Finding Home
A Windrush Story
$25.68
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2025
Summary
“A pioneering member of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants who marked the symbolic beginning of a multicultural Britain.” - The Guardian
RAF Veteran and Prince’s Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple Gardner was one of the last living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush.
Now published in paperback, Finding Home is his stirring life story.
On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914344237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914344235 |
| Author: | Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner |
| Publisher: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Imprint: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Alford Dalrymple Gardner
Alford Dalrymple Gardner (Author)
Born in 1926 in Kingston, Jamaica, Alford Gardner first came to England in 1944 to support the war effort, serving in the RAF. After a brief stay back in Jamaica, he decided to return to England to help to rebuild the country. He boarded the HMT Empire Windrush intending to build a life in the country he once called home. Despite a less than accommodating welcome back, he persisted and succeeded in forging a better life for his family.
In his later years, Alford spent all his leisure time at the bingo hall. When not playing bingo, he would watch sports or spend time with his family. A much fuller sense of Alford’s life is conveyed in his autobiography: Finding Home.
Alford passed away in 2024 at the age of 98.
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