Windrush Stories

Windrush Stories

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Windrush Stories episodes

  • Nadine White

    Nadine White is a third-generation Windrush descendant from London, England. A journalist and news reporter, she currently publishes via HuffPost UK and previously at The Voice newspaper with a focus on current affairs, race and social justice.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/nadine-white/2/


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    54 min
  • Mr. Wright

    Mr. Wright was born in St Catherine, Jamaica to presenter DJ Flight's grandmother, Muriel Martin, who left of the the UK in the late 1950s to work as an NHS nurse.

    He was brought up by his grandmother for nine years before joining Muriel aged 14, in 1967. He has worked various jobs and has four wonderful children.


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    1 hr 4 min
  • Prof. Benjamin Zephaniah

    Professor Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England, the son of a Jamaican nurse and Bajan postal worker.

    He is a poet, novelist, lecturer, activist, musician, TV and radio presenter.

    https://benjaminzephaniah.com


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    58 min
  • Brendon Batson OBE

    Brendon Batson OBE was born in St George's, Grenada. He moved to Tilbury in England in 1962.

    A former footballer for Arsenal, Cambridge United and West Bromwich Albion, he was part of the pioneering trio nicknamed Three Degrees alongside Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham.

    Brendon Batson is a trustee of the Professional Footballers Association, which is first joined in 1984.

    https://www.thepfa.com/news/2018/9/11/life-of-brendon-batson


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    1 hr 7 min
  • Dr. Vanley Burke

    Dr. Vanley Burke was born near St Thomas in Jamaica.

    He joined his parents in Birmingham, England aged 14 and began documenting local Caribbean communities through his photography.

    The 'Godfather of Black British Photography' is also an archivist, with a vast collection housed at the Library of Birmingham and his own flat.

    http://www.vanley.co.uk


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    54 min
  • Lloyd Bradley

    Lloyd Bradley was born in London, England to St Kittitian academic parents. He's a journalist and writer, and one of the UK's foremost experts on Black music and culture.

    He authored best-sellers Bass Culture: When Reggae was King; Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital; Ian Wright: A Life in Football; Marcia Barrett's Forward and many other titles.

    https://www.lloydbradley.net


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    1 hr 39 min

About Windrush Stories

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Windrush Stories is a collection of full-length interviews from members of 'the Windrush Generation'.People who became known as the Windrush Generation began arriving in the UK from the Caribbean…