Ginger Goodwin was a coal miner from Treeton in the West Riding who came out to Canada and worked in pits in Cape Breton, the Crow's Nest Pass, and the Comox Valley. He was murdered by police because of his work as a union organiser and is revered in Canada as a labour and pacifist hero. There are several songs about Ginger, including this one on Mark Gregory's site unionsong.com, written by Richard von Fuchs.

My favourite Ginger song is this one by Gordon Carter, descendant of Comox Valley miners: The Day They Shot Ginger Down. "Do we hold a grudge? You bet!"

Gordon Carter's recently released second CD "Diary Of A Coal Town" has a song called "Yorkshire Boy", which I believe is based on his own family's story:

We came here from Yorkshire
I was just a child
We got here in April
This town was running wild