What was it like living behind the so called 'Iron Curtain' of communism during the Cold War? Here BBC Radio Manchester journalist Jen Dale investigates her own family history to find out.

All this week @bbcradiomanc has been looking at Greater Manchester's links to the cold war. But what was it like behind the Iron Curtain during that time? Reporter Jen Dale's been looking into her own family history to find out. Ewa and Robert Dale live in Heaton Mersey but they first met in Torun, Poland in 1968.They got married and planned to live together in the West - but things weren't as simple as all that.