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Description: | This steel trunk has travelled hundreds of miles in the last 80
years.
It belonged to the father of Khrishan Dayal, who lives
in Ilford. It was first used when Khrishan's father left India
for Uganda in 1925 to work as a railway goods clerk. He
returned to India in 1939 along with the trunk.
When
Khrishan moved to Uganda in 1951 he took the trunk with him. In
1970 Khrishan moved to the UK and once again the trunk was
shipped over. It was used for storage until April 2005 when
Khrishan kindly donated the trunk to Redbridge Museum.
About
21% of Redbridge's population are from a South Asian background.
Many came to the UK from east Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Redbridge Museum | Rights holder: | Redbridge Museum | Subjects: | Migration and Citizenship | Temporal: | 1925 (circa) | Source: | Redbridge Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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