After the war, many Poles and Ukrainians settled in North Notts, South Yorkshire etc and worked down the pit. When I was a young lad working there, the reputation the recent influx have for hard work was just as true then.

Sure, people are people and there are good and bad in any group of people, but these lads were not only hard working and friendly, but I cannot think of a single man, and I worked with many, who was anything but a good 'un.

The local Ukrainian Club was the cheapest beer in town too.....