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“I earn a living on bits of coloured rag and that gives me a great kick.”

This is Sheffield artist Joe Scarborough, who lives on a boat in Victoria Quays where he is currently painting a work which will grace Olympic venues.

Born in Pitsmoor, a former miner at Thorpe Hesley Colliery and a Sheffield legend with a star on the Walk Of Fame. Joe, aged 83, likes working, something which started at the pit. “Being paid to do hard work had my father thinking that was a splendid thing and I must confess I enjoyed it,” he says.

“What I enjoyed was meeting people who set standards.

Artist Joe Scarborough is a Sheffield legend and here's why