We are pleased to say that the book we worked on last year with the Windrush Foundation is now available and can be obtained via the Windrush Foundation website or downloaded as a free pdf:
https://seancreighton1947.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/w70-book-i
The book was produced as part of the celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury. It tells the stories of over seventy passengers on the Empire Windrush itself (the ‘Pioneers’) or who came in the following years (the ‘Champions’). The stories aim to document the outstanding contributions that these pioneering men and women have made to British society.
The Historycal Roots team contributed to almost half of the profiles included and, although some of the stories are relatively well known, others are not. We are particularly pleased that our work with Edna Chavannes is included. Edna is a lady you are unlikely to have heard of but, she is one of the thousands of unsung heroes from the Caribbean who helped build the NHS. You can read about Edna in the book or in more detail on the page dedicated to her on this site (in the ‘Windrush Generation’ section).
We hope you enjoy the stories as much as we enjoyed !researching them!