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Narinder Kaur Panesar interviewed by Gurpreet Grewal-Santini, 6 August 2013
No full textTalks about being caught up in a shoot-out in Uganda and a close call with Idi Amin's soldiers
Ghost sign for The Tudor Press on the corner of Rugby Street and Dunton Street, 2013.
No full textGhost sign for The Tudor Press, reading: 'The Tudor Press / Printers & / Bookbinders'
Interview with Beverley Haddon. Part 1
No full text38 minute 50 second interview with Beverley Haddon, longtime resident of Leicester, formerly an overlocker at various Leicester hosiery companies. The interview includes Beverley talking about her family background, leaving school at fifteen and beginning work at Corah's. She describes the division of labour by gender and recalls how the younger women spent their wages on clothes. She recalls working at Cherub's and finding the work boring and the atmosphere old fashioned. She remembers how the women hosiery workers became friends with Asian immigrants to the city, teaching them how to work the machines. Beverley lists some of the many jobs she has had over the years in various Leicester hospitals, and her work with the homeless and victims of domestic violence. She recalls some of the clubs and bars in what is now the cultural quarter and how young white women often mixed with young Afro-Caribbean men. She speaks about how the hosiery industry began to decline in the 1980s and 1990s
New playground.
No full textColour photograph of a new playground that was created at the edge of St. George's Churchyard. The building that can be seen behind the playground is the Leicester Mercury building
Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George the Great Martyr.
No full textColour photograph of the sign outside St. George's Church. The English text reads "Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George the Great Martyr"
Sunil Kotecha interviewed by Janya Shah, 15 September 2013
No full textThe son of a Ugandan-Asian, Sunil discusses how the migrants have kept their culture and heritage alive in England and his own trip to Uganda in 2008 to visit his father's hometown of Bugiri
Ramzanali Hirjani interviewed by Sadiq Ahamed, 4 June 2013
No full textBorn in India and arrived in Uganda in 1944 when he was six years old. He describes the economic climate in Uganda at the time and the effect this had on employment and his own foray into the world of the 'soap' business
Kishorekumar Saujani interviewed by Gurpreet Grewal-Santini, 24 July 2013
No full textTalks about his Ugandan home town's connection to James Bond, travelling for his education and Leicester's attitude towards the newly-arriving Ugandan-Asians