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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Veris Ethelyn Carnegie & Clement Carnegie
Carnegie, Veris Ethelyn
(Interviewer)
Carnegie, Clement
(Interviewer)
Bennett, Lenaine
(Interviewer)
Oral history recording with Veris Ethelyn Carnegie and Clement Carnegie from the Back-a-Yard project. This project collected stories from older African-Caribbean people who came to live in Newport from the 1940s onwards, including their recollections of the Caribbean and reasons for coming to the UK. A partnership with the South East Wales Racial Equality Council (SEWREC) supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
AV 11773
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 09/04/2015
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 09/04/2015
Place: Jamaica
Creation/Production
Born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, in 1938. She flew to the UK in 1961 to join her husband, Clement Carnegie.
Born 24 May 1931 in the parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Arrived in the UK in January 1960, living first in London and then Wolverhampton. He was drawn to Newport by the prospect of work at the new Spencer Works (later to be known as Llanwern steelworks).
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Period: 09/04/2015
Acquisition
Donation
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Categories
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