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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO GURPAL SINGH DIGWA AND FAMILY
Catalogue reference: 1657
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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO GURPAL SINGH DIGWA AND FAMILY dating from 1936 - 1971.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 1657
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Title (The name of the record)
- PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO GURPAL SINGH DIGWA AND FAMILY
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936 - 1971
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Singh Digwa, Gurpal, fl 1982, of Chorlton, Manchester</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 PHOTOGRAPHS
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Mr. Gurpal Singh was an early migrant who came to join his father Mr. Balvan Singh (who came to Britain in 1932) in 1949 at the age of fourteen. Went to school in Hull for six months and then came to settle in Manchester, to continue his family occupation of peddling Mr. Gurpal was born in Amritsar, North India, where his father owned some property. Mr. Gurpal's own working life has been of a varied nature. Although he started his working life as a peddler he did some years ago have his own coal business.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ff0dd82c-159f-4964-9eb6-a389ab61d5b2/
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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO GURPAL SINGH DIGWA AND FAMILY