Port Cities: People and places - Making a home in maritime London

Making a home in maritime London

Why did you move to London?

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.

Working in London

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As a teacher… I obtained the Commonwealth bursary. The

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British Council sponsored it all.

(Florence, originally from Sierra Leone)

A British Council Commonwealth Bursary

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London also had a reputation for providing good education and training facilities:

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I left home and told my Dad that

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I was going abroad to further my education.

(Grace, originally from Nigeria)

Studying abroad

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Once in London, the area you lived in was often down to your personal circumstances:

	Living near family (this clip is 18 seconds long - 572KB)
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Maggie from Vanguard Estate. © NMM

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I wanted

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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

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were modernising them. But they didn't. They sent me over here.

(Margaret moved to Deptford)

Moving for a bathroom

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