https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site Brent Untold Stories Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:27:22 +0000 https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site en https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Home Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:21:50 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Home History not only tells us about the past, but also the present in which it was written. Every generation needs to question it. Untold Stories Brent is a resource to discover lesser known histories of the borough and learn about inspiring figures from Black communities in Brent. UNTOLD STORIES HISTORY TRAIL <img width="3201" height="1601" width_o="3201" height_o="1601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06b6080b3ec7354f69185a5f3ca8840030c444e1e08bc1830eb6a8eb5a016f2e/US_Holding_Horizontal3.png" data-mid="156474369" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06b6080b3ec7354f69185a5f3ca8840030c444e1e08bc1830eb6a8eb5a016f2e/US_Holding_Horizontal3.png" /> Visit the Untold Stories history trail which presents factual history of the park’s links to the transatlantic slave trade, amplifies the presence of historical Black figures from the borough and celebrates people in Black communities who have had an influence on Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156398250" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5fdf215c5008397de23ac14a84fc21e6ae87b696397602b89fd6c89c1e233e0/Untold_Stories_Brent_Heroes_2.svg" data-mid="156474640" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/d5fdf215c5008397de23ac14a84fc21e6ae87b696397602b89fd6c89c1e233e0/Untold_Stories_Brent_Heroes_2.svg" /> THE ANCHOR, THE DRUM, THE SHIP <img src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2562fc609e309fde737d3915a08fb8175d0151b822cb277b478c50f11479ba0d/Untold_Stories_Franks_Anchor_Drum_Ship-190.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Brent Council and Lin Kam Art&nbsp; present The Anchor, The Drum, The Ship (2022), a groundbreaking public artwork for Gladstone Park designed by artist Harun Morrison and horticulturalist Antonia Couling. The three plant bed shapes carry themes of Black migration, belonging, communication, music and collective renewal. For more information please visit: https://linkamart.com/portfolio-item/the-anchor-the-drum-the-ship-gladstone-park https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/About Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:13:09 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/About <img width="3201" height="1601" width_o="3201" height_o="1601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/714ddd2497b81bc95095c849d96ffda0a2079d8e97aff87e2add61138daab4ee/US_Holding_Horizontal2.png" data-mid="156475952" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/714ddd2497b81bc95095c849d96ffda0a2079d8e97aff87e2add61138daab4ee/US_Holding_Horizontal2.png" />ABOUT Brent Museum and Archives (BMA) houses and preserves the London Borough of Brent’s museum and archive collection on behalf of Brent Council and the residents of the borough. Brent Museum and Archives’ mission is: To ensure residents can enjoy and learn about the history and diverse cultures of the Borough by collecting, recording and making accessible Brent’s past and present. <img width="300" height="300" width_o="300" height_o="300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e330123fc415a4bcc5427da10fe5ef7405153598d00767728e8f61422e94e15/LKA-LOGO-300x300.png" data-mid="156497611" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/3e330123fc415a4bcc5427da10fe5ef7405153598d00767728e8f61422e94e15/LKA-LOGO-300x300.png" /> Founded by Brent resident Linett Kamala, Lin Kam Art aims to enriches lives through festival culture via public art, residencies, workshops, events and programmes.&nbsp; Deeply rooted in community empowerment, the socially engaged creative practice ranges from mentoring emerging creatives to taking up space through festival culture.&nbsp; Wellbeing and the positive impact of the Arts on our mental health is at the heart of the work of Lin Kam Art. We works across all ages from primary children to elders using a wide range of media including murals, installations and soundscapes. Examples of our work includes production for static sound systems at Notting Hill Carnival, the Lin Kam Art Sound System Futures Programme developing the next generation of leads for festivals, Present in the Moment an Arts Council funded public art project in Lambeth working with schools and local community, Kilburn Up High, a design commission for Brondesbury Bridge in Kilburn and the Gladstone Park public art commission; Land Art and History Trail. https://linktr.ee/LinKamArt https://linkamart.com https://www.instagram.com/lin_kam_art <img