Amirah Yasar talks about memories of playing with neighbours.
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Listen: Amirah Yasar
Amirah Yasar talks about the Link Road mural and street art/graffiti in the area.
Listen: Amirah Yasar
Amirah Yasar talks about growing up in Millfield and being interested in art.
Listen: Amirah Yasar
Amirah Yasar talks about times when communities show off their businesses and talents.
Listen: Beckie MacLellan
Full interview with Beckie MacLellan.
Listen: Beckie MacLellan
Beckie MacLellan talks about the importance of friendliness.
Listen: Beckie MacLellan
Beckie MacLellan talks about the kinds of support PARCA provides to local people.
Listen: Benny Turner
Benny Turner talks about his early connection to music.
Listen: Benny Turner
Benny Turner talks about setting up the Glass Onion, and the beginnings of Beat This.
Listen: Benny Turner
Full interview with Benny Turner.
Listen: Benny Turner
Benny Turner talks about his favourite places to eat and drink.
Listen: Bernadetta Omondi
Full interview with Bernadetta Omondi.
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Bernadetta Omondi talks about the experiences and lack of support available for new arrivals to Peterborough and how this has changed.
Listen: Change Playlist
Hear stories about how Millfield has changed over the decades, collected from people we interviewed, all in one playlist.
Listen: Community Spirit Playlist
Hear stories about the importance of community spirit.
Listen: David Jost
David Jost talks about the formation of CRADCA.
Listen: David Jost
Full interview with David Jost.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Eishrat Sultana talks about her memories of the carnivals and communities celebrating together.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Eishrat Sultana talks about her memories of Marcus Garvey and Hobsons.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Eishrat Sultana talks about her Dad working nights to support her family.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Eishrat Sultana talks about changes to attitudes on women’s education in her family and community.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Full interview with Eishrat Sultana.
Listen: Eishrat Sultana
Eishrat Sultana talks about her parents adjusting to life in the UK and attitudes to education
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Eishrat Sultana talks about how she sees the area today.
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi talks about his friends from Millfield growing up, and his reason for joining the fire service.
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi talks about attending school on Lincoln Road and the lack of support that was available at the time.
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi talks about the changes to communities living in Millfield over the years.
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi talks about feeling at home in Millfield when he arrived.
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi came to England in 1979 after leaving his birth country of Iran, which was going through a serious war at the time. Since then, Farsh has lived and working in Peterborough, particularly the Millfield and New England areas, as he join the fire service and served with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue for thirty […]
Listen: Farsh Raoufi
Farsh Raoufi talks about where he feels at home.
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima Walji describes her memories of the Lincoln Road area seventeen years ago.
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima talks about moving to Peterborough from Kenya.
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima Walji came to Peterborough from Kenya seventeen years ago and spent some time running the Michael John salon on Lincoln Road. In her interview she talks about her memories of Lincoln Road and her customers at the salon, how she feels about the area now she is no longer working there. Peterborough Presents · […]
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima Walji talks about going out on her lunch break on Lincoln Road.
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima Walji talks about Millfield’s many businesses.
Listen: Fatima Walji
Fatima Walji talks about the changes she’s noticed and how she feels about the area today.
Listen: Food Playlist
Hear all the stories we’ve collected from people about Millfield and food, in one playlist.
Listen: Francis Gomila
Francis Gomila, the original mural artist, talks about his design.
Listen: Francis Gomila
Francis Gomila, the original mural artist, talks about working with students from Peterborough College.
Listen: Francis Gomila
Francis Gomila, the original artist, talks about the public painted in the mural.
Listen: Francis Gomila
Francis Gomila, the original mural artist, talks about adding characters to the mural.
Listen: Francis Gomila
Full interview with Francis Gomila.
Listen: Growing Up Playlist
Hear all the stories from people we’ve interviewed about what it’s like to grow up in Millfield, in one playlist.
Listen: Habib Rehman
Habib Rehman talks about the importance of community spirit and different cultures coming together, especially on Sundays.
Listen: Habib Rehman
Habib Rehman talks about the days when you used to get live chickens from the market.
Listen: Habib Rehman
Full interview with Habib Rehman.
Listen: Habib Rehman
Habib Rehman talks about his memories of the men in his community helping each other at the weekends.
