Lots of photo are missing the oldest ones were taken when dad was a misplaced person after the war.
The reason, for his being a misplaced person, is, I believe, dad, along with many others were rounded up after the Warsaw uprising.
He probably knew Pope John Paul - who evaded capture. That could explain why we got Christmas cards and holy bread, and that we also a photo of the pope on the wall. (signed by the pope himself I remember)
This is important - dad was a slave worker for the nazis , I think he must have been liberated by the Canadian forces so ending up in Canada, where his listed occupation was a barber.
After release dad joined the Royal Engineers.
Mum saw him visiting a friend in London (near her home address in Beacon Road and said "I will marry him" - and she did - at Lockerbie in Scotland.
Dad like many other war veterans did not talk about the past.
Dad first went back to Poland in 1964 in an Austin A40 car a red one. He took to Poland things that were rare like coffee, plasters , chocolate, warm clothes - including socks and underwear. When he came back home all he was wearing was a top and trousers and a pair of sandals he had given everything away.
The photo you are referring to is at a place called krakow (possibly Zakopane), you have been there along with Lesley ,Andy, Stewart also Shirley. You all went in a Austin 1100.That was 1966.
I remember going to Poland, indeed in a red Morris 1100 there were 4 asleep on the back seat, top to tail, and mum and dad in the front. It would have been an overnight drive. I don't recall Stewart being there, since he was born in 1967 it would be unlikely :-) OS just myself, my older sisters Shirley and Lesley and my younger brother Andrew. There are a few vivid memories - I was after all only 5) Sitting on mum's lap as we drove through the night - having a night watchman looking after the car - a bit of a rarity in Poland at the time - a private car - the Trams and the Ice Creams.
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