When Great Britain Labour Market  to the Philippines in the early 1970's a handful of Saguntineans jumped on the Filipino bandwagon to settle down in the green pastures of Great Britain. Most of these Saguntineans settlers had to content themselves with domestic help although they were nontheless highly educated, skilled, in fact, a bit of everything.This made them in great demand by the British employers.

As has been expected, the English pound weighed more than the American dollar but the Saguntineans did not find London very attractive, it being hundred thousand miles further than Clark Air Base to Sagunto. Clark Air Base, where Saguntineans used to hang on for job before coming to London, is close to Sagunto that made it possible for them to be with their families on weekends. There is no place like home.They sensed the need for one another and they longed to be with the families they left home. Hence the need to organise themselves into family group. Led by Don Eping and Charing, they began spending time together, eating together in one place or another trying to comfort themselves during weekends.

In May 1977 Sagunto Toilers was formally organised to give the group a sort of a backbone.They agreed to sacrifice a week salary in each year to provide floating fund to meet the unexpected needs of anyone of them.

A plan to help the people back home came as a project.Just exactly three years after it was formally organised the Toilers were able to provide funds to cover the paving expenses of the Sagunto barrio road with barrio people providing the labour.

Leadership of the association shifted from lakay Columbus Cefra, Chris Omaoeng, Kang Eldo Balliao, Jaime de Ocampo to Henry Palit-ang, who this time negotiated the change of SaguntoToiler to Sagunto UK. The first quintet of leaders endeavored to tap another water system to add supply to the old one. The project needed the help of other Saguntineans working in other countries. Hong Kong group led by Paut contributed fairly good amount and the Italian group led by Don Estong did their best to help.

Then came the three years young and ambitious leader.Rene Bestoyong, reserved kind of a leader like his father Don Eping, was followed by Judy Digay. Now the incumbent President is Amy Balliao Pasamonte Deadman whose eyes sparkle with great ambition. Hopefully she can inject new blood to the now ageing Sagunto UK which is now 30 years old.

The inspiration I can gladly share with you is that the old guards are still around to support the leadership of this young lady, so far the first lady president of the association.

Sagunto UK has achieved other odd projects as it tried to be much of a part of our barangay.Small projects such as the guardhouse, uniforms for our guards, the tent for our barangay. We are planning a bigger plan for the Sagunto people. Stay with us and be with us so we can work together for our people.