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Christina
Milaszkiewicz by the ruins of what was the communal washroom
at the Blackshaw Moor Camp.
Christina Milaszkiewicz stojoca przy ruinach
tego co bylo kiedys miejska pralnia w obozie Blackshaw Moor
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Christina Milaszkiewicz comes from an old Polish family - and she's
living in North Staffordshire.
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Christina
Milaszkiewicz
Christina was born in England - at the Blackshaw Moor resettlement
camp for the Polish near Leek.
Her parents had to flee Poland after the Russians invaded. They were
both captured, and her father and mother were sent to separate labour
camps.
When they were finally released, Christina's father took five years
to find his wife and family. her mother had travelled through Europe
and was eventually found at a Red Cross camp in South Africa.
Once the family were reunited, they were housed in huts at the former
Blackshaw Moor Army Camp. It was a close community, but accommodation
was basic.
Families had to share huts, toilets and washrooms.
It was basic, we were poor, but we were happy. 
Christina
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Her father never made it back to Poland before he died, and her mother,
who is 90, still lives at Blackshaw Moor.
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Christina
Milaszkiewicz remembers life living in a hut just like this
one - two families had to share this building on the Blackshaw
Moor resettlement camp.
Christina Milaszkiewicz pamieta czasy
zamieszkujac jeden z barakow jaki widzimi na zdjeciu- dwie rodziny
musialy zamieszkiwac budynek obozu dla osadnikow Blackshaw Moor.
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