IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4512
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHUNG, Wong Ying (Ying Ku) (fl 1920-1985)
Date(s): 1932-200-
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.05 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Chung | Ying Wong | fl 1920-1985 | launderette owner and caterer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ying Wong Chung was born in Guangdong province, China in the late 1920s. (Her husband was born in the same province in 1893 and was sent to England in 1911 - the year the Qing Dynasty fell - by his father.) She emigrated to the UK in the 1953, to join her husband, who was living in a small town in North Wales. After running a laundrette for 15 years (from 1953-1968) the Chungs entered the catering trade. The business was later closed shortly after her husband's death. Ying Wong Chung moved to London in 1985.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal papers of Wong Ying Chung including Chinese passport; oral history transcript entitled Life in the Laundrette, and family photographs.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Chinese and English.
System of arrangement:
Listed in accordance with LMA Listing guidelines and classification scheme introduced October 2007. Arranged by series then into subseries; thereafter files are listed in chronological order by creation date.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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.