width="225" height="238" width_o="225" height_o="238" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/825978a0ca528789d4886dfe968bba420b6f2334d4dda899af402600c78bc5d9/BHS-Logo.png" data-mid="156498148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/225/i/825978a0ca528789d4886dfe968bba420b6f2334d4dda899af402600c78bc5d9/BHS-Logo.png" /> Black History Studies was commissioned by Brent Council to undertake research and community engagement and create the content for the Untold Stories heritage trail. Charmaine and Mark Simpson founded Black History Studies in 2007 to address the lack of learning opportunities for the Black community to learn about their history from an African perspective. They deliver training, workshops, resources, research and networking opportunities for individuals and organisations seeking to know more about Black history. CONTACTEmail: museum.archives@brent.gov.uk <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156474774" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb871fb5906b964bf2d3d165b69f7abaa0b434029545dd1adca5edd34b8622eb/Untold_Stories_Brent_Heroes_2.svg" data-mid="156488830" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/bb871fb5906b964bf2d3d165b69f7abaa0b434029545dd1adca5edd34b8622eb/Untold_Stories_Brent_Heroes_2.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" 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She was Deputy Head of Midwifery at University College Hospital until her retirement. She has also played an active role in Notting Hill Carnival since 1975. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Alton_Ellis.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Nadia Nervo, Brent Museum and Archives Alton Ellis Alton Ellis, a Jamaican reggae icon, spent much time in Brent, performing, and recording for many Brent labels including Pama, Venture and Lord Koos. Tony Gad, a member of the Reggae band Aswad, first met Janet Kay at the Gangsterville record shop, where Aswad used to rehearse. Aswad recommended Janet to Alton Ellis, who provided her with her first recording, with the 1977 cover of ‘Loving You’. She later duetted with Alton on ‘Still in Love’. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Amanda_Epe_MBE.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Nadia Nervo, Brent Museum and Archives Amanda Epe MBE – Fly Girls Wellness Amanda Epe is a multi-award-winning author, poet, and writing coach. Her memoir ‘A Fly Girl Travel Tales’ is listed in The Mirror's best travel books to read in 2020. Amanda has over two decades delivering creative education with SEN, BAME, all-girl groups/ all-female groups/ female groups, and mainstream students in schools and community settings. She has delivered talks/presentations in schools on human rights equality for International Women’s Day, End Violence Against Women Day, and Black History Month. The sessions and talks help to promote self-esteem, confidence, equality, and mental well-being as well as to develop literacy. She has testimonies from her Black, Asian minority, and refugee students that have become authors. She founded the FLY GIRLS' UK project in 2016, and was awarded Run Group &amp; Leader of the Year by England Athletics in 2017, Pride of Brent in 2019, BEM Queen's Honour 2021 for services to empower girls and women. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Anthony_Chip_Richards.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Anthony 'Chip' Richards Anthony ‘Chips’ Richards is an international ambassador for the Jamaican music industry. Richards is an undisputed pioneer insofar as it relates to the promoting, spreading and disseminating of Jamaica’s reggae music to various corners of the globe. Richards most notable role was as marketing and promotions manager for the larger-than-life Trojan Records in 1973. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Arthur_Wint.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Arthur Wint In 1948, Arthur Wint from Jamaica won Jamaica's first Olympic gold medal for the 400 metres (46.2 seconds) at Wembley. He also won silver in the 800 metres in 1948. Arthur Wint, known as the Gentle Giant, was born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. While at Calabar High School, he ran sprints and did both the high jump and long jump. In 1937, he was the Jamaica Boy Athlete of the year, and the following year won a gold medal in the 800 metres at the Central American Games in Panama. He saved the money for his flight to Europe. In 1942, he joined the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and set the Canadian 400-metre record while training there. He was sent to Britain for active combat during World War II as a pilot. He left the Royal Air Force in 1947 to attend St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, as a medical student. After winning