Live eventBedford
George, a Windrush Boy with Author Gilroy Gregory
Bedford Corn ExchangeBedford
12 November 2026 · 13:30
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George, a Windrush Boy - with Author Gilroy Gregory 12 November, 1.30-2.30pm, Free - Booking Essential George (the teenage years) is an autobiographical novel by author ‘Gilly’, Gilroy Gregory, that tells the story of an 11-year-old Windrush boy who came to England from Jamaica and lived in South London during the 1960s - 70s. The author will give a talk about how he and his daughter, Dr Davina Gregory-Kameka (the artist), came to tell the story, with illustrations, of this black immigrant boy. The novel and complimentary display is a glimpse into the lives of these unknown British children who came with their parents from the colonies to help in the rebuilding of Britain after World War II. Gilroy shares his story, representing a lost generation of children (lost to the government and the British public) and in more recent times some mistakenly identified and forcibly removed as illegal
