2022.3: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950

Identifier: 2022.3
Title: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950
Type: booklet
Format: handwritten
Date Created: 1950 - 1954
Creator: De Matteis, Assuntina
Place created: Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: Handwitten booklet donated by the author Assuntina De Matteis during a surprise trip back to Saltaire organised by her daughter Rossana Pinto.

This is a reminiscence of leaving the Italian village of Montefalcione on 20 March 1950 to travel to Britain to find work. Describes arriving in Britain and travelling to Yorkshire by train. Brief description of working in a mill (unidentified) in Shipley where it was 'very noisy'. Also describes staying in a nearby hostel with other Italian women similarly employed in the mills.

Includes copies and transcriptions of postcards sent from Assuntina to her mother as she travelled to Britain. Also inlcudes copies of photographs of Assuntina, friends and of her husband who she met in Britain.
Subject: Personal memories; Textile industry; Emigration and immigration
Associated person or organisation: De Matteis, Assuntina
Associated place or event: Montefalcione, Italy
Source: Gift: Pinto, Rossana
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