Two events celebrated Windrush Day in the Brixton Square named after the ship that docked in London in 1948 with many passengers from the Caribbean.
On Saturday the Brixton Project staged an afternoon of recollection, storytelling and improvised drama around the recollections of members of the first Windrush Generation and their descendants.
On Sunday the second annual Big Caribbean Lunch organised by Friends of Windrush Square and Lambeth council once again saw celebration and an exchange of memories as 100 members of the first Windrush Generation ate lunch, talked and danced.
They also heard moving testimonies – including one from Railton Road’s Sam the Wheels – now Clovis Constantine Salmon OBE to you, after he was awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours last December.
There was also poetry from Nairobi Thompson and addresses from the Rev Michael King, Patrick Vernon and local parliamentary candidates Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Helen Hayes.
Look out for a fuller report of both events in the next Brixton Bugle – due out on 18 July – and video on YouTube.
