Beatrice Phillips

Charles Hill

The founding figure of the Derby West Indian Association, Charles Sheridan Hill was integral to early integration of the Caribbean community in Derby....

Cleo Evans

Edna Williamson

Edna Williamson pictured at her wedding day. Edna was a long-time member of the DWICA management committee and was one of the first two black female magistrates in Derby....

Egerton Perry

Felmina Daley

Fitz Leachman

George Mighty OD, MBE, HonMUniv, JP, M.Ed, IEng, MIET

George Mighty has a long and distinguished record as a champion of community relations and racial equality. Since he arrived in England from Jamaica over 60 years ago, he has susta...

Joyce Mitchell

Joyce and her husband, Calvin Mitchell, are pictured here in 1956...

Len Shillingford

Lloyd Newby

Milton Crosdale

Mr C. C. McBean

Mr Fraser

Mr M. S. Douglas

Mr R Barnes

Mr Solomon (Ricky) Walters

Nezrine Hudson

Olga Marr

Percy Sisters

One British institution that provided many jobs for the invited Caribbeans was the National Health Service (NHS). At the time, the government was struggling desperately to fill nur...

Robert Murray

Rosanna Jack

Tom Douce

Arriving from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush in 1948 at the age of 22...