In this short snippet, Birbhadhur Singh talks about his journey from Daska in the Sialkot District in the Punjab, to Tilbury in Essex in 1961. He also shares a story about his trip to Pakistan… Read more »
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In this short clip, Muhammad Ahsan talks briefly about his forefather’s experiences of life immediately after Partition, in the city of Firozpur and surrounding villages on the new India-Pakistan border.
In this short clip, Shahnaz Nawaz shares her Grandmother’s story about her Grandad, who was a police inspector and had prior knowledge of Partition, so managed to cross the border comfortably a few days before… Read more »
In this short clip, Mohammed Nawaz talks briefly about his father’s experience in the early days after partition. Mohammed came to the UK in 1971, aged 11, to join his father who had come to… Read more »
At the proposal stage, we are not looking for too much detail so it could be 4-6 lines of the key milestones in your project, such as the public launch of the project, participant recruitment,… Read more »
At the proposal stage, we are not looking for too much detail, or for everything to be costed to the nearest pound and penny. We would like to see a few basic budget lines with… Read more »
Mohinder Kaur Kang, born in Jalandhar East Punjab, arrived in England in the early 1960’s once her husband Harjit Singh Kang had already settled and secured a job as a post man in Barking. After… Read more »
Born in Ipswich, 1955, Prabhjot Kaur was the first of her family to be born in the UK after the Partition of India. Both her parents Narinjan Singh Lovly and Sukchain Kaur, originally from West… Read more »
Born in Jalandhar, East Punjab, Harjit Singh Kang was around 10 years old when he experienced the exodus of thousands of Sikhs into his village during the partition of India. He recalls the many families… Read more »
The budget for the Shoeburyness commission is £10,000 (including VAT). This will be treated as a grant, and is usually paid to the creative practitioner(s) in instalments at the start, middle and end of the… Read more »