Most people interviewed who left the Caribbean already had relatives in the UK, who had come over earlier to work. When Nelson Auguste “first came to this country my brother came over before me and then sent for me and I started to work and make a living.”

Inez Stewart left Jamaica to join her father and brother who were already in England. “I came to the UK when I was 21 years old on the 22 September 1960, by plane. My Dad was living here and he sent for me and my brother. I was

a bit nervous, as I had never flown before. My dad was at the airport to meet me and we went straight to Sheffield.”

Olivine Benjamin “came to the UK because my father had just died and the rest of my family thought it best that I joined my brother here which would make it easier on the rest of the family back home. I didn’t know what to expect and I was excited. I came over in 1965 with my niece, my brother’s daughter, and we came by plane. We arrived in Manchester airport and then we caught the coach to Sheffield.”

“I came to the UK when I was 21 years old on the 22 September 1960, by plane. My Dad was living here and he sent for me and my brother. I was a bit nervous, as I had never flown before. My dad was at the airport to meet me and we went straight to Sheffield.” Inez Stewart

Olivine Benjamin (third from left) celebrating Christmas with colleagues in the 1980s

Inez Stuart (right) on a day out with a patient