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Habib Rehman talks about not wanting to come to the UK as a child.
Listen: Haleema and Amirah
Full interview with Haleema and Amirah.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about sounds that remind her of Millfield.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about Millfield’s influence on her music.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about her identity and her style as a musician.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about support she’s received for her music.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about local music activities in Millfield.
Listen: Haleema Naeem
Haleema Naeem talks about her memories of growing up in Millfield.
Listen: Home Playlist
Hear stories about making Millfield home from everyone we interviewed, in one playlist.
Listen: John Shearman
John Shearman talks about students from Beeches competing in the regional final of a Kwik Cricket competition.
Listen: John Shearman
John Shearman talks about making children from Millfield feel at home at Beeches school.
Listen: John Shearman
Full interview with John Shearman.
Listen: John Shearman
John Shearman talks about his days as headteacher at Beeches Primary School in the 80s-90s.
Listen: Mural Playlist
Hear stories about the creation of the Link Road mural from Francis Gomila (mural artist) and Sara Mumby (wife of the late Roger Brooks).
Listen: Music Playlist
Hear all the stories we’ve collected from people about music and Millfield in one playlist.
Listen: Niranjan Trivedi
Niranjan Trivedi talks about his youth volleyball team being invited to an international tournament.
Listen: Niranjan Trivedi
Niranjan Trivedi talks about the impact of the Asian Youth Centre forty years on.
Listen: Niranjan Trivedi
Full interview with Niranjan Trivedi
Listen: Niranjan Trivedi
Niranjan Trivedi talks about settling into communities in Millfield and the surrounding area.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about her memories of the chapel in St Martin’s Street.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about the excellent variety of shops in the Millfield area from the 1940s onwards.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about the close-knit community in her neighbourhood when she was growing up.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about her brother, musician Lloyd Watson.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about her father leaving Jamaica to join the RAF to fight for England in World War 2.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Full interview with Norma Palmer-Watson.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about her black Jamaican dad, and shares a story of prejudice and acceptance.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer shares a memory of nosey headteacher, Mr Griggs.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about a time when she broke her leg on Lincoln Road, and the local community coming out to help.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks about the history of her family home on St Martin’s Street and memories of feeling safe.
Listen: Norma Palmer
Norma Palmer talks briefly about the history of the Windmill.
Listen: Parveen
Parveen talks about the importance of parents and the role they play in the community.
Listen: Parveen
Full interview with Parveen.
Listen: Parveen
Parveen talks about her memories of feeling safe growing up.
Listen: Parveen
Parveen talks about her family home having an open door attitude.
Listen: Pride Playlist
Hear all the stories we’ve collected about pride and Millfield, in one playlist.
Listen: Saghir Ahmed
Saghir Ahmed talks about growing up with Kursheed, one of the characters on the mural.
Listen: Saghir Ahmed
Saghir Ahmed talks about playing at Hobsons and the youth workers he remembers.
Listen: Saghir Ahmed
Full interview with Saghir Ahmed.
Listen: Saghir Ahmed
Saghir Ahmed talks about the foods sold at his Dad’s shop, FMA Food Store.
Listen: Sara Mumby
Sara Mumby talks about her connection to Millfield and the mural.
Listen: Sara Mumby
Sara Mumby talks about leaving Peterborough and wanting to restore the mural.
Listen: Sara Mumby
Sara Mumby talks about the mural being dedicated in memory of Roger Brooks.
Listen: Sara Mumby
Full interview with Sara Mumby.
Listen: Toby Wood
Toby Wood talks about the history of Hobsons.
Listen: Toby Wood
Toby Wood talks about Bob Geldof living in the area for a short time.
Listen: Toby Wood
Toby Wood talks about the history of Hobsons and CRADCA.
Listen: Toby Wood
Toby Wood shares a memory of taking some children from his playgroup to the cinema,
Listen: Toby Wood
Full interview with Toby Wood.
Photo Album: Bollywood Matinee
Photos of The Bollywood Matinee performance at Millfield Festival.
Photo Album: Childhood
Photographs of children playing in the streets.
Photo Album: David Bowie
Press clipping of David Bowie featuring Lloyd Palmer
Photo Album: Food
An Illustration by Fasiha Ashiq celebrating food in Millfield
Photo Album: Gladstone Carnival
Photographs from Gladstone Carnival