Sharing Our Lives Through Stories
More stories collected from the community by local volunteer Heritage Champions alongside a professional oral historian.
The challenges of arriving in the UK in the 1960s
Nilam Jassel
Immigrant from Pakistan
A warm welcome in the 1950s
Anonymous
Family emigrated from Nigeria
Anonymous
Privacy policyEnjoying the richness of city life
Miss J Curran
Teacher from Ireland
Miss J Curran
Privacy policyA job for life
Jasvinder Dhillon
Moved to the UK from India in the 1970s
Jasvinder Dhillon
Privacy policyEarly challenges and later diversity
Jasvinder Jassel
Moved to The UK from India in the 1980s
Jasvinder Jassel
Privacy policyGiving back to the community
Jasvir Kaur
Arrived from India in the 1970s
Jasvir Kaur
Privacy policyExcited to move to the UK
Mo Virk
Born India in and came to UK at age 15
Mo Virk
Privacy policyMaking a home in the UK
Ranjit Virdir
Arrived with family from India in 1969
Ranjit Virdir
Privacy policyAn upstanding member of the community
Anonymous
Arrived from Jamaica with family in the 1960s believing it was just a holiday
Anonymous
Privacy policyA rich life in the UK
Surinder Kaur
Arrived from India in the 1960s
Surinder Kaur
Privacy policyA life with better prospects
William Savage
Family from Lithuania
William Savage
Privacy policyA tale of wartime odysseys
Margaret Nathan
Father arrived from Norway
Margaret Nathan
Privacy policyArriving from Czechoslovakia via Tunisia and Holland
Peter Cermak
Second generation immigrant
Peter Cermak
Privacy policyJoining Family in the UK
Jasvinder Dhillon
Moved to the UK from India
Jasvinder Dhillon
Privacy policyA family from South America and the Caribbean
Eugene and Andrea Ju-Pierre
Eugene's parents came from St. Lucia in the 50s and Andrea married Eugene after arriving from Guyana