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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Muriel Ambrosine Wharton
Wharton, Muriel Ambrosine
(Interviewer)
Mutale, Donald
(Interviewer)
Oral history recording with Muriel Ambrosine Wharton 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 11799
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 18/02/2016
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 18/02/2016
Place: Newtown, Basseterre
Creation/Production
Born in Basseterre, St Kitts, in 1940. She joined her husband-to-be in Newport in 1961, and went on to become the first Black foster carer in the city in 1993.
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Casnewydd | Newport (Monmouthshire)
Period: 18/02/2016
Acquisition
Donation
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Classification
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