AD FEATURE: Southwark celebrates Windrush 75’s Caribbean heritage with free family day festival
All roads will lead to Camberwell Green on Saturday 19th August when Southwark celebrates Windrush 75 and the area’s rich Caribbean heritage with a free family day festival on the green.
Website: https://windrushfamilyday.
The free event will pay tribute to Sam King, MBE, the first Black Mayor of Southwark and an Empire Windrush passenger and pioneer, who served in the RAF during WW2 before going back to Jamaica after the war and then returning to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.
Tribute will also be paid to Dr Harold Moody, founder of the League of Coloured Peoples, based in Southwark, during the 1930s.
The event will also pay tribute to the NHS in its 75th anniversary year, and pay respect to those who came to work in the health service since its inception in 1948.
Dr Joan Myers will extol the blessings of Windrush & the NHS.
The family day will feature sound system music by DJ Doogie, Play it on Pan steel band and African drumming, Quadrille heritage dancers, domino tables, inspirational guest speakers, face painting for the children, plus stalls selling books, Caribbean food, health and beauty products, and much more.
Attendees can dress up in ‘Windrush’ fancy dress up style for a fun atmosphere, or wear national Caribbean colours, or bring flags, handkerchiefs, bandannas or ‘rags’ to wave.
The musical style will be ‘oldies but goodies’ from the ’50s and ’60s, with well-loved tunes for people to sway like back in the day!
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