Arrived in the UK at the age of nine in 1962. She travelled alone with a family member the live with relations and didn’t see her mother again until 1959 – three years later
She has been a lifelong Waltham Forest resident
Photograph by Katherine Green
Charles Sealy
Was born in Barbados, West Indies and came to the UK in January 1960 by boat. The journey took nineteen days to get from Barbados to Southampton
Photograph by Nicola Tree
Cynthia McKenzie
Arrived in the UK by plane in 1960 to join her mother. She has lived in Waltham Forest for 25 years
Photograph by Simon Warren
Kenneth Carter
Came to the UK in 1957 and has lived in Waltham Forest since 1960
Photograph by Jo Sealy
Ronald Abrahams
Arrived in the UK from Dominica in April 1960 aged 17 on the SS Ipirnia
Photograph by Jo Sealy
Maimoona Ali
Travelled to the UK from British Guyana in 1967 by air and has lived in Waltham Forest for 55 years
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