The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
This film is part of Free
Sikh Matron
From the temple to the hospital Kartar Singh is a leading practitioner of Sikhism.
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Overview
Kartar Surinder Singh describes the Sikhs as travellers and it is that spirit of discovery and adventure that has brought him via Malaysia to a nursing role in a hospital in West Bromwich. He is a nurse manager, a role still then popularly known as a matron, and also a preacher at the Sikh temple in nearby Dudley. This profile for the Here and Now series reveals that his is the only Asian family in the large village of Kinver in Staffordshire, where he continues his pioneering zeal.