1950s Quote by David Harewood

Dad was 23 and Mum 19 when they arrived in the U.K. from Barbados in the 1950s.

— Nigel Benn

I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen,…

— David Harewood

Growing up, I'd heard so much about Barbados. It was where my parents spent their honeymoon and they also spoke about the time they…

— Rosie Jones

My dad's from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up…

— Ashley Cole

My parents grew up on different ends of the same street in St John's in Antigua.

— Andi Oliver

Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s. They, too, came to help rebuild this…

— Sajid Javid

My family were from Jamaica.

— Diane Abbott

My father was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and my mom was from Bermuda.

— Adina Porter

My parents emigrated to the United Kingdom from Kenya and Mauritius in the 1960s. They were born during the British Empire and admired this…

— Suella Braverman

My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean.

— Lewis Hamilton

My father came to England from India in 1957, and my mum came in 1960.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

My parents migrated to Canada in 1876, and I decided to go with them.

— Stephen Leacock