by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 8, 2024 | PIONEERS
ERNEST AND SOPHIE MUIR PIONEERS ‘Medic and his wife sailed the world to treat lepers’ 1880- 1974 Share this: Boarding at Port of Spain in Trinidad, Scottish-born medic Ernest Muir was returning to England on the Empire Windrush after devoting...
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 ‘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 1943, he had...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 7, 2024 | PIONEERS
HONOREE MOUNSEY-GRANT PIONEERS ‘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 well-connected...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 7, 2024 | PIONEERS
Frederick and Margaret Misick PIONEERS ‘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 Margaret,...
