Situated between a Foot Locker and a TK Maxx in Lewisham Shopping Centre lies The Migration Museum, which has made a former H&M retailer its residence since the starting of 2020. During the pandemic, I handed by to purchase a e-book for a buddy in the ‘Lewisham Blue’ market fashion store that that they had put along with native designer Lucy Sanderson. With two slabs of the Berlin Wall instantly outdoors, the museum positively brings one thing new and distinctive to the buying centre. Lewisham at present holds the title of ‘London Borough of Culture’ for 2022 earlier than Croydon takes over subsequent yr. The museum definitely helps give some credence to that title.
Growing up in Lewisham meant there was an enormous quantity of methods during which migration has affected my life – some extra private than others. This ranged from the native takeaways I’ve loved since I used to be a toddler to my family history: my Grandad got here to England from Nigeria in the late Fifties settling initially in Woolwich, in the neighbouring borough of Greenwich.
The group at the Migration Museum kindly invited me and my colleagues from British Future to take a look spherical their present exhibition Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Modern Britain curated by Aditi Anand. The exhibition consists of historic and modern accounts of each nationwide and worldwide massive names, in addition to the tales of native entrepreneurs. The show was arrange in a excessive avenue fashion vogue, with a spread of…
