Scottish-PolishLinks

Historical links between Scotland and Poland. Overseen by @WorthingtonD, @UHIHistory, Scotland.

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Back for a 6th edition, the Polish-Scottish Mini Festival 🇵🇱 󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 features a wide range of musical events, exhibitions & talks taking place in Aberdeen from Jan - March 2023 including a ‘Polish-Scottish #Ceilidh’ For the full programme, see 👉 https://t.co/Xrg5IPKcS1

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

An opportunity to remember with gratitude that the Polish Navy evaded capture in September 1939 and sailed into the Firth of Forth, coming to Britain’s aid in the fight against fascism. But how many British people know this today?

[Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK]

Happy #StAndrewsDay to our Scottish friends! The Great Polish Map of Scotland celebrates our shared history. https://t.co/mZLzsZHdTb

[UHI Centre for History @UHIHistory]

Our @WorthingtonD recently delivered the welcome lecture for the relaunch of a touring exhibition at the @uofglibrary on Robert Porteous, a Scottish-born merchant (d.1661) in Poland. Visit our website for further details of this event, https://t.co/LGqli3Uloh
@UHI_Research

[Scottish-PolishLinks @ScottishPolish]

Exhibition on Scottish-born wine merchant Robert Porteous (d.1661) opening in Glasgow at 5pm this Friday.

[Borderlines @BastonBorders]

Robert Wojciech Portius - a Scottish immigrant in Krosno who did well as a wine merchant trading Hungarian wines to people further north. Commanded a fortress in the successful Polish defence of Krosno against invading Transylvanian forces.

[Tony Murney @tonymurney]

I found this old Polish/English dictionary belonging to Tadeusz Edward Zuszyk dated 1945, and the address on it is 14 March Rd, Blackhall, Edinburgh 4. I honestly can’t recall how it ended up in a cupboard in my house, but I’d love to return it to the owner or a family member

[Felix Yaniewicz @yaniewicz]

4 weeks to go! Can't wait for https://t.co/nNvdsss46u @TheGeorgianNTS and opening illustrated talk on his remarkable story:
Book at https://t.co/GTe3Cnm4YL

@LoveEdinburgh @PLinEdinburgh @culture_pl @StCeciliasHall @EdinUniMuseums @welovehistory

[Dave Dykes @PaMemorial]

@pgkepfidra @ScottishPolish @PerthHighHist @perthacademy @CPKArchives @CPKMuseums Some photos of the immaculate Polish plot where over 500 Polish casualties are commemorated by @CWGC.

[Patricia Keppie @pgkepfidra]

Polish Remembrance service #Perth #Wellshill #Jeanfield ⁦@CWGC⁩ . Blessing those who lie there. Good to see so many there, lots of young people

[Rev Dr Pastor Pete Sutton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 @cuthbert_church]

Great to have representatives from www.https://t.co/zFGWl0HdUv and @ScottishPolish at the #COP26 #Community Art Exhibition at St Cuthbert’s. Great exhibits from the pupils inspired by their amazing staff. We look forward to hosting the Wojtek Service again in the Spring.

[David Worthington @WorthingtonD]

A @ScottishPolish theme in the news. Memory and history interact in fascinating ways. In this case, the migration occurred long after the peak in the movement of Scottish men, women and children to the vast Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, which was between the 1590s and 1620s.

[Jenny Grant @SilenceInPolish]

A mural of Kraków, painted by Polish soldiers stationed in Arbroath during the Second World War.

From https://t.co/vvpDQvkjGo archives

[Jenny Grant @SilenceInPolish]

A parade of the 1st Polish Armoured Division in Edinburgh, May 1943

#CarrierLove

[Maria Lisik @mariawlisik]

The skirl of bagpipes carried through the trees in a corner of a #Polish forest that is forever #Scotland.

I write about the village of Jadów near Warsaw, which is determined to honour its 19th-century Scottish expatriate community, for @thetimes
https://t.co/yyTJz2X80r

[Jenny Grant @SilenceInPolish]

#OTD 13th September 1940 - the Polish Army football team was beaten 6-0 by Lord Rosebery's XI team at Tynecastle in Edinburgh.

Rather unsportingly, the Scottish fielded three members of their national team.

[Maciej Dokurno 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦 @MaciejDokurno]

What an amazing property and a hidden gem of Polish WW2 history for sale in #LundinLinks by @Savills - this is where the Polish paratroopers’ in #Fife training parachute tower was located during #WW2

https://t.co/sUI0HvXxNA

[Michael Alexander @C_MAlexander]

Years since I’ve been along #Polish Camp Road at #Tentsmuir, but during an epic bike ride today, I was pleased to rediscover the old ruins - including this Polish eagle, Lion Rampant and Thistle etched on the crumbling casing of an old well. #SecondWorldWar #Poland #Scotland

[PLinEdinburgh @PLinEdinburgh]

On #WorldBicycleDay 🚲🚴🚵🚵‍♂️@PLinEdinburgh sets off on a sentimental journey in the footsteps of General Maczek in Edinburgh. We unveiled these memorials together in 2018 and 2019. #June3WorldBicycleDay

[Citizens' Rights Project @CitzRights]

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https://t.co/3U2YF6ztiq

@PolishEmbassyUK @ScottishPolish