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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180210
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DTSTAMP:20181210T181207Z
URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-museum-dr
 agons-pool/
SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: D
 ragons of The Pool
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE ARTIST/EXHIBITION\n\nTHE LITTLE-KNOWN HISTORY OF CHIN
 ESE SEAMEN WHO WERE SECRETLY DEPORTED FROM THE UK AFTER THE SECOND WORLD W
 AR IS TO BE REVEALED.\n\nIn 1946\, the Liverpool Constabulary carried out 
 orders from the British government to deport Chinese sailors in Merseyside
 \, many of whom had travelled to England as part of the war effort. They w
 ere forcibly repatriated to China.\n\n“More than 1\,300 Chinese sailors 
 were put on specially assigned ships and sent to the Far East without not
 ice.”\n\n\nThe wives and children of the men believed they had been dese
 rted. It wasn’t until the release of declassified records 50 years later
  that it was revealed that more than 1\,300 Chinese sailors had been put o
 n specially assigned ships and sent to the Far East without notice.\n\nNo
 w Edge Hill University\, working with local community group The Dragons o
 f the Pool\, has documented the stories of the surviving children of the s
 eamen for the first time.\nTHE DRAGONS OF THE POOL\nThanks to a £10\,00
 0 Heritage Lottery Funding\, this year-long project recorded video intervi
 ews with the seamen’s descendants\, now in their seventies\, and capture
  this important part of British Chinese history for future generations. T
 he project’s research will be then be archived in Birkenhead Library.\n
 \nThe project has culminated in this exhibition at the Williamson Art Gal
 lery\, where the local people are invited to share their stories of the Li
 verpool Eurasian community to add to the memories already on display. Chin
 ese seamen began to settle in Liverpool from the end of the 1880s and by t
 he start of the 20th century Liverpool had the largest settlement of Chine
 se in the UK. The exhibition  features the iconic photographs taken at th
 e time by acclaimed documentary photography Bert Hardy  – very atmosp
 heric images of Chinese sailors in Chinese hostels  or outside in Chinato
 wn – smoking and chatting.\n\nThe project aims to help participants to f
 ind out the stories behind their fathers’ disappearance and educate the 
 wider community about the shocking events of 1946. On the 17th of March o
 n the evening of the last Saturday of the exhibition\, we are inviting you
  to HEAR THE DRAGONS SPEAK .\n\n\nConsider joining our supporting charity
 \, Williamson and Priory friends and download our March newsletter by cl
 icking here.\n\nThe galleries are open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10am
  to 5pm\, but staff shortages may necessitate early closure of some rooms 
 at the end of the day.
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