Health and Safety Training for Asian workers in 1973
A father with his sons on their street in the Dorsets.
A busy day Inside the Kotia factory
A collection of photos relating to the visit of a Pakistani minister
A photograph of a newly wedded couple in Pakistan before the Husband departs to work in Britain.
1971-inside the Kotia factory
A conference where Resham khan is training with colleagues, a highly educated man,who had first worked as a bus conductor when he arrived in the 1960s
A very young Cllr Iqbal whose elders came in the late 50s,to work in Leeds. He himself would grow up to be the first south Asian mayor of Leeds. 2
A workers conference in which Mr Resham khan is asked to facilitate
A young Cllr Mohammed iqbal ,who would go onto being the First Asian Lord Mayor in May 206
A photo of Abdul Sattar from Faisalabad in the late 1970s,
A young Farouk Butt at school an d later as a young adult.
Abid shah,in 1970,an keen businessman and cricket fanatic, who brought with him a love for cricket and a great sense of humour
An old health and safety notice in the Kotia factory
Chaudrey Bostan amongst others at a function in Bradford
Chaudrey Sohbat Deen was a businessman who gave a lot of time to help fellowworkers from Kashmir in the 1960s and 70s
Children on the steps of the Jinnah Mosque. They were members of the Quran school that ran ,on a Sunday, later throughout the week for children across the city, many often walking several miles to get to Leopold street.
Dolly Quraishi,a child of the 70S
A Funeral at the Jinnah mosque in the late 70s
Mr Nasir at the train station ,meeting up with
Hafiz Mahboob Hussain came to Leeds in the late 1970s .His father had come much earlier in the late 1950s-This is a portait before coming over to england.
Hafiz Mahboob Hussain came to Leeds in the late 1970s .His father had come much earlier in the late 1950s-This is a photo was taken before coming to England
Haji Qurban Hussain Hashimi who arrived in Britian around the late 50s and later invited hs family o join him in the early 60s.
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