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Title: R1144 Esme Lancaster
Description: Birmingham Black Oral History Project
R1144 Oral History Interview - Esme Lancaster 01/02/1992
Interviewee: Esme Lancaster
Interviewer: Doreen Price
This is an oral history interview with Esme Lancaster, recorded in 1992, discussing her life in Jamaica and the UK.
Esme lived in Jamaica until 18th December 1950 when she travelled to England with the aim of improving her education. She worked as a teacher, social worker and supported children and woman through playgroups and fostering. She spent time living in Bristol, Birmingham and South America, returning to Jamaica on occasion.
These recordings include racially explicit content, including discussions of racism, prejudice and violence; and language and phrasing that we would not use today. Some of this content might be unsuitable for younger listeners or triggering for People of Colour.
We recommend reading the description for each track before choosing to listen.

Track : Poems cont.
Esme reads several poems that she wrote.
Track 2: Acting
Esme talks about her love of acting.
Keywords:
Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
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British Empire
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Sound Archive
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Oral History
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Social history
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BBOHP
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Black History
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Windrush
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West Indies
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Colonialism
   
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC 3.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 You are free to share & adapt this material. Credit: © Birmingham Museums Trust