by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
FROM EMANCIPATION TO WINDRUSH The Exhibition includes texts and images about life in the West Indies from Emancipation in the 1830s when nearly a million Africans in British colonies won their liberty, having been enslaved for all or most of their lives. After August...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 7, 2024 | PIONEERS
Sydney Mowatt PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Whirlwind life of builder turned top chemist’ 1925- 1999 Share this: When Sydney Mowatt boarded the Empire Windrush at the age of 23 he was already part-owner of several properties in Spanish Town, Jamaica. In...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 7, 2024 | PIONEERS
HONOREE MOUNSEY-GRANT PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Wealthy lady of leisure who travelled the world’ Share this: Honoree Mounsey-Grant, née Van Zandt, was 63 when she boarded the Empire Windrush at Bermuda, one of several fantastically rich and...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 7, 2024 | PIONEERS
Frederick and Margaret Misick PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Flying visit on ship for MP and activist wife’ 1891 - 1976 Share this: A total of 168 passengers boarded the Empire Windrush at Bermuda and all except 10, including Frederick Misick and his wife...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 6, 2024 | PIONEERS
Donald Cremer PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘The Cream Of The Royal Navy’ Share this: Joining the Empire Windrush in Bermuda were ten Royal Navy midshipmen all earmarked to become leaders in the Navy of the 1950s and 60s. All but one, who was killed in...
