Polish people in Wales - some questions about living in the UK

walesboyThreads: 3 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 14, 09 ♂	Jun 13, 10, 18:57 #1
hi i was just wondering if theres any polish or eastern europeans living in cardiff or wales in genral on this site.If so message me i have questions to ask u about poland and whatu think of living in uk etc thanx :)

walesboyThreads: 3 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 14, 09 ♂	Nov 28, 10, 17:47 #2
Merged thread: polish in wales are there many polish in wales,uk if so are they increasing or decreasing in numbers?

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,478 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Nov 28, 10, 18:31 #3
walesboy: are there many polish in wales,uk if so are they increasing or decreasing in numbers? How can anybody answer that question? From my point of view ive never heard of any Poles that are going to, live in or have left Wales. Its always England then Ireland then Scotland with regard to the islands.

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Edited by: zetigrek Nov 28, 10, 18:55 #4

walesboy:

increasing or decreasing in numbers?

Poles don't come to GB and Ireland anymore. Emigration stopped around 2008. Now those who managed to set their lives in GB stayed there for good and those who don't are returning home. And THIS IS A FACT!

Wroclaw Boy:

From my point of view ive never heard of any Poles that are going to, live in or have left Wales.

I've read an article about Wrexham where live many Poles. Once I've met a guy from Wales and he said that in his town there is lot of Polish people.

I guess there are/were many Poles in Wales but Wales was not so popular aim of emigration (as Scotland, England, Ireland). I have no idea why.

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Nov 28, 10, 19:42 #5
zetigrek: Poles don't come to GB and Ireland anymore. Some are still coming, especially to London, but the glory days are over for now.

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Nov 29, 10, 09:20 #6
Wroclaw Boy: From my point of view ive never heard of any Poles that are going to, live in or have left Wales. When I was holidaying in Angelsey there were more than a few Poles (OK, they might have been holidaying too). However, I was told by aguide in Llangollen that there were a fair few Poles in that area (OK, it was about 2 years ago).

paulinskaThreads: 6 Posts: 344 Joined: May 19, 10 ♂	Nov 29, 10, 11:39 #7
I would say Cardiff has a Polish community close to a 1000. I live here!

zetigrekThreads: 59 Posts: 2,709 Joined: May 20, 10 ♂	Nov 29, 10, 16:56 #8
paulinska: I would say Cardiff has a Polish community close to a 1000. I live here! so not too big like for a city...

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Nov 29, 10, 17:11 #9
zetigrek: so not too big like for a city... No, not at all. Probably at least 5000 in the nearest town to me (pop. 40,000)

paulinskaThreads: 6 Posts: 344 Joined: May 19, 10 ♂	Nov 30, 10, 11:14 #10
zetigrek: so not too big like for a city... Teffle: No, not at all. I agree but it's all about employment opportunities, isn't it? Cardiff being a Capital city has a higher resource pulling power, and with that comes competition for jobs. It could be that the Poles find it much easier to get work in lesser populated towns. To be honest, i thought 1000 was a significant number!

niejestemcapitaThreads: 3 Posts: 666 Joined: Jan 3, 09 ♀	Edited by: niejestemcapita Nov 30, 10, 11:54 #11
Thousands of Polish dotted around Wales...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanybydder (for example)

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