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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Roy Grant
Grant, Roy
(Interviewer)
Mutale, Donald
(Interviewer)
Oral history recording with Roy Grant 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 11774-11775
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 16/04/2015
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 16/04/2015
Place: Birmingham
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 16/04/2015
Place: Jamaica
Creation/Production
Roy Mackpenfield Grant was born in St Catherine, Jamaica, on 1 May 1942. He travelled to the UK in 1962. A childhood accident had left him blind in one eye. He became an engineer, writer, and a community volunteer.
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Period: 16/04/2015
Acquisition
Donation
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Classification
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