Coming to the UK - Celebrating Black British History | Findmypast

It's so important to share your family stories. In this poignant video, Findmypast's Cari interviews her mum Sylvia about her experiences of coming to the UK and working in the NHS.

Sylvia left her home in St Vincent & the Grenadines in the 1960s, and made a new life for herself in England, the 'Mother country'. She worked as a nurse in the NHS for 45 years. This is her story.

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0:43 Living in St Vincent
1:42 Connection to England
2:47 Moving to England
4:07 Expectations vs reality
7:36 Living in England
8:33 Working for the NHS
9:13 Family history
10:19 Experiencing racism
13:55 Why it's important to share experiences
16:15 Why this is important to Cari

With special thanks to the Tony Cheeseman Foundation, whose interviews from Black History Month 2019 inspired this interview.
https://www.tonycfoundation.com/

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More on British family history:
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Camera: Abi Moore
Music: bensound.com; Aakash Gandhi