Nataliya is from Western Ukraine. She is 41 and has been living in the Bideford area for about 18 years. She is lecturer in Health Studies at Petroc. Nataliya is married and has two teenage sons. “To feel that ‘belonging’, you need other people around you to give that...
Rose came to North Devon 5 years ago. Rose was born in this country, but she also has Jamaican heritage: her parents came to Britain in the 1950s. Rose has fond memories of her journey growing up in a Jamaican household, which influenced her upbringing, life and...
'A Migrant's Story' by David Woolger David has been part of the 'Telling Our Stories' project from the outset and through his writing and poetry has shared his story. David speaks with eloquent openness about race, identity and life with a mental health condition....
Inspired by her fascination with artifacts and the museum collections in Exeter's RAMM, Community Researcher Yukiko Frank undertook an innovative research project of her own 'Chosen By Ourselves' which researches multi-cultural Exeter today. Many people living and/or...
Community Researcher, Olivia Hall, has given us three areas of research that give insight into Exeter's multi-cultural past: St Stephens Parish Henry VIII's Military Survey of 1522 which shows early records of foreign-born nationals in Exeter. Photo shows the parish...
From Devon Record Office, a collection of 'Portraits of Devonshire Characters' by an artist called Tucker. Dated 1870-1873. Number 3 carries the caption "Miss ______ Daughter of an English Merchant in West Africa sent to England to be educated", with the (probably...
A collection of sketches from the Devon Record Office, made by J Harris in 1823 and 1824 (ref no Z19/2/4) Number 8: 'Mr White A Black Beggar' is of special interest to this project - nothing else is known of him. Photographs by Ghee Bowman, with acknowledgements to...
Buildings and places of interest in Exeter's multi-coloured history, some of which appear in our Guided Tour.
In the 2011 census nearly 2726 Devonians stated their religion as Buddhist, a proportonal increase of 51.9% since the last census in 2001. 'Where Butterflies Live is a personal and reflective journey with Buddhism at its heart by Community Researcher Alexandra 'Sasha'...
Bozenka Pearson's parents both came from Poland during World War II. They were part of Anders II Corps who travelled via Iran and the Middle East, to Italy and thence to Britain after the war. They were part of a very large Polish emigre community in Britain after the...
Mrs Hendy lived in Exeter for over 60 years, 52 of them in the same house in Wonford. She was born in Cornwall in 1917: her mother was a local White woman, and her father was a Black sea captain, probably from Jamaica. Councillor Olwen Foggin interviewed Mrs Hendy in...