A BLUE plaque commemorating the 200 Hungarian refugees who were welcomed to Barnsley in the 1950s will finally be unveiled this week.

Following the crushed Hungarian revolution, 200 refugees moved to Barnsley in 1956 and were welcomed into British life and culture.

Throughout this year there has been work done to commemorate the event with a blue plaque and after securing it a home at the National Union of Mineworkers’ building on Huddersfield Road early last month it will finally be unveiled on Wednesday.

There will be a presentation commencing at 2pm, including Hungarian Consul General, Dr L Risko-Nagy and Dr Andrew Zsigmond, one of the refugees.

They will be welcomed by Mayor of Barnsley John Clarke, while area chairman of the NUM, Chris Skidmore and Paul Stebbing, archives and local studies officers will also speak.