i went for the interview and the lady put me in a room and she never came back to me. i sat there for about six hours and then the shop was closing and i left. my first day at school, the teacher asked my name and i told her all the different names i had, because injamaica you d have a pet name, then you d have another name, what my dad called me and whatever, and i put reed on the end because that s my surname. and the teacher said, no, dear, go home and ask your mother what your name is. so that was my start. although today is a day of celebration and fond memories, for some, it is a reminder of injustices that they ve had to endure. it has very much mixed feelings, because for one, it took so many years for some recognition of some sort, it s not there yet, of what the windrush generation did. johnny samuels is one of thousands of people affected by the windrush scandal, which saw people who had the legal right to live
and she never came back to me. i sat there for about six hours and then the shop was closing and i left. my first day at school, the teacher asked my name and i told her all the different names i had, because injamaica you d have a pet name, then you d have another name, what my dad called me and whatever, and i put reed on the end because that s my surname. and the teacher said, no, dear, go home and ask your mother what your name is. so that was my start. although today is a day of celebration and fond memories, for some, it is a reminder of injustices that they ve had to endure. it has very much mixed feelings, because for one, it took so many years for some recognition of some sort, it s not there yet, of what the windrush generation did. johnny samuels is one of thousands of people affected by the windrush scandal, which saw people who had