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East Midlands Oral History Archive
A woman originally from Latvia talks about the problems Latvian men had when they arrived in the UK after the Second World War.
An Antiguan woman describes an example of prejudice she experienced working in a factory in the 1950s. Her colleagues were surprised to find that she was able to read and write.
A woman from the Caribbean explains how she had never experienced racism and was not prepared to deal with it when she arrived in Britain in the 1960s.
A woman from the Caribbean explains why she believes that Caribbean women were trailblazers who laid the foundations for the current generation.
A Somali man talks about the problems of learning a second language and how slang can be difficult to understand, even if you have a good grasp of a second language