LIFESTYLE-Magazine-Winter-2016

FAMILYVALUES

1. Please tell us about your race and religion and how long you have lived in Hyndburn? Marcin Kominek - Polish - Company Director Hi, I amMarcin. I amPolish. My religion - Catholic. I came to the UK over ten years ago withmy brother. Before this I lived in Rossendale but since 2014 in Hyndburn. Is thismy new home? For now, yes but don’t know for how long. David Render -White/English - Police Officer Hi, I was born, bred and raised in Accrington. I’mRoman Catholic andwas born at Rough Lee Hospital in December 1968. Hyndburn is verymuchmy home. Munsif Dad - British/Kashmiri- Hyndburn Councillor Hello, my name isMunsif Dad, I ama British/Kashmiri, I amof aMuslim faith and I have lived in Hyndburn for about 47 years. I moved in Hyndburn withmy parents as economic Hello, I was born in Dublin and I amRoman Catholic but lived in Germany and then Hyndburn throughmy work in the Royal Air forcewhere I was a ground support technician. I moved to Accrington in the 1980s when I met my first wife and then second wife. I amsingle now, 66 years old, and have five childrenwho all live in the borough. 2. In recent years the UK has spoken of a ‘Boomerang Generation’ of kids who have le home, but largely due to financial circumstances, return to live with their parents. For some, being reunited under one roof, is a negative, for other cultures it is totally normal. What are your views on family generations living under the same roof? Marcin Kominek - Polish In Polish culture young people usually leave their parents when they are 20-30 years old. But as we know, the situation in Europe/World in last few years is really difficult. Lots of people don’t havemoney.This is why young people livewith parents or friends. . The reason? To share expenses. migrants and havemade this our home. Tommy Fox - Irish - Retired Air Force

This is a natural aspect in the Polish community that parents help/support their children. I don’t livewith anyone. My parents are in Poland but every day I get help/support from them (emotional, psychological support). David Render -White/English I don't livewith other familymembers. I currently livewithmy partner Justine and her 17-year-old daughter Annalise. However my partner’s two nieces currently livewith Justine's parents – who are their grandparents - due to the difficulties they have in buying their own homes. Munsif Dad - British/Kashmiri I was bought up in a family unit where it is a custom for children to livewith parents and grandparents under one roof. Depending on family size and accommodation suitability, a child would livewith their parents, which usually is the youngest sibling to look aer family/parents. Although, I have recently seen that those families who live in a small terrace housewouldwant their children to live nearby. I livewithmy three children and the other twowho aremarried live in their own homes in the same street. Tommy Fox - Irish I live alone in sheltered accommodation with one room, so in all honesty if any of my kids wanted to livewithme, it would only really work for a week.

Boomerang Generation of kids who leave home then return

Top: Left to right - Marcin Kominek, Tommy Fox, Munsif Dad and Dave Render

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