WERE you a Ten Pound Pom?
Could the new BBC One drama starring Michelle Keegan feature your experiences of leaving behind post-war Britain to travel Down Under?
Filming is currently underway in Australia for the new series starring the former Coronation Street and Our Girl star Michelle Keegan.
The six-part series, created by Bafta-award winner Danny Brocklehurst and produced by Eleven – the team behind Netflix’s Sex Education, will see a group of people leaving Britain in search of a better life in Australia.
Directed by Jamie Stone and Ana Kokkinos, the show will ‘follow the triumphs and pitfalls of a group adapting to a new life and struggling with their new identity as immigrants’.
Did you leave Northwich behind in the 1940s and set sail for a new life in Australia and New Zealand at the end of the Second World War?
Did you take up the Australian Government’s offer to become a Ten Pound Tourist in 1945 or join the New Zealand Government’s scheme in 1947?
We want to hear your memories of England and what the migration experience was like as you paid just £10 to move to Australia and New Zealand.
The Assisted Migration Scheme was part of the Populate or Perish policy and was aimed at increasing the population of Australia and supplying workers for the country’s booming industries.
In return for subsidising the cost of travelling to Australia, the Government promised employment prospects, affordable housing and a more optimistic lifestyle but this wasn’t the experience for some as they set foot on dry land.
We want to hear your experiences as a Ten Pound Pom and see what you remember about post-war Britain.
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