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A photographic archive of British Bangladeshi community life.
The Journey Across Oceans: Bangladeshi Migration to Britain
A documentary produced by NotebookLM tracing the story of Bangladeshi migration to Britain, from the earliest Sylheti seamen to the settled communities that transformed towns and cities across the country.
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Bengalis in Britain: the 1970s generation who built the community from the ground up.
1970s -
Lascar sailors: Sylheti seamen who first arrived in British ports.
1900s -
Mass rally in Trafalgar Square: the community fighting for its civil rights.
1970s -
Anti-fascist demonstrators: the community organised to resist racism.
1970s -
Airmail letters: the thread that kept families connected across continents.
1970s -
Brick Lane, East London: the street that became the heart of Banglatown.
2000s -
Old Montague Street, Whitechapel: a hub of early Bangladeshi settlement.
1990s -
Parfett Street, Whitechapel E1: a residential street at the heart of the community.
1970s -
The Shaheed Minar in Whitechapel, honouring the Language Martyrs of 1952.
2000s -
Salisbury Mosque: the spiritual home of the city's Muslim community.
1999 -
The Golden Curry, one of Salisbury's pioneering Bangladeshi restaurants.
2000s -
The team at Rajpoot restaurant, Salisbury: the faces behind the food.
2000s -
The Asian Food Store: a reminder of the grocery businesses that sustained everyday community life.
2010s -
Nasir Ali in the 1970s: early years of building the Salisbury community.
1970s -
Bengali children in Britain: the second generation growing up between two cultures.
1980s -
Community gathering in Salisbury: local British Bangladeshis together for a civic occasion.
2020s -
Bangladeshi women and girls in East London: everyday life in the early settled community.
1980s -
Young Bangladeshi men in East London: a street portrait from the first settled generation.
1970s -
Young Bangladeshi men in East London: a street portrait from the early settled community.
1970s -
Young British Bangladeshis in East London: style, confidence, and a generation coming of age in Britain.
1970s -
Portrait of a British Bangladeshi community elder.
2020s -
A Bangladeshi community football team: sport as part of community life in Britain.
1990s
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