Oral History with Galina Manders-Bagishyan

00:00 Interview introduction

00:26 Childhood: Born and lived in Azerbaijan until war forced them to move to Armenia

01:40 Experiences of the civil war and being a refugee, moving to Armenia, effect of 1988 earthquake, respite for six months in Ukraine

11:47 Time in Ukraine

15:12 Return to Armenia and life there, school, growing food, graduating from university, impact of the financial crisis

21:35 Death of her father due to an electrocution accident at a power plant, how this impacted her schooling

28:20 Working career as a teacher, then as an English office manager

30:25 Moved to Yerevan, working for international company as a translator, met her husband through the company’s development, married him and moved to the UK

34:13 Perceptions and impressions of England and her first town (Luton)

37:38 Experience of cross-cultural marriage

41:30 Moving to the North West of England and finding the Manchester Armenian community, having children and passing on Armenian culture and traditions

44:26 Contact with friends and family in Armenia

45:15 End of Interview