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Making a home in maritime London
Why did you move to London? |
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 Community member from Fred Styles House. © NMM | After the Second World War, changes in the labour market meant London had more jobs than workers. The government set up schemes to encourage people to come to work in London.
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As a teacher… I obtained the Commonwealth bursary. The
British Council sponsored it all.
(Florence, originally from Sierra Leone) |
| London also had a reputation for providing good education and training facilities:
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I left home and told my Dad that
I was going abroad to further my education.
(Grace, originally from Nigeria) |
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| Once in London, the area you lived in was often down to your personal circumstances: |
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| Maggie from Vanguard Estate. © NMM |
I wanted
to be near my daughter
(Maggie moved to Deptford) |
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I asked for somewhere with a bathroom and I thought they would have given me a place where I lived because they
were modernising them. But they didn't. They sent me over here.
(Margaret moved to Deptford) |
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