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Description: | Language: English
Running time: 71 minutes 00 seconds
Date of birth 119 July 1925
Areas covered;
Family life, Discrimination, Employment, Changes in Wolverhampton
One of 13 children, 12 boys, 1 girl
Spent time working in America
Arrived in England, Bristol, August 1954
Had a flat ready
Wife worked in a hospital
Had great expectations of coming to the 'Mother Country'
Worked in various factories/engineering
Eventually worked as bar steward at Afro-Caribbean Cultural Centre
Retired after working for Walsall Council developing a centre for Elders of the community
Suffered discrimination with regards to housing -refused due to colour -asked to pay 50 extra.
Describes the changes in Wolverhampton as a revolution.
Sums up by saying has been treated fairly whilst living in England
Copy of DX-624/6/6-7 | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Betacam SP (video) | Temporal: | Jan 2000 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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