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Hermione holding her wedding-day photo
Diane pours rum into her mother's grave as part of a traditional Jamaican funeral
Members of Stockwell Good Neighbours enjoy a bingo game
Dancing is an integral part of West Indian culture
Caribbean men play dominoes in a club in Clapham, London
The recent immigration travails of Caribbean-born British citizens have rightly received a lot of attention, but it's good to see the mainstream press, AP 9 April 2016), has put together a major exhibition called ‘Windrush: Portrait of a Generation. It focuses on the vibrant social life and strong cultural bonds of the predominantly Jamaican community around Grover's home turf of Clapham, in south London, capturing a way of life which may soon disappear forever. Despite living around Clapham for three decades, Grover is the first to admit he knew very little about this subject. So how did the Windrush project come about?
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