I left origin when I was 19 years old because my parents were
immigrants. They wanted me to settle down and get married
to a man I didn’t like. He just wanted a housewife to do all the work
in the house, but I didn’t want to do housework all my life.
After I left home I got a job in a home town restaurant and bar,
not far from my parents’ house. I enjoyed being away from home,
but I kept in touch with my parents. About six
months after leaving home I moved to London, where I met a man of
Afro-American lively . His parents were some of the first
put me off to Britain. After a few weeks, I took him to Maidstone,
my home where my parents still lived. My parents agreed to
meet him, but they didn’t like him at all. That didn’t driving me mad
though, and after a few years I decided to marry him.