By the way don't sausage meOriginally Posted by A. D. Williams
That, sausage, is private.
By the way don't sausage meThat, sausage, is private.
" If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from".
"I could have been a footballer - but I had a paper round"..Yosser Hughes
Polish community in LiverpoolQuite right, Howie! Er....what was the topic again?
Oh! Why? Does it wind you up? If so then I believe it a good reason to continue to call you sausage, sausage.
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Polish community in Liverpool? Of course! I am somewhat forgetful in my old age.
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The thread will be closed should it wonder off topic again.
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" If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from".
"I could have been a footballer - but I had a paper round"..Yosser Hughes
i'll try and get it back on topic, here is a bilingual blog about Polish and Merseyside culture.
Polish Shop in Kensington,
You have to admire the poles for their resolution.
They do small gurkins in sweet wine vineger, Loverly.
Awwww! Kev, Kev, Kev! You are such a passion killer.
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It is possible to create a community with a person? I believe that I am the only Basque one in Liverpool... It is a joke. Really, I did not see very much foreign in Liverpool, I think that it is not like London, probably I am confused.
London must be 50% foreign now. I got a bus from Liverpool St to Tottenham in December and there must have only been 10 English passengers out of 50-60 on there - and they were using it to go to the football because there was a bomb scare on the trains.
Regarding Liverpool, I think most would agree on here there are high numbers of foreign peope in some areas - historically Toteth but maybe now Edge Hill abd Kensington as well. But in others there are virtualy none at all.
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It depends on how you define 'foreign'. I'm not sure how easy it is to know whether someone is foreign or not unless you hear them talk. If you are talking about colour, most black and Chinese people you see about the city are as Liverpudlian as anyone else so hardly foreign. It's mostly in parts of L8that you can find large non-white communities that contain people who were not born in Liverpool (as well, of course, as those who were).
In the last census, Liverpool was depicted overall as quite a 'white' city. If I'm not mistaken it was the most 'white' of all the major UK cities. This surprised me until I thought about it and realised that Liverpool had not seen the massive influx of Asians seen by other cities because its economy was stagnant for so long. This is changing. In South Liverpool many of the local corner shops are now owned by Asian Liverpudlians and thankfully no longer close at 6pm.
I know you were joking but it's unlikely that you are the only Basque in Liverpool. My guess is that the easiest way of meeting other Basques would be via the Catholic church or one of the universities or LIPA.
If you walk around places like the Albert Dock or visit the cathedrals you often hear other languages being spoken. Actually the further away from the area by the precinct the more likely you are to meet people from all corners of the earth bur if you want to meet locals this is a good place to meet them.
In one of your recent posts you were talking about looking at property in the L17 area. In and around Lark Lane you often hear all the major European languages being spoken.
I think Liverpool is on the cusp of quite a substantial foreign influx. The Poles and Somalis have been particularly successful at establishing themselves in the city, I'm sure more groups will follow.
I read somewhere or heard it on the radio that close to the majority of people who live in London were born elsewhere! It's full of ex-Liverpudians that's for sure.
I think Kensington and Edge Hill will benefit from new businesses being opened up in those areas by people born elsewhere.
I used to study Spanish at various evening classes. One of the tutors was from Bilbao.
OMG - just think of Thatcher, that's a passion killerAwwww! Kev, Kev, Kev! You are such a passion killer.
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