gold at the Olympics in 1948, he went on to set further records in Helsinki in 1952. In 1953, he ran his final race in 1953 at Wembley Stadium, finished his internship, and graduated as a doctor. The following year he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1954 New Year Honours. In 1955, Wint returned to Jamaica, eventually settling in Hanover as the only resident doctor in the parish. In 1973, he was awarded the Jamaica honour of the Order of Distinction. He served as Jamaica's High Commissioner to Britain and ambassador to Sweden and Denmark from 1974 to 1978. He was inducted in the Black Athlete's Hall of Fame in the US (1977), the Jamaica Sports Hall of Fame (1989) and the Central American &amp; Caribbean Athletic Confederation Hall of Fame (2003). <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Ashley_Thomas.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Rich Gold/Alamy Ashley Thomas / BashyAshley Thomas, (a.k.a. 'Bashy') is an actor and a rapper. He was born in Hammersmith, West London, the first born of a Jamaican mother and Dominican father. He attended St. Mary's of the Angels RC Primary School. Aged eleven, his family moved to Kensal Rise, northwest London and he attended Cardinal Hinsley High School. Thomas attended The BRIT School for Performing Arts as a theatre student. Before becoming an actor and musician, Thomas worked as a postman for the Royal Mail and later as a London Bus driver. He released a single 'Black Boys' in 2007, and an album Catch me if you can, in 2009. As an actor he performed in Adulthood, 2008 (the sequel to the film Kidulthood) and has gone on to star in a number of TV dramas and films including Black Mirror and more recently, Them. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_ASWAD.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Echoes/Redferns ASWADAswad were the first British reggae band to be signed by Island Records, based in Brent. Their underground favourite 'Warrior Charge', is one of reggae's best instrumentals. The band was awarded the MOBO Awards 2000 Outstanding Contribution To Black Music gong. Although the longest and most commercial phase of this reggae band has been represented by vocalist/guitarist Brinsley Forde, drummer/vocalist Drummie Zeb, and bassist Tony Gad, the others that formed the quintet launched by Island Records in the mid-1970s were bassist George Oban, guitarist Donald Griffiths and keyboardist Courtney Hemmings. Today, Aswad are known more for their crossover hits 'Shine' and 'Give A Little Love' and the 1988 chart-topping 'Don't Turn Around', rather than the more rootsy 'Back To Africa'. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Audley_Harrison.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Audley HarrisonAudley Harrison was the first boxer to win Olympic Gold in Superheavyweight Division in the UK, when he represented Great Britain as an amateur at the 2000 Olympics. He grew up on the Stonebridge Estate, and later developed his boxing skills in Bethnal Green, east London. After the Olympics in 2000 he turned professional. In his subsequent career he challenged for the WBA, British, and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. In 2009, Harrison won the Prizefighter tournament, his first of two. He became the European heavyweight champion in 2010, after defeating Michael Sprott in a rematch of their 2007 bout. In 2013, Harrison won his second Prizefighter tournament, becoming the first boxer to do so. In addition to his boxing achievements he has advocated for the importance of education. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-B Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:02:13 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-B BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the&nbsp;Black community&nbsp;with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156474977" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a46d5efa2c40a9240259ed760e1578a23123a27af8421aefaa63995f777e1fd6/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156486940" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a46d5efa2c40a9240259ed760e1578a23123a27af8421aefaa63995f777e1fd6/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Ben_Bailey_Smith_Doc_Brown.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photograph by Rachel Lum, Brent Museum and Archives Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown Ben Bailey Smith, known by his stage name Doc Brown, is an actor, writer, comedian and rapper. He was born in Willesden to a Jamaican mother and an English father – the ‘weird way round’ he has joked. Smith has appeared in shows such as The Inbetweeners and Brief Encounters, and on Live at the Apollo for his stand-up comedy. He has also created work for children, including the CBBC show The 4 O’Clock Club and the books I am Bear and Bear Moves. