For Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, with the glittering lanterns swaying overhead and the scent of incense mingling with sizzling woks, I ventured into Soho's Chinatown. I went to one of the ...

NARRATOR:'Connie Hoe was born in London's Chinatown in 1922 to an English mother and Chinese father. NARRATOR:'Back then, Chinatown was in a poor and crowded area called Limehouse, near London's ...

Histories including drag in Newcastle's Gay Village, life at Newhaven's Parker Pen factory and 40 years of London's Chinatown will ... history which dates back to Victorian times.

Chinese New Year celebrations have swung into full gear in London as Chinatown lit up to mark 2025. Celebrations broke out in the capital to celebrate the Year of the Snake with traditional ...

Victoria's Chinatown was blooming. By 1886, it covered an area of more than four city blocks north of the Johnson Street ravine, and housed 87% of Victoria's 2,988 Chinese. At that time, the city of ...

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The parade in Chinatown in the capital is part of the biggest Chinese new year celebration outside of China. The arrival of the Year of the Snake was also marked in style in Liverpool, which ...