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Living History: Stories

 Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Why Record these stories?

 

Inderjit Singh Chout

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if my father had chosen Canada...

 

Wexham House Participant

I lived in West Bengal, and we had a transport business with six busses and six trucks

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Kartar Kaur Missan

My name is Kartar Kaur Missan, I was born in Kenya on 3rd November 1924

 

Mrs Judge

15 years ago I came as a visitor....

 

Mr J D Sharma

In 1961 I came to this place from Jalandhar, Punjab, India....

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Mike Sadari

The snowfall was so bad, you had to have moonboots and donkey jackets and a cap like this one, a warm one

 

Mr J S Hundal

I was born in Amritzar, Punjab. I remember everything about it, The Golden Temple..

 

 

Ajit Singh Dosanjh

Itdoesn't matter who you are- everyone faces hardship if they leave home..

 

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Piara Singh Bhamra

In the building trade it was hard not to speak English.

 

Ajit Singh Roopra

I was born in Uppal Jagir, Jallander, in the Punjab

 

Surrinder Singh Bhamra

I came to England clean-shaven but I might have faced many more difficulties if I had looked like a Sikh....

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Pyara Singh Sondh

They asked me to remove the turban and I refused…

 

Manik Bhundia

I was married in Gujurat when I was 13....

 

Sukhnandan Kaur

I was born in Punjab, India and married there...

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout

Ajeet Singh Verdee

My birthplace is Nairobi.
Kenya....

 

Mr Jaswan Singh

Building jobs and carpentry work
- that's what I do....

 

Pushpa Kharabanda

I came to England in 1966. In 1970 I received a letter from India to inform me that my papa had died....

Ajit Singh Dosanjh  Inderjit Singh Chout  Mr Ajit Singh Chane

Hardev Kaur Bharji

Some sad and happy memories of my life...

 

Rashpal Kaur Birdi

I’m going to write the memory of my life story. I was born in India, the village was called Gobindpur in Punjab ..

 

Mr Ajit Singh Chane

"I am an Indian, born in India, brought up in Kenya."

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