Ukrainian Cross Mylor Bridge in the Snow
by Terri Waters
Title
Ukrainian Cross Mylor Bridge in the Snow
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph
Description
On a dirt track road between Mylor Bridge and Restronguet is a memorial cross built by Ukrainian workers in 1948.
After World War two the Ukrainian refugees fled the communist regime in their country and lived in a hostel close to the site of a former prisoner of war camp built along the road to Restronguet for a year, working on farms.
The Ukrainian men and their families had a strong Catholic faith and would organise services, using a Nissan hut as make-shift chapel close to the hostel where they lived and English priests would visit from Falmouth to offer pastoral care and lead worship.
On the memorial is a plaque which reads:
'This symbol of faith
in God was erected by
Ukrainians who, escaping
from Russian Communists,
found refuge in
England 7th June 1948'.
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March 11th, 2018
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