Transcript for: Coming to England with her three children
Interviewee: Shamim Begum
Subject: Coming to England
When you first came, what was it like?(S)It was like nothing
Was it hot, cold?
(S) What when we came? It was cold
(H) There was snow
(S) There wasn't any snow, it used to snow but it didn't on that day
Did you come alone?
Yes I came by myself, three of my children and two nephews brother Hanifs boys, sister Safia left them behind and came by herself the fare was less, bought her own ticket and she was so brave came by herself.
How old were your children when you came were they young or old?
They were young 10 years old was Asghar
(H) They were young, Akbar didn't go to school about 5/6 years old and Rukhsana was young.
So who met you at the airport?
Husband
Where did you stay when you first came?
First stayed at brother Hanifs house
(H) No lived at Leeds Road
(S) Didn't we go to there house first?
(H) No we didn't go there we bought a house on Leeds Road.
(S) Oh yes
So what was the house like? Big or small?
Small house one and a half bedrooms
How many people lived in the house?
No-one, just me and him and the three small children they were young.