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Item 2 Character card (Chief Elouise Edwards) Name: Elouise Edwards. I am also known as Chief Elouise Edwards, MA, MBE Native town: Guyana, South America. This was a British colony until independence in 1966. When did I come to Manchester? 1961 Why have I come to Manchester? My husband Beresford came to Manchester to study lithography, and I came to be with him.
What else can I tell you? I have received an MBE and an honorary Masters degree from The University of Manchester for my community work. I received an African Chieftaincy for my work with African people in Manchester. The honour was bestowed at an official naming ceremony by Chief Reogigi-ugo of Nigeria.
What do I do now I live in Manchester? I work with a range of community groups to promote black culture, to combat racism in many institutions, and provide black and minority people with goodquality accommodation.
Item 3 Character card (Vince Taylor, son of James Taylor) Name: Vincent (Vince) Kwiku Eggay Taylor Native town: Manchester, United Kingdom Why did I come to Manchester? I was born in Manchester. My father James (Jimmy) Eggay Taylor went to college in Devon after leaving Ghana in the 1920s. What did I do in the UK? This picture is of me, graduating in Law at Cambridge University. My uncles also did well at British universities.
What else can I tell you? My father James helped to finance and organise the Pan-African Congress in Manchester. This was a hugely important event for the African liberation movement. My father became Director for Tourism after Ghana’s independence. I left the UK to live in Ghana with my wife after my father died in 1966.
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Item 4 Character card (Sabbato Levy) Name: Sabbato Levy Native country: Corfu, Greece. This was then part of the British Empire. When did I come to Manchester? Some time around 1870. Why did I come to Manchester? Manchester is the centre of the world for the textile trade. The Suez Canal has made the Mediterranean a very important trade route.
What do I do now I live in Manchester? I am still a textile merchant running a successful business exporting and importing textiles, mainly from countries around the Mediterranean. What else can I tell you? I was a founder member of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue serving the Sephardic (meaning Spanish) Jewish community in Manchester. This fine building is now the Manchester Jewish Museum.
Item 5 ‘The White-Haired Girl’ Chinese ballet, Levenshulme Palace, Theatre, nd
Main Image: Manchester Archives Ref GB127. Broadsides/FND.646 https://www.flickr.com/ photos/manchesterarchiveplus/5571029285/in/ album-72157626013673182/
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Item 6 Festival images, Chinese New Year, Manchester, 1985
Main Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/5431339915/in/album-72157626013673182/(top middle) https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/5431947636/in/album-72157626013673182/ (bottom middle) https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/5431339599/in/album-72157626013673182/ (Left hand side) https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/5431947756/in/album-72157626013673182/ (Right hand side)
Item 7 Italian Whit Walks 1914 and 1930s
Images: Women Whit Walkers in traditional dress, Albert Square, 1930s? (left) - Manchester Archives Ref GB124.DPA.1707.19 https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/11236788085/in/album-72157625527974206/ Domenico Antonelli leading the Italian community at the Manchester Whit Walk, 1914 (right) - Manchester Archives Ref GB124.DPA/1707/12 https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/11236788085/in/album-72157625527974206/
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Item 8 Marco Rea’s Ice-cream Van, 1930s
Main Image: Manchester Archives Ref GB124.DPA.1707.25 https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/11236798674/in/album-72157625527974206/
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