The Finnegan family from Dublin on board the Empress of England, about to leave Liverpool for Toronto. Mr Finnegan and his wife had thirteen children, ten of whom are in the photograph. Their other three children were due to join them at a later date. Mr Finnegan, a fitter and welder, had as yet no job arranged in Canada.
Yaacov Schloss was born in Gelsenkirchen Westphalia in 1924. His parents were murdered in Auschwitz in September 1942. Following the outbreak of war, he travelled around Europe before joining the British Army (Pioneer Corps) in Algiers around 1944.
In 1945 he joined the Jewish 3 troop 10 Commando unit, where he served until 1947.
He lived the rest of his life in North West London, known to all as Jack Scott.
Dancing to steel pan at the annual La Salette street party outside the Dominica Association. La Salette is a Catholic feast day widely celebrated in Dominica where the majority of the population are Catholic. I chose this photograph as this street party has been a regular celebration in Bradford since I moved to the city and lived close to DUKA in the mid 1980s.
When you move to a new country everything is different, you’re surrounded by people who don’t look like you and don’t think like you. You can’t tell who will help you, who will ignore you and who might be hostile. You wonder if leaving home was a mistake. Sometimes you’re not sure who you are, would your parents recognise you? It feels like you’re on your own. For some people, practicing the religion of their parents together with other uprooted people is a way of giving and getting support. The Italian Procession with its floats of saints and biblical tableaux gives the community a chance to proudly show off its Italian roots.
