Tens of thousands of women came to Britain in the 50's, 60's and 70's, often following in the footsteps of men who came to work in the textile industry.
The immigrant women were generally more isolated than the men. They didn't go out to work, they had little opportunity to learn the language of their adopted country or discover much about its culture, so their lives have gone generally unremarked and unrecorded. Now some of their daughters have joined forces with Tameside Council near Manchester to write a book and create a special website to record their mothers' stories. It's also an opportunity for elderly Asian women to become computer literate. Clare Jenkins reports on the Passport to Learning Project.
