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Finding Home

- A Windrush Story
Af: Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner Engelsk Paperback

Finding Home

- A Windrush Story
Af: Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner Engelsk Paperback
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RAF Veteran and Prince''s Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published in paperback, Finding Home is his stirring life story.

On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and two stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was among them.

Alford''s story traverses both the uplifting highs and intolerant lows that West Indian migrants of his generation encountered upon travelling to Britain to forge out a life. From joining the British military during World War II to being forcibly deported back to Jamaica once it was won-only to come back to the UK when the government decided it needed him again-Alford witnessed milestone events of the 20th century that shaped the country he still lives in today.

In the context of a supposedly ''post-Imperial'' Britain where the lives of West Indian migrants hang precariously on the whims of the Home Office, Alford''s heartening testimony is a celebration of those who endured hardships so that generations to come could call this place home.

Today, Alford''s portrait is a part of the Royal Collection Trust as commissioned by King Charles III in 2023, and he is a regular face and voice on the likes of The BBC, Channel 4, Sky News and more as his story continues to embody for all, the spirit of joyous resilience.

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RAF Veteran and Prince''s Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published in paperback, Finding Home is his stirring life story.

On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and two stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was among them.

Alford''s story traverses both the uplifting highs and intolerant lows that West Indian migrants of his generation encountered upon travelling to Britain to forge out a life. From joining the British military during World War II to being forcibly deported back to Jamaica once it was won-only to come back to the UK when the government decided it needed him again-Alford witnessed milestone events of the 20th century that shaped the country he still lives in today.

In the context of a supposedly ''post-Imperial'' Britain where the lives of West Indian migrants hang precariously on the whims of the Home Office, Alford''s heartening testimony is a celebration of those who endured hardships so that generations to come could call this place home.

Today, Alford''s portrait is a part of the Royal Collection Trust as commissioned by King Charles III in 2023, and he is a regular face and voice on the likes of The BBC, Channel 4, Sky News and more as his story continues to embody for all, the spirit of joyous resilience.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781914344237
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1914344235
Kategori: Leeds, Bradford
Udg. Dato: 3 okt 2024
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
Oplagsdato: 3 okt 2024
Forfatter(e) Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner


Kategori Leeds, Bradford


ISBN-13 9781914344237


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 3 okt 2024


Oplagsdato 3 okt 2024


Forlag Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd

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