I bought this book YEARS ago when I thought about doing this project.
It’s called Woven Memories and it’s full of written accounts of Filipinos who left The Philippines and came to the UK to work.
It’s a great insight into the migrant experience. To suddenly become an immigrant changes how the world sees you, how people treat you.
Some of the accounts are humorous, others heartbreaking. But the fact that this book existed and you could hear these voices was just very moving.
Reading it though I did think OH SHIT! this story HAS been told before and it put me off making a start. I just thought I’m not being original what’s the point?
But I did think I would do it differently. I just wanted to see these women up close – take their photo – have their daughters in the photo with them.
The line of women.
So now years later I feel like there IS a point and I’m just trying to create something else.
Pearls of the NHS 