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Sorrel and Black Cake: A Windrush Story
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Two black and white photos, one showing Alford as a young man when he first arrived in the UK, and one more recent one, showing him as an older man. Add to board
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Windrush Passenger Alford Gardner

Alford Gardner, passenger on the Windrush and now a resident of Leeds.  Alford trained to be an RAF pilot in Scotland in WW2 and when he returned to England on the Windrush, he knew he wanted to live up in the north of the country, and headed straight to Leeds.

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