Description
In the years following the second world war Britain reached out to its extensive colony for help to rebuild a country ravished by the war. It is debatable whether the first cohort that came from the Caribbean on the ship HMT The Empire Windrush in 1948 were invited guest or ambitious chancers. What is undebatable however is that those that followed in the 1950s and 60s were enticed by the promise of untold opportunities in a country where the streets are paved with gold.
My uncle George was the first of the Drummond family to grasp the opportunity in the late 1950s, followed by his brother Herman, my father and their sister Iva. On my mother’s side of the family Aunt Adlin (Cissie) followed her husband Osborne, my Mother came to join my Father in 1961, followed by her sisters Maud and later Lynette in the 1970s.
For many of the children that were left behind in the care of family and friends the expectation was that one day we too would be making that journey. For me that day was July 19th 1967.
The streets were not exactly paved with gold but there were infinitely more opportunities in an industrialised Britain than there were in rural Jamaica.
"Details
Publisher - Marcia M Publishing House
Language - English
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Errol C. Drummond
Published Date - November 14 2024
ISBN - 9781068590504
Dimensions - 21.6 x 14.0 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 365
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