NEW: Windrush 75 Anniversary project launches in Leeds on June 19 'Here: Windrush 75 Leeds' will feature 75 larger than life portraits of the Windrush generation residents who settled in Leeds between 1948-1971 Windrush windrushleeds
Here: Windrush 75 Leeds features 75 larger than life portraits of the Windrush generation residents who settled in Leeds between 1948-1971
The public portraits, unveiled on June 19, will be on display for two weeks at various locations to celebrate, and raise awareness of, the important contribution made by Caribbean people to the social and economic life of the city. Alford Gardner was among the 492 passengers who arrived on Windrush in June 1948 and settled in Leeds. Now 97 years old, he is one of the last of those passengers still alive today. His son, Howard Gardner, said his father’s generation played a key role in helping to rebuild the country after World War Two.
Picture of Roslyn Wyatt. She arrived from St Kitts & Nevis in 1962 and settled in Leeds 1964. Photo credit: Jamaica Society Leedsis funded by the Windrush Day Scheme Grant and supported in kind by JC Decaux and Leeds City Council, and is one of more than 40 arts, educational and sporting projects across England being funded by the scheme.
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