Polish Soldier Bear.
Does anyone know where this statue is and/or if there are any photos available?

Wi couthie thochts
R Fairnie (Secretar o Scots Tung)

Posted on Mar 17, 2004, 4:06 PM
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Wojtek's Statue

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I understand that when Wojtek was demobbed after the war, he was retired to Edinburgh Zoo and died aged 22.
A recent program on UK History TV showed a statue put up in remembrance of Wojtek, the Polish Soldier Bear.
Does anyone know where this statue is and/or if there are any photos available?

Wi couthie thochts
R Fairnie (Secretar o Scots Tung)

Posted on Mar 17, 2004, 4:07 PM
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WOJTEK'S STATUE MIGHT BE IN LONDON.

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I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE STATUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT THERE IS A BRONZE STATUE/SCULPTURE OF WOJTEK IN THE SIKORSKI INSTITUTE IN LONDON, HE MEETS YOU AS YOU ENTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIR. I WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM WHEN I AM BACK DOWN IN SEPTEMBER.
WITH THE PASSING OF THE 6O YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE AT MONTE CASSINO MAY 18TH 2004 I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME WE SAW A LITTLE BIT MORE RECOGNITION NOT ONLY OF THE EFFORTS OF THE POLES DURING WW2 ESPECIALLY IN ITALY BUT MAYBE IT IS ABOUT TIME WOJTEK RECEIVED SOME MORE RECOGNITION FOR HIS REMARKABLE EFFORTS DURING THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. SCOTLAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO BE THE PLACE HE CAME TO LIVE AFTER HE HAD BEEN SO LOYAL TO HIS POLISH COMRADES.
IF ANYONE KNOWS BETTER PLEASE LET ME KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT ANY OF HIS STATUE'S, WHERE EVER THEY MAY BE.
DOES HE HAVE A GRAVE?

Posted on Jul 5, 2004, 12:24 AM
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Wojtek's Statue - Sikorski Museum

by Donald Harding

Hi,
There is a statue of Wojtek made by my father, David Harding, which sits in the Sikorski Museum. He made it for the Posthouse Hotel which was built next to Edinburgh zoo. When the hotel was redesigned many years later, they decided to donate the statue to the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London.
Best wishes,
Donald

Posted on Aug 1, 2005, 12:59 PM
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RADOM POLAND JAN. 1945

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Looking for information regarding the fighting around Radom Poland in the Jan.1945 timeframe.
Anyone know of a contact/source for info?

Posted on Jul 13, 1999, 12:21 AM
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Radom 1945

by Robert Ostrycharz

I have sent a separate email in reponse to you enquiry, I hope you will find an answer there.


Posted on Aug 5, 1999, 12:15 AM
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Radom Poland 1945

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My father's family lived in Radom when Germany invaded Poland. Are you looking for specific details about the action Radom was experiencing at this time? My father was approx 19 years old when war broke out and was training at Officer's Signal School in Krakow. He was interned in Hungary and Switzerland and any memoirs of Radom 1945 may be scant (i.e. his brother and sister's recollections - they are still alive and living in Radom)

Regards Clare Parry


Posted on Mar 1, 2002, 9:52 PM
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Contemporary Polish Furniture

by R Ostrycharz

Thanks for message - I have sent a personal email to you

Posted on May 23, 1999, 12:30 AM
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Contemporary Furniture direct from Poland

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Erasmus Associates, and John Kania originally from Scotland, Imports and Distributes Contemporary Furniture from Poland.

Our manufacturers currently supply retailers such as Ikea. Our primary manufacturer is Poland's 6th largest company, across all sectors.

We would like to identify a distributor in Scotland.

Posted on May 19, 1999, 7:49 AM
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Contemporary Furniture direct from Poland

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Dear Mr Kania

Thank you for arranging to send us a brochure.
You may wish to contact the person below who is interested in Polish Scottish trade
his name is Wiesiek Chodyniecki: email
1intertrade@cwcom.net

Posted on May 26, 1999, 9:07 PM
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1999 Polonia Lecture

by R Ostrycharz

The University of Strathclyde have announced that the 1999 Polonia Lecture will be given by Jan Bielecki, Director, European Bank for Reconstuction and Development. The title of the lecture is
"The Future of Poland: from de-coupling to re-integration".

The lecture will be given on the 24th May 1999 at 6 pm in Room 1 Level 3 of the McCance Building, 16 Richmond St, Glasgow. There will be a short reception afterwards.

Further details and an admission ticket (free) from Dr A M Fleming 0141-548-2132.

Posted on Apr 17, 1999, 12:01 AM
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Poland Comes Home

by Robert Ostrycharz

Visit Poland Comes Home - Subscribe to daily news reports about events in Poland http://members.tripod.com/~oboofcom/index-100.html

Posted on Feb 25, 1999, 6:46 PM
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POLSEEK

by Robert Ostrycharz

Mike Oborski Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland at Kidderminster is launching a new site on the web POLSEEK. It will try to help to enquirers to discover more about their Polish background. Url given below http://members.tripod.com/~oboofcom/index-POLSEEK.html The site as at 15th February is still under construction but the aims of the site are given.

Posted on Feb 15, 1999, 11:18 PM
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Donald Pirie Memorial Conference

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Visit the University of Glasgow WEB site - Slavonics Department for information
on the forthcoming conference
THE QUESTION OF 'THE OTHER' IN POLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE'
23RD APRIL TO 24TH APRIL 1999
at
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/DPCONFER.htm



Posted on Feb 7, 1999, 6:23 PM
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gratulacje

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It is a great idea, please accept my congratulations. I wonder how many people in Scotland know about this page.
From my experience I know that communication between different groups is a major problem.

Here is my first message:
on Saturday, April 17th, at appr. 5 p.m., the concert
of Hanka Bielicka and Tadeusz Wozniakowski will
take place in Edinburgh, at the Edinburgh Academy Hall.

Persons interested should contact our office:
tel. 0131 552 0301, fax 0131 552 1086.

Leszek Wieciech
Consul General

Posted on Feb 3, 1999, 10:29 AM
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Concert 17 April

by Robert Ostrycharz

Dear Mr Wieciech

Many thanks for your encouragement and point taken about communication problems.

I will do what I can in Glasgow to promote this concert.
I look forward to receiving further details.

Best Regards

Robert Ostrycharz

Posted on Feb 4, 1999, 8:57 PM
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