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Making a home in maritime London

Community member from Fred Styles House. © NMM

	Working 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)

A British Council Commonwealth Bursary Players: Realplayer 5 | Quicktime 4 Need help with audio? View Transcription

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)

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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• The 20th century port video gallery
• The 20th-century port

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