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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Isn't it usually the case that most "premium" foreign beers you see in pubs are generally seen as piss in the country they're from?

I've seen Carling and Tennants on tap in a few European cities and it was branded as premium. Strongbow is also packaged in smaller glass bottles in some places and sold at a much higher cost than at home.

The one thing I hate about "imported beers" sold in the UK is that they're more often than not brewed in the UK and the recipe is fucked about with to make it cheaper and the alcohol content is also lowered so the taste is completely ruined.

One exception is a place in Earlsdon that sells Augustiner from Munich. As good as the stuff locally although a few quid more

 

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[Houchens Head]

Where is she from?

My Grandparents/mum came from Poznan & Warsaw.

This was a struggle to find out. Her Mum was Polish and her Dad was Lithuanian. We have a biscuit tin full of old papers of when the Dad walked from Vilnius to France and then managed to get across to the UK as a displaced person due to the war. He was drafted into the German army but shot himself in the foot and escaped and made the long journey. Her mum was from Poland, a very small village which she wrote down the address for us. I've found it on Google Earth. Apparently, my missus and her brother own pretty much all the land in the village.
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[Marty]

This was a struggle to find out. Her Mum was Polish and her Dad was Lithuanian. We have a biscuit tin full of old papers of when the Dad walked from Vilnius to France and then managed to get across to the UK as a displaced person due to the war. He was drafted into the German army but shot himself in the foot and escaped and made the long journey. Her mum was from Poland, a very small village which she wrote down the address for us. I've found it on Google Earth. Apparently, my missus and her brother own pretty much all the land in the village.
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Did the Germans not take the land off them?

My great grandparents had a massive farm just outside of Poznan, the Germans seized their property and they were all sent to the worker camps, the land was never returned to them, they had to give up their Polish citizenship (Poland doesn't recognise dual citizenship) in order to stay in this country when they eventually came over. My grandad managed to sue the German government sometime in the 90's and got a massive pay out from it.

 

[bringbackrattles]

Ahem! My missus is Polish/Lithuanian! Here she is with my step-daughter...……...
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Ahem! My missus is Polish/Lithuanian! Here she is with my step-daughter...……...
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It looks like they're both looking outside and saying " Houch is climbing the Malvern Hills again, he better watch his ticker ! "

 

[Houchens Head]

Did the Germans not take the land off them?

My great grandparents had a massive farm just outside of Poznan, the Germans seized their property and they were all sent to the worker camps, the land was never returned to them, they had to give up their Polish citizenship (Poland doesn't recognise dual citizenship) in order to stay in this country when they eventually came over. My grandad managed to sue the German government sometime in the 90's and got a massive pay out from it.

It is all on her mum's side. Her aunty is in touch with some really old relatives and a few years back, me and the missus said we'd like to visit. That would be it - just a visit. Apparently, the villagers were petrified that we would claim the land back and build holiday lets on the land! We had to reassure them that this wasn't the case and cancelled the visit. We've never managed to get there yet and doubt if we ever will now. As for the Germans, they just cleared the village, took the menfolk off to camps and the womenfolk were sent to factories in Germany. My mum-in-law escaped with her mum and da and sister to England where she met the Lithuanian Father in law. Lots of interesting history. And I thought my Irish history had some stories!

 

[vow]

Polish girls can be incredible in my experience. Visited twice. I'm actually going to Gdansk in June so will provide a further update then.

I think the gene pool is generally just a lot stronger in mainland Europe - certainly in an Easterly direction!

Higher cheekbones the further East you go!

 

[LastGarrison]

Polish girls can be incredible in my experience. Visited twice. I'm actually going to Gdansk in June so will provide a further update then.

I think the gene pool is generally just a lot stronger in mainland Europe - certainly in an Easterly direction!

Oh don’t get me wrong some of the Polish women are absolutely stunning, however, a lot of them aren’t.

I just think in this country there is a perception that most Polish women are beautiful whereas the reality, for me, wasn’t the case.