Archive (3 life histories found)
'There they expected prisoners of war, and we had to persuade the Aussies that we were not'
Shortly after war broke out,I was again arrested or interned. We were sent to Lingfield racecourse,and from there to Liverpool,to embark on the troopship 'Dunera ' Below deck we were locked up,and the ship set sail-across the Atlantic,to Cape…
Tags: Australia, Bitish army, Burma, India, militray trianing, passport, prison camp
'Everything seemed so different and more difficult than what I was used to in India'
It seems like the other day when I landed at Heathrow Airport in a beautiful summer day on 3rd of June 1961. Both of us were young with two small children and very little experience of life and specially about the western world.My husband was a…
Tags: Emigration, India, UK, Wales
'...our grandparents showered us with gifts, new clothes and lots of sweets as home coming presents'
My most memorable favourite place was my maternal grand - parent's house. My family were visiting their place every year in summer holidays when we used to get the longest time off. My grandfather was very well off and had a very big house and a…
Tags: drama group, grandparents, India, TV