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Bob_Marley.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photo by Andrew Putler/Redferns via Getty Images Bob Marley Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers were first invited to London in February 1972 by their manager Danny Sims to work with Johnny Nash. By the summer, they had been abandoned by CBS Records, as the record deal yielded poor results following the release of the 'Reggae On Broad­way' single. Bob lived at 34 Ridgmount Gardens in Cam­den (where a blue plaque was unveiled in October 2006) in February and March, and April to early June in a Bayswa­ter hotel, before relocating to a house in The Circle, NW10 in Neasden. It was during their stay here that their career­ boosting Island Records deal was negotiated. The deal was signed in September and the band re­turned to Jamaica later that year, where they recorded the 1973 albums 'Catch A Fire' and 'Burnin", which launched them to international superstardom. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Bobby_Davis.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Bobby Davis One of the Founders of the The Sensations, created in 1967 with Buster Riley, Bobby Davis and Radcliffe Bryan. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-C Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:46:28 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-C BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156573109" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156573110" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Carl_Palmers.png" style="width: 100%;">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pama_Records.jpg Carl Palmer Commonly known as Mr P, Carl Palmer is the youngest of the three Palmer brothers who founded the Pama label and shop in 1968. He took sole charge of the business when Pama changed to Jet Star in the late 1970s. He continues to run what is now the biggest reggae specialist music business in Britain. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Bubblers.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> https://www.discogs.com/artist/501377-Carlton-Bubblers-Ogilvie Carlton 'Bubblers' Olgivie Carlton “Bubblers” Ogilvie is best known as one of the founding members of the Ruff Cutt Band – Europe’s Premier Reggae Backing Band. Bubblers played on and produced tracks on Maxi Priest No. 1 American Billboard hit album “Bonifide” and Aswad hit album “Rise &amp; Shine” including the hit single “Shine”. Bubblers music credits also includes working on projects with Sly &amp; Robbie, Suggs (Madness), Simply Red, Annie Lennox (Eurhymics), Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Sinead O’Connor and the legendary Sugarhill Gang. Bubblers played on and co-produced Barrington Levi’s songs, Here I Come, Too Experience, Dancehall Rock and Living Dangerously and he has played keyboards on over 15 albums for Jetstar. To list all the reggae artists Bubblers has backed with the Ruff Cutt Band in the last 35 years will go on and on, to put it simply there are few artist that he hasn’t worked with. Recently through his own production company (Nu-Edge Productions), Bubblers has released the “Big Frock Riddim” featuring Carrol Thompson, Victor Romeo Evans, Empress Ayeola, Tru-Identity, Don Campbell, Paulette Tajah and Chaka Demus &amp; Pliers. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Carroll_Thompson.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Carroll Thompson Carroll Thompson shares the Queen Of Lovers Rock crown with her friend Janet Kay, on acc­ount of her genre-breaking album, Hopelessly In Love,1980, which included the title track and 'I'm So Sorry', two lovers rock classics. She provided vocals on Courtney Pine’s Closer to Home album, resulting in a 1990 hit single ‘I’m still waiting’. She continues to perform on the lovers rock circuit. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Charmaine_Simpson.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Charmaine Simpson Charmaine Simpson Between 1999 and 2003, Charmaine attended the University of Hertfordshire where gained a 1st class degree in Economics. Following the birth of her daughter, she founded Black History Studies with her husband Mark Simpson. Charmaine has over 10 years of experience working in both the public and voluntary sectors at both local and national levels. An experienced Youth Worker, Charmaine has worked with disaffected young people in a variety of settings for the London Borough of Brent and Crime Concern in Wembley and Harlesden. Passionate about Black History, she is currently working on a variety of projects to teach Black History to children. In December 2010, Charmaine created a series of free resources to accompany the new children’s book ‘The Great and Mighty Wall.’ Charmaine Simpson is a passionate Personal Finance Coach and Financial Educator and is the Executive Vice President of a Financial Education Company. Focused on helping clients achieve financial wellbeing by teaching, empowering and inspiring clients to identify their goals and help them find practical solutions to money challenges and ultimately live the life they want to live. Charmaine works with clients who want to save money, create a budget, pay off debt or just improve their financial literacy in general. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Clary_Salandy.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photograph by Nadia Nervo, Brent Museum and Archives Clary Salandy Clary Salandy was born in Trinidad but has lived and worked in the UK since she was 16, being one of the founders of Mahogany Carnival Arts for Notting Hill in 1990. She is now one of the UK’s leading carnival designers, and has worked on major events such as the Queen’s Golden Jubilee procession and the opening ceremony for the Special Olympics in Leicester in 2009. Carnival is clearly a passion for her, both because of its Caribbean history and its life-enhancing democratic appeal and she says, ‘Carnival is a visual, dynamic, larger-than-life way of working.’ <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Pattersons.png" style="width: 100%;"> https://dazzle6.bandcamp.com/releases?fbclid=IwAR2HPwnr7fTD26uQiD9jCp_fnejdrnG-H-tReJ24S1gENIijdEMvSXLcd5Q Claudette &amp; Paulette Patterson Twin sisters Paulette &amp; Claudette Patterson were members of lover's rock group Prediction. In 1985, the girls formed themselves into a duo &amp; signed to Jam Today Records. The main track was ‘Dazzle You’ &amp; the girls toured the country, performing in clubs &amp; giving radio interviews. Sadly, on June 15, 2007, Paulette Patterson passed away. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Clement-Bushay.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.discogs.com/artist/340526-Clement-Bushay Clement BushayClement 'Clem' Bushay is a record producer who also ran Bushay’s record label. He produced Tapper Zukie’s debut album before moving on to become a well known lovers rock producer working with Janet Kay, Louisa Mark and Junior English. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cleveland_deer.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Cleveland 'Popsy' DeerPopsy runs Starlight Records, based at 17 Craven Park Road in Harlesden. This shop, was part of Trojan/B&amp;C’s Musik city retail outlets.City retail outlets. When the Trojan/B&amp;C companies folded, a trio, including present day manager Popsy, took it over in 1976. A reggae-focused stockist, it also sold its own releases on the Starlight, Black Music and Black Joy labels. In 2019 Popsy and Roy ‘Hawkeye’ Forbes-Allen (of Hawkeye Records, the only other remaining record store in Harlesden) were honoured with International Reggae Day/ British Black Music Month awards for still being in business for over 40 years. Popsy also ran the record label Starlight Records, with Desmond Bryan, the owners of the Starlight record shop. In addition to releasing reggae material produced by the label owners, they were the outlet for many Jamaican producers, such as Prince Jammy, Winston Riley, and Bunny Lee, which were spread across the Starlight, Black Joy and Black Music labels. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cllr_Abdifatah_Aden.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Courtesy of Brent Council Cllr Abdifatah AdenMayor of Brent 2022-23. Abdifatah Aden has lived and worked in Brent since 1990s. Abdi became interested in fostering community development and cohesion leading him to become involved with local politics; standing in his first local election in 2010. He has been councillor for Stonebridge ward since 2018 and has been involved with many committees focused on improving the borough. He was appointed Mayor of Brent for 2022-2023. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cllr_Michael_Adeyeye.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Courtesy of Brent Council Cllr Michael AdeyeyeMichael Adeyeye was born in Nigeria, has lived in Brent since 1970. He was a ward councillor for Queen’s Park 2010 - 2014, and served as Mayor of Brent 2012-13. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cllr_Bertha_Joseph.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Courtesy of Brent Council Cllr Bertha JosephBertha Joseph was Brent's first Black Mayor in 1998-99. She was appointed the role again from 2006-2007. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cllr_Bobby_Thomas.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Courtesy of Brent Council Cllr Bobby ThomasMayor of Brent 2013-14. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cllr_Joyce_Bacchus_MBE.