Exhibition tells stories of Poles and Ukrainians in Bradford
Mr Smith said: "There were big Ukrainian communities, big Polish communities that came over to Britain in the aftermath of World War Two. "And a lot of them came to Bradford because Bradford needed people to work in the textile mills. "I started photographing Poles and Ukrainians in Bradford some 40 years ago, so there's a lot of that black and white photography featured."But also there's an amazing collection of pictures here from about eight or nine different photographers; British photographers, Poles, Ukrainians."I think our work spans about the last 40 or 50 years." The exhibition ends with images of those who have fled the war in Ukraine during the past three years.
Marta Szymańska is curator of the Łódź Fotofestiwal in Poland, where the Polish part of the exhibition was previewed before coming to Bradford.She said: "We have been working on the exhibition for two years. "All of these stories are close to me. "Even though my family doesn't have the migration history, we have the experience of the war, of course, of displacement and changing homes. "This is something that I have to say is a very, very common experience for everyone living in central or eastern Europe."
More than 150,000 Poles and 35,000 Ukrainians were resettled in the UK after 1945.Many ended up working in West Yorkshire's woollen industry, which was short of labour. These large communities were eventually joined by recent economic migrants after Poland joined the EU, and refugees from the war in Ukraine.Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
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