t was a great privilege to be invited to write for Heritage Calling, Historic England’s blog, as part of its contribution to South Asian History Month.
In the piece, we were able to connect the Apna Heritage Archive with our wider work on Punjabi workers and Desi pubs, bringing these strands together through a shared story of migration, labour, community, and place.
The blog reflects on the arrival of Punjabi communities in the region, the hostility and opposition that often accompanied mass migration, and the ways in which people built lives, relationships, and a sense of belonging over time. It also considers the relative harmony of the Punjabi community in Wolverhampton today, while recognising the historical struggles that shaped that journey. read more abut it here:- https://heritagecalling.com/2021/08/12/a-photographic-journey-of-punjabi-migration-to-the-black-country/
