Dobrze zrobiony... that's well done in Polish

Learning any foreign language enriches your mind and makes you understand other cultures.

Bravo to Bognor police, who are trying to do just that.

I remember in post-World War Two years living in Leeds where the Polish community was fairly large, and I believe there were policemen who spoke perfect Polish.

There was a reason for it '“ and it was not to help Poles get around Leeds.

The motive, like any intelligence service, was more sinister '“ spying on the Polish community.

At that time the cold war was at its height, our foe the Soviet Union.

Different agents (some from Poland) were arriving in this country to spy. The targets were either industrial, commercial or military, so knowledge of the Polish language by the police was extremely useful.

So how do you know the Bognor bobby has not the same object in mind? After all, according to figures in the Observer, there are 6,000 of us.

I can see the advantages of knowing us better. Who knows, there may some criminal elements among us.

Please, objectors, get off your high horse and let us say three cheers to intelligent Bognor policemen. I'll say to them '˜carry on, officers' and may it come easy to you. Don't be discouraged by last week's writer about learning the Polish language '“ it not as difficult as he portrays.

Edward Machon,

Kyoto Court, Bognor Regis

Local politicians would like us to think the future of '˜Polski Regis' is very bright, with tourism set to explode to such massive proportions that Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's will be begging to come back to the town.

My thinking is very different.

Is it not true our friends from Poland, Latvia and Lithuania can start to claim child benefit for their children, regardless of whether these children are resident in this country?

If this is correct, then this is surely wrong and an insult to every working taxpayer with children who has paid into the tax system for years.

The local nightclub is advertising a Polish Night where only Eastern Europeans are allowed entry (and friends can vouch for being turned away recently). That's okay, but I wonder what sort of uproar there would be if there were an British-only night?

The politically-correct brigade need to wise up and see that all the bending over backwards for certain groups only alienates others, which in the long run makes for an uneasy atmosphere in the town, as residents of Peterborough will testify.

Mark Taylor, Nelson Road, Bognor Regis

The headline in the Observer read 'We owe so much to our Polish guests.'

Firstly, why do we? Secondly the word guest is defined as 'person invited to visit.'

Without going too deeply into the politics of war, Britain did fight alongside Poland but so did many other countries. There are also a lot of countries that feel indebted to Britain. But that is history and really has no bearing on today's situation.

I owe nothing to young Eastern Europeans who walk my street in large groups, swigging beer cans and appearing to have no respect for the local community.

I moved from Perivale in London because, like many others, I felt the city does not belong to Londoners any more. Even my old haunt The Wheatsheaf is no longer a traditional English pub.

You can imagine my horror when I realised that, after moving to a quiet seaside town, it is heading the same way.

It seems the people of Bognor must remain silent and let the likes of Labour councillors destroy their town even more.

Barry Proudfoot,

Chichester Road, Bognor Regis