Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: Black Footballers in Britain, Black Mayors, Black Politicians, Doug Brown, Garth Crooks, Ghana, Lads n Dads, Roy Brown, Stoke City

Doug Brown & Roy Brown's father, Eugene and his brother John came to England from the Ghana, West Africa, they were students. They decided to join the British Army when WW1 boke out. John was killed and Eugene badly injured but after the war he got married and had two sons. Eugene later died of ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK
Posted on 20 October 2011. Tags: African Caribbean, Blue Mountain housing Association, CCCA, Cobridge, Doug Brown, Garth Crooks, Lads and Dads., Lord Mayor, Norsaca, Stoke-on-Trent

Caribbean Voices
Memories of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire's Caribbean Community
Wednesday 19th October 2011 - Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre.
The film Caribbean Voices got it's premier tonight at Stoke-on-Trent's Film theatre. The film which is the brainchild of local woman Monienne Stone.
Miss Stone, who is the Secretary of The Charity Midlands Jamaica Aid, has been working with Local Filmmakers and ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Caribbean History, Editors Blog