by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
ELLIS AND ELMA CLARKE PIONEERS ‘London trip prefaced brilliant career of future T&T leader’ 1917 - 2010 Share this: Among all the passengers on board the Empire Windrush, none would go on to have a greater impact on world history than Ellis...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Donald Clarke PIONEERS ‘It was second time around for RAF man’ 1920 - 2019 Share this: When Donald Clarke boarded the Empire Windrush he was a serving member of the RAF and returning to England, where his new posting would be RAF Benson in...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
William Chong PIONEERS ‘Gift was just the ticket for settler who dreamed of home’ 1929 - 2014 Share this: Christmas came early for William Chong in 2006 when a group of Jamaican businessmen presented him with a return ticket to Jamaica. It was...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Oscar ‘Joe’ Chang PIONEERS ‘Reunited With His Long-Lost Sister’ 1926 - 2015 Share this: The Empire Windrush passenger list showed that 22-year-old Oscar Chang was destined for the Causeway Green Hostel in Oldbury, Birmingham. In the...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Lenval Callendar PIONEERS ‘Soho nightclub boss who defied the Krays’ 1919 - 2006 Share this: One of the most colourful characters on board the Empire Windrush must have been Lenval Callendar, a wealthy West End night club owner who rubbed...