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Cllr Joyce Bacchus M.B.E., J.PMayor of Brent 2000-1. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Colin_Brown.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10153767055701963&amp;set=a.462393741962 Colin Brown (Cee Bee) Colin Brown of CeeBee Multimedia first started entertaining people around 1975 when his dad asked him to play the music at one of his numerous house parties. He later progressed to playing music in and around London on his sound system The Mighty 3 Hi–Fi with his co-owners. He was both a selector and MC. Their sound system was at its peak in the 1980’s playing alongside sounds like: Saxon International, Nasty Rocker, Stixman, BMW, Addis- <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Colin_Robinson.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Audrey Scott Colin Robinson Colin is known as a Reggae music entrepreneur and producer and has also (in collaboration with others promoted a number of high profile shows, particularly in the 1980s and 90s. He has worked as a manager and agent for various Reggae artists as well as working with other producers. He has over thirty years experience in the Reggae music industry. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Courtney_Pine.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photograph by Liam Woon, National Portrait Gallery Courtney Pine CBECourtney Pine CBE is a British jazz musician. He went to Kingsbury High School, where he learnt to play the clarinet. At 14, Pine taught himself how to play the saxophone. In 1986, aged 22, Pine found fame when his first album Journey to the Urge Within entered the UK Top 40 charts. Pine’s music mixes jazz with hip-hop, garage and reggae beats, bringing jazz into the mainstream. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Cyrille_Regis.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Portrait by Colin Yates, Brent Museum and Archives Cyrille Regis MBECyrille Regis was a professional football player for West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City. Born in French Guiana, Regis moved to Stonebridge as a child. He attended Cardinal Hinsley School in Harlesden, where he showed great promise in football and went on to represent the borough in the Brent boys’ team. As a dual English and French citizen, Regis was eligible to play for both countries but chose to represent England. Regis was the third black footballer to play for England. He trained as an electrician, and only stopped working in the trade when he became a professional footballer. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Cyrlene-Braithwaite.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> https://britainsgotreggae.com/ Cyrlene Braithwaite Cyrlene Braithwaite's previous works in the UK include being a team leader, teacher, assessor, working with adult offenders &amp; ex-offenders. In 2013 she started a monthly showcase in Leicester called City Link-Up Unsigned which was followed in 2015 by her first Britain’s Got Reggae event. Britain’s Got Reggae (BGR) offers a syncopated spin on the popular television franchise and aims to give unsigned UK reggae artists opportunities and exposure in a competitive field. &nbsp; <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-D Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:07:36 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-D BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156574378" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156574379" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Daddy_Ernie.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Daddy Ernie Daddy Ernie was born in London to Jamaican parents. His father was a renowned sound system operator in the Caribbean community, so music was very much a staple within his household. When he was a teenager he got together with his brother and some close friends to establish his own sound system: President Downbeat. Not only did this bring him kudos it provided an invaluable insight into what it really took to become a top operator and selector. Ernie’s infatuation with the latest imports from Jamaica was born and nurtured under the King Trojan sound system, which was associated with the all powerful Trojan Record company, the leading reggae label in the UK at the time. However, Hawkeye Records in Harlesden, North West London, was the place where everything really came together. In the early 1980s it was at the forefront of reggae music, and at the centre of it alongside Hawkeye International Sound System, was Daddy Ernie. Daddy Ernie was involved with LWR, widely regarded as the UK’s first Black music station. Shortly after he had a brief stint with Time FM before hitting the big time with the first five-day-a-week reggae programme outside Jamaica. His show