The Polish Institute

I visited “Sikorski Museum and Insitute” for the first time on 6th March 2014. I was truly overwhelmed by the size of its archives and fantastic assistance of Jadwiga Kowalska – Deputy Keeper of the Archives. I spent the entire day working through the private collection of Krystyn Lach Szyrma who was a professor of … Continued

University of East London

I visited University of East London Archives with Jane and Julia on 18th Feb 2014. We were very kindly guided in our research by a very nice archivist called Paul. I had a rare chance to listen to a series of interviews with residents of East London. They shared their views on ever changing East … Continued

Inside Sikorski

I’ve spent a lot of time examining documents illustrating the development of Polish community in Britain in the last century. Amongst hundreds of documents, I found a few that really interested me.