Now listen to what nearly takes my breath away from me and lets me nearly drop dead. After living here all these years I, as a good citizen,

Back in ’51 an English bloke come to Jamaica as a agricultural instructor. He come to St Thomas, that’s where I born and grow. I work at a

Folk tales and reminiscences told in English and Somali by Somali women living in Manchester. Published: 1997

These excerpts were written by a north Manchester women who were in their seventies and nineties at the time of publication in 1985. Mary: We used to walk

Yes, reminiscence work is about history, but history with a difference[…] a life stretching back ninety years or considerably less. It can be a fleeting moment or a

Life stories from Manchester’s West Indian population. Tales from back home, the culture shock of uprooting from the rural Caribbean to Britain’s heavily industrialised urban centres. The writers

Published: 1991

Gatehouse published this book to recognise and make public the long-term pain and distress heaped onto those who survive child sexual abuse. “I enjoyed going to college, meeting

A British Pakistani woman recalls a childhood trip to Pakistan. Published: 1999