Crawford, Lily
2011 "Crawford, Lily", 2011, HistoryTalk Lily arrived in the UK in 1951 from Jamaica. She had considerable training as a beautician in Jamaica and found success hairdressing, introducing a hair-straightening technique to her African-Caribbean clients in 1950s London. She made clothes befor...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/7FC4471F-46A3-45DD-B079-5EBFD4D4BCA3 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/091D188C-7678-43E8-8E78-2DAC1D6C1515 |
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"Crawford, Lily", 2011, HistoryTalk
Lily arrived in the UK in 1951 from Jamaica. She had considerable training as a beautician in Jamaica and found success hairdressing, introducing a hair-straightening technique to her African-Caribbean clients in 1950s London. She made clothes before she retrained and then found success as a photographer in the 1960s.
In her clip she describes how she initially found it difficult to get work due to immigration constraints and racism, until she could prove her skills.
Click on the pdf icon to read the entire transcript or click on the mp3 icon to hear a clip of the interview. |
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| Physical Description: | Photograph TEXT |