called Super Jam was born on Choice FM radio at the beginning of the 1990s. Ernie’s entertaining and informative interviews with top reggae artists from Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minot and Freddie McGregor to Shaggy and Sean Paul have helped him to achieve cult status with his fans. His skills as a radio presenter have grown over the years and as a result he has hosted ‘International Night’ at Sumfest in Jamaica and was the main host for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary celebrations in London. During his yearly trips to Jamaica he presented shows transmitted by Choice FM in London and also took part in one of the island’s most prestigious awards ceremony with Richie B. When he’s not hosting his show Superjam on Vibes FM, Daddy Ernie is a DJ in some of London’s top clubs and also in Europe and USA. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dame_Betty.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Dame Betty Asafu-AdjayeDame Betty, the founder of the Mission Dine Club, who has supported thousands of people within the community. Ghanaian-born Dame Betty was honoured for her services to charity in 1997 and was the first black woman to hold the title. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dame_Elizabeth_Anionwu.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photography by Michael, Licensed under Creative Commons Dame Elizabeth AnionwuElizabeth Nneka Anionwu is a British nurse, healthcare administrator, lecturer, and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at University of West London. In 1979, she became the United Kingdom's first sickle-cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, helping establish the Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Counselling centre, and then helped to establish the Sickle Cell Society, along with many others including Sherlene Rudder, Cynthia McLetchie, Winston McLaren, and Ismay Nimblett. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dandy_Livingstone.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> MARKA / Alamy Dandy Livingstone Britain's most admired singing producer, Dandy Livingstone brought homegrown reggae to homesick West Indians, helped establish Trojan Records, and was instrumental in turning what was initially a novelty genre into a nationwide obsession. Born Robert Livingstone Thompson on December 14, 1943, in Saint Andrews, Jamaica, the star-to-be immigrated to London in 1959. The teen had little interest in music at the time, and when he left school he was intent on pursuing an engineering career. His friends, however, felt differently, and watching their practices slowly kindled his interest. Eventually Livingstone recorded a demo, which he gave to Lee Gothal, who then handed it on to Rita King, who released it. The first the singer knew about it was when he heard it on the street. Throwing caution to the wind, Livingstone threw himself into music. With duos all the rage, he took on the moniker Sugar &amp; Dandy, initially double-tracking his own vocals, before bringing in first Roy Smith, then Tito "Sugar" Simone. In this guise, and as the solo "Dandy" (among many other aliases), Livingstone unleased a deluge of popular singles between 1964 and 1968. They appeared on myriad labels, although the singer remained under contract to Rita and Ben King. But with royalty checks few and far between, it never became an issue. In 1968, however, his contract lapsed, at which point Pama handed Livingstone an advance for his debut album. At precisely this point, Gothal offered him a job as an independent producer at the newly launched Trojan Records. Pama got its money back, and Trojan got itself a star. Livingstone provided all the label's recordings, at least until licensing deals were struck with a clutch of Jamaican producers. Trojan's initial attempt to sell albums to the massive was a failure, but it did result in Livingstone's excellent Follow That Donkey and Dandy Returns sets. However, his third full-length, 1969's Let's Catch the Beat, was a smashing success, the first in Trojan's budget-priced series, and the label's first brush with the U.K. charts. Meanwhile, Livingstone's Down Town imprint was also going gangbusters, with such hits as his own "Reggae in your Jeggae" and Tony Tribe's "Red Red Wine." "I Need You" and "Morning Side of the Mountain" in duet with&nbsp; were also hits, while 1970 brought the smash "Raining in My Heart." Even the latter, however, was kept out of the U.K. chart by the industry's refusal to include specialist record shops in its counts. This fate also awaited 1972's "Take a Letter Maria," with the eponymous Dandy Livingstone album arriving that same year. In September, however, the singing producer finally broke into the charts, when "Suzanne Beware of the Devil" wormed its way into