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Interview with Alton Watkins, 12 February 2018
Interview with Alton Watkins about his move to England in the 1950s and his life in London and Grays.
[00:00:] His early life in Trinidad; missed out on chance to go to the Olympics as a long-distance runner; time spent in an orphanage; his mother's struggle to provide for her family; his desire to move to England to improve his education; his work as a printer in Trinidad; ease of find…
Contributors
- Alton Watkins
Subject
- migration
- immigration
- Windrush
- West Indies
- Trinidad and Tobago
- education
- printing
- racism
- Human migration
- Education
Type of item
- Digital MP3 file created from original WAV recording
Date
- 2018-12-02
- 2018-12-02
Contributors
- Alton Watkins
Subject
- migration
- immigration
- Windrush
- West Indies
- Trinidad and Tobago
- education
- printing
- racism
- Human migration
- Education
Type of item
- Digital MP3 file created from original WAV recording
Date
- 2018-12-02
- 2018-12-02
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Rights
- Copyright Evewright Arts Foundation; educational use only
Places
- Purfleet
- Essex
- UK
- Purfleet-on-Thames
- United Kingdom
- Essex
Identifier
- SA 69/1/8/1
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/sounds/SA 69/1/8/1
Extent
- 30 minutes 8 seconds
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories
- https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/result_details.aspx?DocID=1136172
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-25T14:23:51.022Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-03-04T09:20:33.917Z