IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4505
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LAM, Ting Kau (fl 1935-2008)
Date(s): 1960
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.02 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Lam | Ting Kau | fl 1935-2008 | restaurant owner
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Mr Lam was born in the mid 1930s. He emigrated from the New Territories, Hong Kong to England, in 1960. He travelled by ocean-liner where he stopped on route in the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and India. After disembarking at Marseilles, France, Mr Lam Ying Kau took the overnight train to the English Channel where he caught a ferry to Dover. His frist job in the UK was working in a Chinese restaurant in Luton. In 1976 Mr Lam opened his own Chinese take away restaurant, after the arrival of his family. He retired in 1992.
Before his retirement, Mr Lam worked with various Chinese organizations, promoting Chinese "mother-tongue" teaching. He now lives in north Kent.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal papers of Ting Kau Lam, restaurant owner, comprising passport and transcript of oral history My Life in London.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Chinese and English.
System of arrangement:
LMA/4505/01: Passport; LMA/4505/02: Printed material.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This collection was acquired in 2008 as part of the 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The following Chinese community collections were acquired as part of 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Chinese National Healthy Living Centre: LMA/4497-4515, 4518, 4520
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.