Family Histories - Migration
What is migration?
Throughout history, people have travelled to different locations or different countries to create a better life or to seek safety from war, or to escape from groups who wish to do them harm.
We are very grateful to the many people who have shared their stories with our children. Can you identify common themes or differences in their accounts of moving from where they were born to where they live now?
Are there any questions that these accounts raise which make you want to find out more?
One obvious theme that stands out is the bravery and hard work of many of our grandparents and parents.
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Contents
My grandmother's story - Raam Patel (5W)
My grandfather's story - Shree Patel (4B)
My granny's family escaped from Uganda - Olivia Somani (5W)
My granny's life - Aoife Beeby (5W)
My grandfather - setting up businesses - Iyla Johal (4H)
My grandad came from Zambia - Amaya Mashru (5W)
My grandfather - Lianna Mistry (5W)
Interview with my mum about my grandfather - Omar Vaze (5W)
My great grandfather's story - Arjun Bhatt (5W)
My interview with my nanny - Anaya Savjani (5W)
My mum's school life in India - Tanvi Raj (5W)
My grandmother's story - Raam Patel (5W)
Gujurat (India), to Malawi ( in Africa) then England
Raam's grandmother, Sangita Patel grew up on a farm in Gujurat, India. She met Raam's grandfather in 1976, when he came to India on holiday in and once hey were married she went with him to Malawi, in Africa, where they ran a successful shop. In 1989 life in Uganda was too dangerous, so they came to England with their young family, without any money. They had three jobs each while they started to rebuild their lives in England.
My grandfather's story - Shree Patel (4B)
Malawi to England
My granny's family escaped from Uganda - Olivia Somani (5W)
Uganda to India then England
In 1972, many Asian people in Uganda were forced into a terrible problem, when they were banished from their homes and businesses by President Idi Amin for no good reason. In Olivia's interview, her granny describes how she was at school in India when she learned that her parents had to seek a new life for the family in England.
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My granny's life - Aoife Beeby (5W)
Guyana to England
Aoife's granny describes her childhood in Guyana and her experiences of starting a new life in England.
My grandfather - setting up businesses - Iyla Johal (4H)
India to England
Iyla describes how her grandfather made a living after he come to England as a young man of 25, when he could speak very little English. He eventually found success, setting up new businesses.
My grandad came from Zambia - Amaya Mashru (5W)
Zambia to England
Bhowan was born in Zambia and came to Luton, in England when he was 18. He describes what the town looked like what it was like to make a new life for himself there, with his family.
My grandfather - Lianna Mistry (5W)
Tanzania to India to England
Nawnit was born in Tanzania, studied in India and came to Leicester at the age of 15, where he eventually became an engineering turner and chemical engineer.
Interview with my mum about my grandfather - Omar Vaze (5W)
Military service around the world, then settled in England.
Omar's grandfather was a surgeon in the British army. This led to him spending long periods away from home, including 5 years in Australia. He eventually settled in England with his family.
My great grandfather's story - Arjun Bhatt (5W)
India, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and England
This fascinating story describes the eventful life Gordhan Chatralia, born in 1915, in India. As a boy, moved to Tanganyika, where he went to school. He eventually became an engineer and he worked in a diamond mine. He came to England when he retired.
My interview with my nanny - Anaya Savjani (5W)
India to England
Anaya interviewed her nanny about what it was like to move to England from India.
My mum's school life in India - Tanvi Raj (5W)
India to England