These audio recording / podcast were created in order to produce an oral history collection, to preserve and share the collective community memory of an event central to the history and identity of the Scots-Italian and other communities. This new material helps us understand how people approach The Italian Cloister Garden, functioning both to preserve community memory, and to provide a space which asserts community identity. The memorial may also prompt reflection, during the current refugee crisis, on how immigrants are treated – how they are represented and identities created, imposed and negotiated.

1. Ronnie Convery