Kathy Burrell - Moving Lives

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There are so many people to thank that I can only hope that I do not leave anybody out. Firstly, I should thank the AHRB for providing a studentship for my research, and also the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester for awarding me a studentship had the AHRB application not been successful. I would also like to acknowledge the early supervision of Keith Snell which started me on the right path, and the later supervision of Rob Colls who saw the project through to the end and offered invaluable advice throughout. Special mention has to go to Panikos Panayi for his incredible support over the last six years which kept me going when it all got too much. Other people to whom I am especially grateful include Tony Kushner, Peter Stachura, Clare Anderson, Dave Postles, Richard Rodger, Bob Borthwick, Sally Horrocks and Will Coster. I would also like to thank the staff in the School of Historical and International Studies at De Montfort University, in particular Jeff Hill, Mark Sandle, Lorna Chessum and Ian Jackson, for their ongoing interest and encouragement. Obviously I am wholly indebted to all the respondents from the Polish, Italian and Greek-Cypriot communities in Leicester for their warm hospitality, help in finding contacts and willingness to talk about their lives. I am particularly grateful to Yanina and Lenka for their insights into the Polish group and their attempts to help me learn the Polish language. On a personal note, I would like to thank Martin, Ali, Rob, Bev, Tom, Jo and Asia for their continuing friendship and for listening when I needed to talk about my work. I would especially like to thank my parents for their phenomenal emotional and financial support, without which the whole project would have been a hundred times more difficult. Most importantly of all I wish to acknowledge the enduring support I have received from Matt, who has helped me keep body, mind and spirit together.