by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 4, 2024 | PIONEERS
PHYLLIS CORT AND FAMILY PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘English actress who became a peeress’ 1919 - 2010 Share this: Twenty-nine-year-old Phyllis Cort was one of 119 passengers on the Empire Windrush who gave their country of previous permanent residence...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 3, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Derrick Thomas CHAMPIONS ‘He became a toastmaster, which allowed him to travel the world’ Share this: Derrick was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1936. His mother was a teacher and she instilled in him the love of learning. After hearing...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 3, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Lia Obi & Olive Morris CHAMPIONS ‘She was well known for her activism’ 1952- 1979 Share this: After seeing an advertisement in The Gleaner for volunteers to join the RAF, 17-year-old Neil Flanigan, was persuaded to fight for Britain. He had...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 3, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Neil Flanigan MBE CHAMPIONS ‘A staunch supporter of Urban Synergy’ Share this: After seeing an advertisement in The Gleaner for volunteers to join the RAF, 17-year-old Neil Flanigan, was persuaded to fight for Britain. He had been among the...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 3, 2024 | PIONEERS
HERBERT ‘BERT’ ZAYNE AND FAMILY PIONEERS ‘Young man in a hurry lied about his age’ 1929- 1991 Share this: Jamaican-born Herbert ‘Bert’ Lawrence Zayne was so eager to get into the RAF that he told recruiters that he was aged 18 when,...
