Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime, and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a profound and permanent contribution to british life. obviously wearing gloves to protect my.my fancy nails from the paint. i had a degree of ambition that drove me. i felt also that i could achieve more here. i m linda beatrice haye. and i was born in.on 26th ofjanuary, 1933, which meant that the 26th of january this year, i m 90 years of age. i ll start off by sectioning off the different parts of the canvas. i m using acrylics, acrylic paints, spray bottle. i use these large brushes. i belie
in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime, and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a profound and permanent contribution to british life. obviously wearing gloves to protect my.my fancy nails from the paint. i had a degree of ambition that drove me. i felt also that i could achieve more here. i m linda beatrice haye. and i was born in.on 26th ofjanuary, 1933, which meant that the 26th of january this year, i m 90 years of age. i ll start off by sectioning off the different parts of the canvas. i m using acrylics, acrylic paints, spray bottle. i use these large brushes. i believe they re, like, painting brushes for, like, homes, but they re really thick and they hold a lot of
Whatever without her looking. but, you know, you struggle, you keep on because there s got to be.there is going to be someone who is going to say, yeah, come on, let s, you know, and you re in. what else are you going to do? just not do it? just decide it s too hard? i can t imagine that. i cannot imagine that. i m looking for the multi millionaire rock star, movie actor and international businessman who drinks in this pub. my knowledge of her really has been on the screen and so i wanted to do a print of her where she s in a cinema looking at images of herself. the idea is that these are kind of prompts for you to kind of think about. oh, yes, i remember doing that. everywhere i worked. i was the only black person at the time. itjust seemed, well, you know, it s these are early days.