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Finding Home (Gardner, Alford Dalrymple / Gardner, Howard)
Finding Home
Untertitel A Windrush Story
Autor Gardner, Alford Dalrymple / Gardner, Howard
Verlag Quercus
Co-Verlag Jacaranda Books (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
Seiten 216 S.
Artikelnummer 42335580
ISBN 978-1-914344-22-0
CHF 34.50
Zusammenfassung
Alford Dalrymple Gardner was one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. He is one of 10 whose portrait was commissioned by King Charles, and appears in the BBC's Windrush: Portraits of a Generation special. Now published for the first time, this is his stirring life story.

Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published for the first time, this is his stirring life story.

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.