Hungarian refugees blue plaque unveiling
Barnsley Civic Trust in partnership with Barnsley Archives:
In 1956 and 1957, Barnsley welcomed 200 Hungarian refugees following the crushed Hungarian revolution; they found work in the coal industry. We are commemorating this with a blue plaque to be unveiled on Wednesday 23rd October at 2.00pm.
The unveiling is at the Miners Hall in Victoria Road, next door to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) building.
The Hungarian Consul General Dr L Risko-Nagy will unveil the blue plaque and Dr Andrew Zsigmond, one of the refugees, will give a short presentation inside the Miners Hall.
Open to everyone to attend, any of the original 1956 refugees or their descendants will be particularly welcome to come to the event.