Country Oral History Interviews

Alift Interview

Born in Georgetown, British Guiana in the 1930s. Moved to the UK in 1965 to train as a nurse on a British Guiana CUKC passport [‘Without limit of time’]. Returned to the newly independent Guyana following the death of her husband and was unable to get work. She...

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Anthony Interview

Anthony was born in Jamaica in the early 1960s and moved to the UK with his mother and siblings in 1967 to join his father (he arrived in the 1950s). In 1973 Anthony attended Jamaica College, he returned to the UK in 1976 (briefly) for a wedding and then returned...

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George Interview

Born in Georgetown, British Guiana in the 1930s.  He settled in the UK on 24 June 1959. “We had this thing called Police Clearance to come to England.  I have mine still.  You had to go to police headquarters – although I was a police officer – with a picture and a...

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Glenda Interview

Glenda was born in Dominica and left for the UK in 1961 aged 3 months. Her mother died in Jan 1997 while on a trip to Dominica.  She wanted to travel there but was told by the Home Office she was not British. One of her Aunts suggested that she get a Dominica...

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Richard Interview

This is a partial copy of an oral history interview on nationality, identity and belonging that took place on 27 May 2020 with Richard Black (during the pandemic). The interview formed part of a wider scoping project conducted by research fellow, Dr Juanita Cox,...

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Ruby Interview

A child of a ‘Windrush Generation’ Migrant Ruby Joseph was born in Grenada where she lived with her Grandmother.  She arrived in the UK in early 1962 aged 3 or 4 to live with her mother and the rest of the family.   She travelled abroad on a school trip without...

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Victoria Dean

Victoria Dean was the British High Commissioner to Barbados, and non-resident High Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines from 2013 until 2016. Formerly a career diplomat working in...

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