More than 30 years ago Barnsley was a borough on the brink of collapse. Like many other communities built on mining, it was left reeling when the industry that sustained it vanished.

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...