Description: | Language: English
Running time: 70 minutes 52 seconds
Born 6 March 1932 in British Guyana he arrived in Great Britain on 1 Sep 1960.
Topics covered in the interview;
Employment /Trade Unions - availability of jobs 1960, Goodyear, shop steward
Support groups - Afro-Caribbean Centre, St Peter's Unemployment Group, Wolverhampton Commonwealth District Association
(EG received 2 awards for voluntary work)
Family Life - in British Guyana, respect for elders
Housing - Discrimination, Rent
Aspirations - false hopes
First impressions of England - smoke, factories, chimneys
Initially only wanted to come to England for 5 years, ended up staying 40, "I've loved every minute, glad to be a part of Wolverhampton" |