Generations: celebrating 50 years of Caribbean recruitment
Generations: celebrating 50 years of Caribbean recruitment
Generations: celebrating 50 years of Caribbean recruitment
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‘There was cricket, snooker,<br />
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table tennis teams. We had<br />
a lot <strong>of</strong> house parties within<br />
the community, Jamaicans,<br />
Trinidadians, Guyanese<br />
and Dominicans.’<br />
– Lorenzo Daniels, recruited in Barbados as a bus conductor, 1960<br />
CRS Cricket team pose for the camera after winning another tournament, 1984<br />
LTM 2006/15877<br />
‘Most Barbadians were into cricket and Central Road Services cricket<br />
team had 3 or 4 venues such as Langley Park and Osterley. That’s<br />
how we passed our time. Apart from that we used to have parties<br />
over the weekend. The music originated from Jamaica with Reggae<br />
and Ska and Calypso from Barbados. The <strong>Caribbean</strong> islanders used<br />
to mix and you were glad to see other black people, to be honest.’<br />
– Chris Hope, recruited in Barbados as a bus conductor, 1964<br />
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