The full blog list

 


 

  • >>>>>> Blogs from 2024 below


  • Cornish Christmas Eve get away 2024 
  • The Last Krawczyk - 200 years in the making
  • Penhros Polish Village - end of an era
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Krawczyk stuffed pancakes - nadziewane naleśniki
  • Keeping the website going


  • >>>>>> Blogs from 2023 below


  • Christmas eve 2023 in Cornwall
  • Christmas eve 2022
  • Popcorm the kitten
  • 5 Years today since mum passed away
  • Ukraine War 24th February 2022


  • >>>>>> Blogs from 2021 below


  • Christmas eve 2021
  • My Bill Gates nanobot vaccine

 

  • >>>>>> Blogs from 2020 below 

 

  • Mum's Polish Kitchen - Makowiec
  • Christmas in the 1970's
  • Pandemic early Christmas 2020
  • All Souls Day not a pumpkin in sight
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Steam dumplings - Kluski na parze
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Placek
  • Solidarity
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Bigos.
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Mea t patties - Kotlety mielone.
  • Life after 1945 shaken but not stirred.
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Breaded Pork chops with cucumber in sour cream.
  • The indoor pandemic life continues.
  • A tribute to Stanley Surmacz.
  • Stan's kitchen - Home made Bagels.
  • Sunset Radio and The Hacienda.
  • 1940's German Torpedo Typewriter dad's lifeline.
  • I don't get more 70's than ABBA I do I do I do!
  • Fifi the rescue cat - rescued.
  • Stan's Polish kitchen - Home made Sourdough bread.
  • Polish Easter 2020.
  • Cheetah our cat gone but not forgotten.
  • Coping with home lock down and coronavirus.
  • Soda capsules, electric cars and other missed opportunities.
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Barszcz Buraczkowy (Beetroot Soup)
  • The Bury Beetle Boys!
  • Mum's Polish kitchen -Zupa Ogorkowa (Cucumber Soup)

 

  • >>>>>> Blogs from 2019 below 

 

  • PRL Polish transport - my guilty pleasure.
  • My dad laughter through the tears.
  • The importance of being polite. 
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Sałatka (Polish family salad)
  • My amazing Mum a small tribute. 
  • Mum's Polish kitchen -Zupa Grzybowa (Mushroom soup) 
  • Polish Community in Bury.
  • A tribute to Pan and Pani Zarzecki. 
  • Polish TV and film. 
  • My mum the Master Chef!
  • Kilearn Hospital Scotland,1945.
  • My scanning empire guide to old photos.
  • A tribute to Antek Blicharski.
  • Travelling to Poland during the Cold War years.
  • Polish Christmas Eve family tradition.
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Jaja (Stuffed eggs)
  • Mum's Traditional remedies.
  • Tribute to Doctor Karwowski. 
  • Polish toilets - scarred or is that wiped for life! 
  • Mum's Polish kitchen - Gołąbki(Cabbage parcels)
  • The 1958 Voigtlander Prominent.
  • Are Poles obsessive compulsive or just like things to be right? 
  • A tribute to Theodore Kowalski my Godfather. 
  • Vodka and other drain cleaners. 
  • St Antoni and the Black Madonna. 
  • Tea pots, Pyrex and enamalware.
  • Name days and Birthdays double bonus.
  • Stefka the flatulent army horse. 
  • Irena Santor and Jim Reeves. 
  • Growing up in the 1970's 
  • Dad's journey Poland - England 1939 - 1945.