JOIN SHEFFIELD
POLISH HERITAGE DAY
6th May 2018

Polish Delicacies

Throughout the day you will have a chance to try Polish food and cakes kindly provided by Polish Village Bakery.

Enter our quiz to help you win “Wild Honey and Rye” - a Modern Polish cookery book by prize-winning author Ren Behan. The book is packed with an exciting fusion of traditional and modern Eastern European recipes and will introduce you to Polish food: inexpensive, colourful and healthy.

There will also be free tasters - Polish canapés, doughnuts like you’ve never tasted before and other delightful pastries!

Poland '39.

Poland '39 reenactement group will join us on the day. They are a small group of like minded reenactors who want to remember the Polish army and their struggle in year 1939. Their mission is to educate more people in the fight that Poland put up against both the invading German AND Soviet armies in September 1939. Also, to get more people reenacting the Polish armed forces of 1939 - and remembering the suffering of the whole population endured from 1939 to 1945 - and right up until the eventual ending of Communist rule in Poland.

Exhibitions

Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to learn about Poland and Polish community in Sheffield area through a set of different exhibitions.

Find out about the history of Poles in Sheffield since the 1940s, the organisations they have set up and how our community is thriving. Take part in our quiz on Polish landmarks in Sheffield!

Various attractions

Try on traditional Polish head wreaths and take a selfie at our photo wall in traditional Polish costume, specially made in Poland.

Buy Polish souvenirs including fashionable scarves, snow-globes, bracelets and pencils.

Learn how to make traditional Polish crafts with Tamara Gryszel-Fieldsend, headteacher of Sheffield’s Polish Language School, well-known for her classes on Polish culture in local schools.

Polish Traditional Folk Dancing

Join us to celebrate this Polish Heritage Day through polish traditional folk dancing and learn more about the various dances and folk costumes.

See the vibrant and colourful dances of the Polish highlanders, performed live by the Polish scouts from Sheffield and Barnsley who will dance with ciupagi - the highlanders’ traditional axe.

Polish lesson taster

Cześć, Dzień Dobry, Dziękuję! How about trying to learn some Polish? Learn more about where the Polish language comes from and how it evolved. You will also be able to learn some basic Polish! It will be a fun and interactive lesson that you can attend free of charge!

"Surviving the Warsaw Uprising" lecture

Guest speaker Dr Marek Szablewski will give a talk on “Surviving the Warsaw Uprising” based on his 2011 project supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship. He will draw upon the experiences of his father Witold, who experienced the darkest days of the Nazi occupation of Poland of 1939-45.

Dr Marek Szablewski

Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire visit

Between 3pm - 4pm Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire is going to pay us a visit and celebrate with us.

Mrs. Pam Liversidge

Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield visit

Between 4pm - 5pm the Lord Mayor of Sheffield is going to pay us a visit and celebrate with us.

Anne Murphy

The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor

"Warsaw Uprising 1944 and its effects" lecture

Lecture led by Sheffield students: If you are interested in history and would like to know more about Poland, come and join us in the afternoon to listen to a presentation made by the University of Sheffield students about the Warsaw Uprising 1944 and its effects.

This year Polish Society at the University of Sheffield run a volunteering project aimed at teaching secondary school children about the history of Poland and helping them develop new skills. The team that took part in the project will be leading the Sunday’s lecture.