This beautiful mosaic is on the outside wall of the St Andrew’s Town Hall. A short description of its history is below.
‘A happier association with Central and Eastern Europe was established more recently, during the Second World War, when St Andrews and the surrounding area played hosts to the Polish Army in exile. In 1940, Polish units, evacuated from France, took over the coastal defences in parts of eastern Scotland. Poles became closely associated with the town and, at the end of the war, many settled and remained in the St Andrews area. A mosaic panel in the wall of the Town Hall expresses the gratitude of Polish soldiers for the hospitality received from the people of St Andrews.’
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