21 June 2019
A conversation with my Grandma on her experience from Trinidad to England #WindrushDay2019
With Windrush day approaching I wanted to speak with my grandma, Ruby Burgess, about her experience of coming to England during that period. From time to time she does reminisce about those days, especially as she has gotten older, but I have never had a chance to sit down with her and get to know her full story. When I asked her about her experience she smiled and said “o you’re bringing back memories now”.
20 June 2019
The networking question that many BAME individuals dread
For me, the word ” Windrush” encapsulates many emotions that go far beyond describing the way in which my parents came to be in the UK and therefore how I came to be here. That history continues to have a practical impact on my professional life.
19 June 2019
A year on from Windrush: lessons to be learned
So, here we are a year on since the sad debacle of Windrush, which is the phrase used to define those who arrived at Tilbury Docks, having taken the ship called Windrush from the Caribbean to the UK.
18 June 2019
Guyana, England, Nigeria and back again: A story from the Windrush Generation
My grandparents were born in British Guyana (as it was then known) which is in South America but a part of the Caribbean due to its shared history and language - Guyana was a British colony from 1814 until its independence in 1966. They moved to England in 1954, my granddad arrived first to set up home and granny followed a few months later with their first two children. They found a home in two rooms of a house in Edmonton. That was where my mum, their third child, was born.
17 June 2019
All aboard the MV Empire Windrush
Windrush Day falls on the 22nd of June.
We will be publishing a series of blog throughout this week dedicated to this special event, and I wanted to start out with a bit of background to the occasion.
