Originally Posted by talbot

I've recently heard from my friends in Aberdeen that because of the council's lack of funds, the Old Bon Accord Swimming Pool that's been there since late 19th century is closing, the ice-rink is closing and there are thousands of Poles residing in Torry now.

I am so glad we left!

Originally Posted by shabee

You trying to start a row nu shooz. Cause non of us are looking for 1

Originally Posted by kez81

I was back in aberdeen over xmas and its really not that bad i had people say poles are takin over aberdeen rubbish

im a torry quine nithen rang wee torry my ma said she rather there wiz poles livin beside her than the junkies.

If mr Trump get to build his golfcourse it will put aberdeen on the map for something other than being the oil capital of europe according to evening express it could still happen.

As for the bonaccord baths now who will miss them?? nay me thats for sure Aberdeen is a lovely city and i for one miss it warts and all!!

far aboot in the deen are you fae??

Originally Posted by shabee

Its a bit more than just them closing the swimming pool. They have closed the ice rink and one of my friends daughters skates at comp. level. She now has to go to Dundee on a wed. night and Edinburgh on a Sat. These are the closest place to train.
They are closing schools, cutting back the money given to the Schools, cutting back on teaching staff.

Cutting back of social services for the disabled, old and young. Closing places like the workshop for the blind.

Yes Aberdeen is in a bad way just now.
Our council said that its the governments fault for cutting back on the money they give our council when it is plain incompetence.

And yes the Poles are taking over and not just in Torry. I work at a school where we pride ourselves on being multi- cultural, thats just the way of the world nowadays.

Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz

Hey Kez. you better not talk like that when i see you, i'll need a translator you sound like Grant..

Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz

Yeah, but the English are taking over OZ...but thats ok is it

Originally Posted by brido

Aberdeen was put up there oot the way for a reason.

Originally Posted by kez81

i do think people forget that they too are an immigrant in australia and its not different from a polish who are living in the uk, i have a friend who is a nurse she says the hostipal she works in has mainly polish cleaners she also
says its the cleanest the hostipal has been in a long time the majority of them are hard workers and there doing a lot of the jobs the british wont so they are contributing just as we are coming over here with our skills.

Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz

Yeah, but the English are taking over OZ...but thats ok is it

Originally Posted by kez81

i do think people forget that they too are an immigrant in australia and its not different from a polish who are living in the uk, i have a friend who is a nurse she says the hostipal she works in has mainly polish cleaners she also
says its the cleanest the hostipal has been in a long time the majority of them are hard workers and there doing a lot of the jobs the british wont so they are contributing just as we are coming over here with our skills.

Originally Posted by tartankoala

I find the hypocrisy of the original post amazing. Aberdeen full of thousands of Poles? I wonder what the the natives of Melbourne and the rest of Oz have to say about immigration?!

Anyway, it just gets worse and worse for Aberdeen!

Originally Posted by talbot

I'm not a hyppocrite my friend, the point i was making is there's no space for more immigrants, whether Poles or whatever.
Here in Australia we have plenty of space.

Originally Posted by Sally Redux

It wasn't the space. It was directly linked to the town 'going down' and you being well out of it.