In 1958, Elvy Morton a 23-year-old from the Caribbean island of Nevis, travelled to the UK on a £65 ticket.
She settled first in Birmingham, where she worked as a hospital nurse alongside fellow members of the Windrush generation who were helping to rebuilt post-war Britain.ADVERTISING
Elvy then moved to Leicester in 1961 when she married James Morton, her late husband and continued nursing before studying catering and then completing a teaching course – alongside becoming a mum of five.
Throughout her life in Leicester, Elvy questioned the lack of local engagement with Black culture and history and she would later go on to become one of the cities trailblazers for promoting inclusion and togetherness.