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RepositoryLibrary
Reference NumberLC15400
Class440
AuthorStepney Community Trust.
TitleI sewed, I sewed and I sewed : the untold stories of Bangladeshi seamstresses in London's East End (1970-2000) / a Stepney Community Trust Publication.
Date(s)2022
Descriptionviii, 380 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
TypeBook
ISBN9780992681036
PublisherStepney Community Trust
Publication PlaceLondon
Publication Date2022
AdminHistoryr4rrrr
NotesAuthors, Abdul Hasan, Asma Begum, Charlotte Latimer, Donna Joseph, Farida Momtaz, Jubaida Begum, Koyer Ahmed, Raju Vaidyanathan, Sultana Begum, Syeda Tasmia Tahia, Tahera Ali, Tasmia Salim, Tasnia Maimunah Begum.

Contents: Pt. 1: Introduction -- Project launch -- Pt. 2, Research articles: Post-war migration / Asma Begum (project participant) -- Shipping out shipping in / Donna Joseph (project participant) -- Bangladeshi political participation / Farida Momtaz (project participant) -- My machine, my friend / Koyer Ahmed (project participant) -- Regeneration and physical changes / Raju Vaidyanathan (project participant) -- Changing contexts of the time : economy / Tasnia Maimunah Begum (project participant) -- Pt. 3, interviews: Early Bangladeshi home seamstresses: They were left with little other choices / Tasmia Salim (project participant) ; I got my children ready and then set on the machine / Fatima Begum ; I suffered acute back pain from working so hard / Fozia Begum ; I learnt to sew by going to our neighbour's house / Kazi Hurmotjan Begum (Shafia) ; When I first came, I felt lonely and helpless / Khudija Khatun ; My first wage was ten pounds and I was so happy / Rabeya Begum ; Sewing wasn't easy because I had other household responsibilities / Rabia Khan ; I always encourage people to utilise their skills / Shamsun Nahar Chowdhury -- Later Bangladeshi home seamstresses: They were not driven by economic neccessity / Tahera Ali (project participant) ; My children used to cut off the extra threads / Asia Begum ; People used to form queues to come to my classes / Musammat Rasheda Begum ; I felt lonely and something was missing / Rahima Jahan ; Most importantly, I sew for my children / Tayeeba Begum -- Sons of Bangladeshi home seamstresses: Sitting next to the machine for long hours, inhaling fibres / Abdul Hasan (project participant) ; Collected another sack full of cut materials / Fazlul Islam ; She was sewing all the time / H I ; Every woman on our street had their sewing machines / Salam Jones ; Don't remember a moment when my mum just relaxed / Tajima Khanon and Foysal Ali -- Daughters of Bangladeshi home seamstresses: She grew up watching her mother help her father / Sayeda Tasmia Tahia (project participant) ; After coming home from school, I helped my mum / Amina Begum ; In my mother's little spare time, she used to teach us the Quran / Rahima Islam ; Women do a lot of work but don't get the recognition / Shahanara Begum ; A lot of the seamstresses had difficult husbands / Sultana Ali Begum -- Non-Bangladeshi home seamstresses: Diversity in East London / Charlotte Latimer (project participant) ; I made my first leather jacket during the course / Anjum Ishtiak ; I acquired sewing skills at home in Ethiopia from my mother / Laila Al-Ademi ; The burden and stress were far greater than the feeling of joy / Saba Khan ; I worked as a seamstress from 1980 to 1995 / Samina Mahmood -- Rag traders: With an entrepreneurial spirit they adapted their business / Jubaida Begum (project participant) ; At our factory, my wife managed the work / Ahmet Ibrahim ; The Bangladeshi machinists were like my sons / Harold Mordrick ; Our products sold globally to brands like Harrods / Kutub Uddin ; They warned the skinheads never to harass us again / Muhammed Mukhtar Hussain ; My grandfather was a waistcoat maker / Russell Sunshine -- From sewing to activism: They became involved in political and community activism / Sultana Ali Begum (project participant) ; I worked in rag trade and investment banking / Abdus Shukur ; We lived with six to eight people in our two-bedroom flat / Manohar Ali ; I really enjoyed working in the rag trade / Mokon Miah -- Pt. 4, Others: Home seamstresses drama script structure / Dr Canan Salih (writer and director) -- Authors (community participants) -- About Stepney Community Trust.
SubjectBangladeshis
Textile industry
Women workers
Oral history
South Asian diaspora
Asian peoples
Access StatusOpen
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