Ronald Abrahams discusses his life history from when he first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition being held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Ronald Abrahams - oral history

Harry & Mae Brown discuss their life history from when they first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Mae And Harry Brown - oral history

Joyce Stephenson discusses her life history from when she first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Joyce Stephenson - oral history

Jean Chung discusses her life history from when she first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Jean Chung - oral history

Charles Sealey discusses his life history from when he first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Charles Sealy - oral history

Bernard Lewis discusses his life history from when he first emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean.  This oral account is  for the 'We are here' exhibition held at The Vestry House Museum, London from 5th March to 1st November 2020.

We Are Here is the focal point for 9 months of activities that celebrate this important unsung generation and marks the 72nd year since the arrival of the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

See 50 contemporary photographic portraits, curated alongside over 100 personal family pictures, mementos and oral testimonies, providing a peek into lives lived in the borough.

Bernard Lewis  - oral history

Jo Sealy & Bernice Burton MBE discuss the 'We are here' exhibition, capturing Waltham Forest’s ‘Windrush’ residents who came to the UK from the Caribbean to create new lives from the 1950s to the 1970s.

BBC Radio London - We are here exhibition

Meet the photographers who have created We Are Here, Image17’s latest photography exhibition. Hear how the project came to life, see some behind the scenes images and film footage, followed by a virtual taster tour of the exhibition.

Image17 - ArtistTalk - We are here exhibition

Robert Elms discusses the We are here exhibition with founder Jo Sealy, including the initial influences behind starting the photography exhibition, visitor feedback and thoughts on the current racial climate.

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms talks to Jo Sealy about the We are here exhibition

‘We Are Here’ focuses on Waltham Forest’s ‘Windrush’ residents who came to the UK from the Caribbean to create new lives in the borough from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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