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Voices of Windrush Generations in Oxford

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Gloria Shields talks about moving to Britain from Jamaica 

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Urma James talks about moving to Britain from St Vincent

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Ermine Rogers talks about moving to Britain from St Vincent 

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Pat Green talks about her life in Oxford 

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Junie James talks about moving to Britain from Jamaica

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Vera Cooper talks about moving to Britain from Tobago

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Ursula Lestrade talks about moving to Britain from Dominica

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Filda Abelkec talks about moving to Britain from Uganda and setting up BKLUWO

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Percy Lewis talks about his career as a Boxer

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Amantha Edmead reads a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah

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Jason s. Carbon talks about the families who travelled to Oxford as part of the Windrush generation

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Natty Mark Samuels talks about the NHS and the Windrush generation

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Anne-Marie Brown talks about her mother having to re-train as a nurse after coming to England

During the spring and summer of 2018 members of the local West Indian/Caribbean community worked with the Museum of Oxford's Reminiscence Officer to create recordings telling the story of their personal journeys to Britain from the West Indies/Caribbean.

The stories are moving and inspiring. The Museum is very grateful to the participants for sharing their personal accounts of settling in Britain.

Participants faced prejudice and have had to overcome barriers but went on to have successful careers in nursing, teaching and raising families. These are stories of courage, dignity, determination and kindness.

We would like to thank the Oxfordshire Local History Association who have generously supported the project and made it possible for a CD of the recordings to be created.

Voices of Windrush Generations in Oxford