Britons rally to save 'Little Poland' hostel for WW2 heroes as 10,000 demand action

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Britons rally to save 'Little Poland' hostel for WW2 heroes as 10,000 demand action.

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Over 10,000 people have called on Labour to save the "Little Poland" hostel, the last of its kind in the country.

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Concerns have been raised about the future of the Ilford Park Polish Home at Stover, near Newton Abbot in Devon.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) hostel, which first opened in 1948, was part of the "Winston Churchill Promise" that Britain would never forget its debt to Poland for Warsaw's support during World War Two.However, the MoD has begun a consultation on its future due to a dwindling number of residents living at the site.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say A petition has now been launched by local campaigner Jerry Bird, who highlighted the "culturally specific care for elderly residents".He told DevonLive: "It's such an important issue.

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This has been a big piece of local history since the end of the Second World War."The petition reads: "We call on the Government to fund the continued operation of culturally appropriate retirement provision to Polish veterans and their...

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