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Oral history audio recording of Damian Draper, Toby and Chloe.

WAI/034

Interview about moving to Milton Keynes upon marriage, family traditions and the importance of family.
Mahboob Alam

WAI/033/001

Mahboob Alam was born in Pakistan and moved to Milton Keynes in 2007. He talks about the differences between Pakistan and England. He talks about living in Milton Keynes with his children. Describes the two day Eid festivals and eating sweets and then slaughtering an animal. He describes the celebrations for Pakistan Day held in ...
Oral history audio recording of Mahboob Alam (1969).

WAI/033

Interview about moving from Pakistan and living in Milton Keynes, the traditions and festivals he celebrated in Pakistan and in the Muslim religion.
Oral history audio recording of Saeeda Wilson-Andoh (1977).

WAI/032

Interview covering a teaching career, moving to England and then Milton Keynes. Discusses family and being Muslim.
Saeeda Wilson-Andoh

WAI/032/001

Saeeda Wilson-Andoh moved to Milton Keynes in 2003 after living in Cambridge to take up a teaching position. She was born in Ghana and then lived in Malaysia as a child eventually moving to Birmingham with her father. Remembers the differences between Malaysia and Birmingham and seeing snow for the first time. She talks about ...
Kathleen Margaret Barton

WAI/031/001

Kathleen Barton talks about where she lived with her parents and then her own family eventually moving to Milton Keynes with her husband’s job. Recalls her first impressions of Milton Keynes and looking for work. She explains her family traditions celebrating Christmas, Easter and Pancake Day and how traditions evolve over time. She recalls visiting ...
Melsina Makaza

WAI/030/001

Melsina Makaza talks about moving to Milton Keynes, the trees and flowers and how cosmopolitan it is. She recalls the discrimination found in her home country and how her father wanted her to come to come to university in England. She describes how her traditional culture respects and values older people, how weddings, anniversaries and ...
Oral history audio recording of Kathleen Margaret Barton (1964).

WAI/031

Interview about parents, family and work. Family traditions and Scottish family heritage and the Loch Ness Monster.
Michael Howard Hallett

WAI/029/001

Michael Hallett recalls moving from the Channel Islands to Switzerland, France and then New Zealand with his father’s work. He speaks briefly about his father’s job in the building industry. He learnt both Italian and French but is a bit rusty now. His family traditions were based around Catholicism but father also became interested in ...
Oral history audio recording of Melsina Makaza (1975).

WAI/030

Interview about moving to and living in Milton Keynes, working as a nurse and talks about her home country and the discrimination she encountered.
Oral history audio recording of Michael Howard Hallett.

WAI/029

Interview about living abroad as a child, moving to Milton Keynes and family traditions.
Bob Corneil

WAI/028/001

Bob Corneil talks about the similarities between North America and Milton Keynes, how much he enjoyed living and working and in Japan and how he is now settled in Milton Keynes. Has Christmas traditions from his family and is learning New Year traditions from his wife’s family. His special object is a Toronto Maple Leaf ...