Angela Howard and Milena Trowbridge were born in Tiverton to Danilo Maglov, a Yugoslav European Voluntary Worker who settled permanently in Tiverton after WWII. Angela and Milena discuss what they know of their father’s wartime experiences and his life in Tiverton...
Dale Snow was born in Tiverton and discovered at the age of seven that her father was from Yugoslavia. In this interview, she talks about her father, Franc Rozic, and the circumstances that led his father to banish him from the family home in Yugoslavia at the age of...
Anthony Nderitu is a Religious Studies teacher at Tiverton High School. Born in Kenya, he gained a degree in Theology before moving between Botswana, Sweden and South Africa. He now lives near Exeter with his wife and son. In his spare time, Anthony enjoys walking on...
Emily is Vietnamese. She met her husband in Vietnam whilst running a successful beauty business. They have been married for 16 years and have a son. The couple moved to Holsworthy as her husband wanted to look after his mother. Coming from a city to a small village...
Jaz Rogers is a 25 year old graffiti and street artist, who has lived in Bideford all his life. His parents came from Hertfordshire to North Devon around twenty years before Jaz was born. Jaz’s mother is White British and his father is from St Kitts. Jaz believes he...
Nataliya is from Western Ukraine. She is 41 and has been living in the Bideford area for about 18 years. She is lecturer in Health Studies at Petroc. Nataliya is married and has two teenage sons. “To feel that ‘belonging’, you need other people around you to give that...
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