Just to add we actually drove there, in a 1969 hillman, took 26 hrs via Belgium, west germany,and East germany.
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Just to add we actually drove there, in a 1969 hillman, took 26 hrs via Belgium, west germany,and East germany.
My grandad came over to Bolton from Poland during the holocaust.
I've never been over there but it's definitely on my list.
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Originally Posted by nvent
FFS , some trip in a hillman eh , mind you it can take that long driving down the M6 eh ;-)
Jesus!!! That was some trip in those days crossing the Iron Curtain borders!!!
I crossed into Czechkoslovakia in 1980 on a train and that was friggin' scary. Can't imagine the journey in a car back in those days :O :O