This poem is taken from Stand 232, 19(4) December 2021 - February 2022.
The Empire Windrush: Mr. Herbert Zayne is Writing a Letter Home
The Empire Windrush: Mr. Herbert Zayne is Writing a Letter Home
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…And if anyone else asks,
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‘Two of the wives are Englishwomen who followed their husbands to Jamaica and now return with them to England. One of them Mrs. Doreen Zayne, formerly, and soon to be once more, of Blackpool, confessed that she did not care for Jamaica and was glad to be home again. She has two children, a boy and a girl. Her husband hopes to find work in Lancashire.’
THE GUARDIAN, 23RD JUNE 1948.
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…And if anyone else asks,
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