Last week as I was walking home a gentlemen coming from the other direction smiled and said “Hello.” as he passed by. I said hello back and when he was a few steps past me he said:  “Bloody Polish!” I thought I must have miss heard him so I paused, looked back and said  “Sorry?” He pointed back down the street towards town and repeated “Bloody Polish!” I looked where he was pointing and didn’t see anything unusual about Salisbury high street. Especially not anything Polish.

Cheese cross in Salisbury City Centre

He walked on and I apologised to his back: “Sorry, I’m American. I don’t understand.”