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|  | | Find out about London's original Chinatown |
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Seamen from Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden formed large transient communities in the port of London | |  |
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 | | Millions of emigrants or immigrants seeking a better life in London or elsewhere moved through the port |
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During the late 19th century, thousands of Jews fleeing Russian oppression arrived in the port of London | |  |
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 | | The history of the Bengali-speaking community and its links with maritime London |
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The London Goan community's origins and maritime links with the docks of East London | |  |
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 | | Over the last four centuries thousands of people born in the Swahili-speaking region of Eastern Africa have come to the port of London |
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The Somalis are one of the oldest African communities in Britain | |  |
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 | | The Portuguese-speaking community has existed in the port of London for a long time |
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Lewisham residents write poetry about local rivers that flow into the Thames | |  |
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 | | See what happened when we re-united a group of ex-dock workers |
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| Video memories from Docklands deaf community | |  |
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| | The Parting Cheer is one of the key emigration paintings of the mid-nineteenth century. Between 1815 and 1914 nearly 23 million people emigrated from the British Isles - one of the world’s largest migrations. The Parting Cheer examines the reactions of those left on shore. |
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