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Lithuanian Incomers to Blantyre

In January 1917, during WW1, a police census was conducted in Blantyre to see what foreign population lived here. The results were somewhat unexpected showing the large figure of 575 Lithunians from our entire population of 16,903! Nearly 4%, or 1 in every 25 people were Lithunian with a further 55 Italians, 39 Belgians, 4 […]