ayahshome

The Ayahs' Home Project run by Farhanah Mamoojee. Follow us on instagram @ayahshome

[ayahshome @ayahshome]

Thrilled to announce our podcast episode with @MayorofLondon as part of the #OurLondonOurSpaces series - listen here now! #ayahshome https://t.co/s7Q91N65ii

[ayahshome @ayahshome]

So thrilled to announce our involvement with @LDN_Culture @MayorofLondon for this episode in the podcast series #OurLondonOurSpaces - out now! #ayahshome

[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

London’s iconic blue plaques🔵usually immortalise one person. Not this one...

In episode 2 of #OurLondonOurSpaces, discover a unique landmark, home to generations of working-class migrant women in London’s East End

🎧 https://t.co/uib8lbxPod

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SAHM

[ayahshome @ayahshome]

Not following us on instagram yet? Why not?! We post regularly about our new discoveries on ayahs, amahs and their stories that have quietly been forgotten. Follow us here https://t.co/rIjaHhz8UA #ayahshome

[ayahshome @ayahshome]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Hackney Museum @HackneyMuseum]

Ayahs & amahs lived with local families in Hackney before the Home for them moved here in 1900.
Below are two stories, one of an ayah and one of an amah 👇🏽
Visit by 27 Aug. More info: https://t.co/awD8NKWUSr
@ayahshome
@EEWomensMuseum
@hackneychinese
@Hackney_Chinese
@lovehackney

[Hackney Museum @HackneyMuseum]

@ayahshome @EEWomensMuseum @hackneychinese @Hackney_Chinese @LoveHackney Story of an unknown ayah in Stoke Newington in 1900 @HistoryOfStokey

[Hackney Museum @HackneyMuseum]

Occasionally local families also used the services of an ayah or amah from the Home in Hackney.
Visit by 27 Aug. More info 👉 https://t.co/X5YMb7a07H

@ayahshome @HistoryOfStokey @hackneychinese @Hackney_Chinese @lovehackney

[Hackney Museum @HackneyMuseum]

Sometimes the families employing ayahs and amahs for the voyage to the UK treated them very well. At other times, they were quite keen to get their holidays started!

Visit by 27 Aug. More info👉https://t.co/X5YMb6SoJ7
@ayahshome

[Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi (PhD Mughal Art History) @mchidarazvi]

I went to see the exhibition on Ayahs @HackneyMuseum this afternoon. Small but poignant, allowing us a glimpse into these women's lives. Exhibition closes Aug 27, try to go! @ayahshome

[ayahshome @ayahshome]

Momentous day for so many of us! @EnglishHeritage @tweeter_anita @MeeraSyal @FloStadt 💙💙💙💙 #ayahshome

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

Ayahs & Amahs were perhaps the earliest women economic migrants in colonial times, breaking many patriarchal barriers & getting trapped in some.
I enjoyed exploring their lives: https://t.co/JKWmpDI2Vf
What do you think?
If you have written abt Ayahs/Amahs, link it here. :)

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

If you want to look deeper into the history of the Ayahs & Amahs, the work of Rozina Visram, @FloStadt, Thushani Weerasekera, @shahidarahman @SitaBrahmachari provide great insights.
Who else do you recommend?
Listen to some of them here: https://t.co/7i1P4LwVTf
@HackneyMuseum

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

A relentless campaign led by Farhanah Mamoojee to get recognition to the @ayahshome in Hackney finally resulted in a @EnglishHeritage Blue Plaque on the building. This plague was inaugurated by @MeeraSyal and @tweeter_anita last month.

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

The @ayahshome home in Hackney sheltered 100-140 Ayahs every year & was run by Amina Hanson and Sarah Dunn before the Fletchers of the London Christian Mission took over. Niti Acharya of @HackneyMuseum knows well the challenges of chronicling the history of the lost Ayahs.

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

Ayahs could be traced to port cities like Madras, Calcutta & Bombay. They adopted names of British families - Ayah Jones to England & Ayah Smith on the return journey- so their real identity remains unknown. This exhibit at @HackneyMuseum painstakingly puts together some stories.

[Ruhi Khan ⚡️ @khanruhi]

Asian Ayahs & Amahs traveled with British families & found themselves abandoned once on English shores.
#AyahsHome in east London became their safe haven & my focal point to unravel the lives of these incredible women.
Watch: https://t.co/JKWmpDI2Vf
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