First arrival in London and nowhere to stay
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Interviewee name: Eddie Wedderburn
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Eddie Wedderburn moved from Kingston, Jamaica to London in the late 1960's. But the reception when he arrived was far from warm and friendly...
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1 Comment so far
from Stuart Prebble 13th Aug 2009, 08:28
Shocking that Mr Wedderburn ran into a horrible experience of racism as soon as he arrived in London forty years ago.
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