Louise Shore: Emigrating
During the post war period there were a lot of immigrants from Jamaica: “Between 1948 and 1970 nearly half a million people …
Louise Shore: Race and Gender
Shore had grown up in Jamaica, surrounded by black people. There are no mentions of racism in any form, physical, verbal or …
Stephen Forsdick (b. 1835): Emigration and Migration (Part 2)
I had to sleep on the ground under the wagon, rain or snow, ice or mud, it was all the same. When …
Pauline Wiltshire: Race and Immigration
“There is good and bad in most people, black or white” (Wiltshire, 1985: 6). Throughout Pauline’s writing, she comments on how coming to England was challenging in terms of adjusting to British culture; her being …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Migration, Immigration & Emigration
‘These American songs seemed to be her favourites. They seemed to inspire pictures of a land that was rich and free – …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Migration, Immigration and Emigration
“To go to America is not like coming here To go to America they have to come over and employ …
Olga Pyne Clarke (1915-1996) Migration, Immigration and Emigration
Olga Pyne Clarke moved from Ireland to England because of her relationship with her soon- to-be husband Guy. The couple’s relationship was …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Migration, Immigration & Emigration
“In 1938 feeling that life was getting too complicated I went to the League and started to arrange an exchange to Victoria …
Mary Howitt (1888-1983): Travel and Emigration
‘I have been back twice to England but Bowral always draws me home.’ (3) Mary was one of the many that chose …
Joe Ayre (b.1910): Migration
To reach the point where you wish to completely start over in life is a sad thought. To have reached this point …