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An interview with a West Indian migrant
The 1950s were known as the boom years, with plenty of jobs and money for luxuries. The Prime Minister Harold MacMillan told the people they never had it so good. There were so many jobs that workers from the West Indies came to work on the railways and buses. One of these workers, Gwen King, talks about how she came to England to be a nurse and how she coped with the differences between Britain and home.
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