photo courtesy Bryan Yorke An interesting development for the Different Moons project has been discovering a blog in which local people are writing about their own memories of the first Asian people to visit and settle in Haslingden. I was pointed towards the Haslingden Old and New blogspot by the author, Bryan Yorke; the blog itself can…
Category: Mr Miah
Early in the week I received a message asking if I would go and see Mr Miah. M. Aslom Miah was one of the first generation of immigrants to settle in Rossendale, and we interviewed him last year for the Different Moons Archive. I first met Aslom when I arrived in Rossendale as a 19-year old…
I went to visit Mr Aslom Miah today. Mr Miah is one of the people we’ve interviewed for the project. Extracts from his interview – and a short and funny animation by Rehmat Gangreker based on one his stories – can be seen and heard at the Whitaker exhibition. I had wondered if Mr Miah,…
The Different Moons project is waiting to find out if we’ll get a Heritage Lottery grant to support its development. This will mean an exhibition at The Whitaker in November this year, as well as the creation of an archive of interviews, artefacts and writings relating to the history of the South Asian communities in Rossendale…