Albert Grant

Albert Grant

Albert Grant CHAMPIONS ‘I see life like a conveyor belt … and I hope each of us could find our place to contribute to that perfect product’ Share this:      From the age of 21, Barbadian-born Albert Grant had dedicated his life to serving the...
Rev. Dr Joel Edwards

Rev. Dr Joel Edwards

Rev. Dr Joel Edwards CHAMPIONS ‘Words cannot express the depth, breadth and height of my gratitude, but I have gone home’ Share this:      Eight-year-old Joel Edwards arrived from Jamaica in 1960. After the early years of education, he worked as a...
André Dezonie

André Dezonie

André Dezonie CHAMPIONS ‘He became the first Black commander of an RAF base (Wittering)’ Share this:      André Dezonie was born in 1956 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. His elder sister was born in Germany in 1953. The late 1950s and `1960s were...
Jennette Arnold

Jennette Arnold

Jennette Arnold CHAMPIONS ‘Politician who left her mark on City Hall’ Share this:      One of Jennette Arnold’s earliest memories is seeing the lava flowing down from the Soufriere Hills volcano in Montserrat, which would finally erupt in 1995 and...
Lady Ivy Woolley

Lady Ivy Woolley

Lady Ivy Woolley PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Governor’s wife helped keep ship on straight course’ 1895 - 1981 Share this:      There is a perception that the Empire Windrush carried only 492 Jamaican men who were looking for work in England. There were in...