Thread Starter: Sharron - UKTV Started: Mon 16 Feb 2009 Replies: 2
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Sat 26 Sep 2009, 7.52AM
I know February 09 is quite a time ago - we live in South Australia and have done so since migrating, successfully in 1973 - love it here.
Biggest regret is losing touch with my bridemaid Joan Bradbury - she and I worked together in the early 70's - she was married to Ted (Edward Bradbury) - at that time no children. Over the years I have attempted to get in touch with her without success sadly - the 24th October 2009 see my husband and my 50th Wedding Anniversary - my maid of honour is still with us thankfully - I would dearly like to know whether Joan is still around
Regards,
Carol McNamara (Thomas)
Chelsea, London, UK
Mon 11 May 2009, 3.57PM
With a website name like Blighty you probably don't wanna read this...but I spent half a decade in Poland and missed absolutely NOTHING about UK. Yep. That's right. Nothing. With three exceptions:
1) Tea .. you can't get a decent cuppa in Poland so obvious answer is to stock up by the suitcase with your favourite brand before you go there. Useful currency too for bartering.
2)BBC Radio 4 ... not a totally insurmountable problem as a short wave radio will pick up BBC World Service.
3) Bacon sandwiches. The Polish have pork in abundance but somehow their agro revolution bred a different type of pig to ours...very fatty meat they call Boczek. Poles by and large are fond of very fatty meat dishes.
Apart from that in Poland...the food - fruit,veg meat and fish all tastes much nicer...all naturally organic from low budget small scale farming. T-Bone steaks at about £1 each.
Leading brand cigarettes about £1.20 per packet, extremely fine award winning lagers: Zywiec, Okocim, Lech, EB also ridiculously cheap compared to English prices.
70% of the country is green - undespoilt lush forest land as UK used to be and usually safe to walk about in.
Pace of life about 30 years behind us...about three cars on the road, people actually stop and talk to each other on the street.
With Westernism having now truly conquered this old Eastern Bloc country the bigger cities have everything as in UK including (unfortunately) Macdonalds, KFC, Marks & Spencers & Tesco selling all products available in UK. Though you may be stuck for custard, gravy granules or pork scratchings - three things which haven't quite got there yet.