the Top 15, with its follow-up, "Big City"/"Think About That," dancing into the Top 25. "Come Back Liza," however, failed to repeat these successes. Thoroughly disillusioned, Livingstone left Trojan soon after. He released a clutch of fine roots singles and a trio of excellent albums later in the '70s, though by then his interest in music was already waning. So were his feelings for Britain, and in 1983 Livingstone returned home to Jamaica. Helping to ignite the skinheads' love of reggae, penning classics that inspired the 2 Tone crowd (including "Rudy, a Message to You"), and overseeing myriad rocksteady and reggae masterpieces, Dandy Livingstone was synonymous with British reggae for an entire generation. ~ Jo-Ann Greene, Rovi <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dave_Barker_.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Nadia Nervo, Brent Museum and Archives Dave Barker Dave arrived in Brent in 1971 at age 23. A Reggae artist, Dave recorded ‘Double Barrell’ in Jamaica and arrived in the UK after receiving a phone call from Trojan Records informing him that the song was heading to number 1 in the UK singles chart. In May 1971 ‘Double Barrell’ became the second reggae single to top the charts in the UK for two consecutive weeks. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Dave_VJ.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Dave V J Dave VJ started out DJing back in 1982, where he joined the Mastermind Roadshow whilst working for Lightning Records. The following year, he began working at Arawak Records, and encountered his first taste of radio, where he presented shows on Invicta Radio and later Solar Radio. In ’84 he left Mastermind and formed the Hardrock Soul Movement with Max LX, where he went on to join the pirate radio station Kiss FM. Dave also produced a couple of singles for Elite Records and Streetwise Records. In 1990, Kiss FM became legal, and he co-hosted with Max LX on the Rap Show, where they interview the cream of the Hip Hop scene including, Public Enemy, Gangstarr, Salt ‘n’ Pepa, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and more. During his time with Kiss, he also began to host the early morning Breakfast Show as well as the Saturday morning Kiss Top 40 countdown. In 1999, Dave became A&amp;R of the legendary Street Sounds label owned by music mogul Morgan Khan, where he signed the artist D’Bora. A few years later, he become a part of the team at Choice FM as the lunchtime show presenter and had the opportunity to interview artists such as Brandy, Musiq Soulchild, Ludacris, Russell Simmons &amp; Tweet. With nearly 30 year of wearing many hats during his time of working in the music scene, Dave continues to DJ at various clubs across the UK, whilst presenting on Mi-Soul. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dawn_Butler.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Dawn Butler Dawn Butler is a senior Labour party MP who grew up in East London with her Jamaican parents. Dawn was elected MP for Brent South in 2005 and became only the third Black woman elected to the House of Commons. Since Dawn has been the first elected Black woman to sit in the British Cabinet (Minister of State for Youth Affairs in 2009) and the first Black woman to speak from the dispatch box in December 2009. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Delroy_Washington.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> https://www.discogs.com/artist/370145-Delroy-Washington Delroy WashingtonDelroy Washington was a highly talented Rasta-imbued singer-songwriter and guitarist, whose mid-1970s Virgin albums 'I Sus' and 'Rasta', showed an accessible, funk-in­fused reggae akin to Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers' version of reggae. The musician’s lineup featured members of Aswad. Jamaican-born, he lived in Brent from the early 1960s. Whilst working in the Pama record shop he met Bob Marley, and a friendship developed. Delroy sang harmonies on The Wailers’ Catch a Fire album and in several subsequent sessions. Delroy released a 1973 Lord Koos single entitled 'Jah Man A Come', and an earlier version of 'Freedom Fighters' as a 1975 single on his Axum label. Delroy passed away in March 2020. He went to school at John Kelly Boys High School in Neasden. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dennis_Alcapone.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Ian West / PA Images / Alamy Dennis Alcapone Dennis Alapone initially trained as a welder and worked for the Jamaica Public Services.Inspired by the big sound systems that he had visited in his youth such as those run by Duke Reid, Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster, and particularly King Tubby’s Home Town Hi-Fi, which featured the DJ U-Roy, and the Kentone sound system featuring DJ Pamapdo, Alcapone teamed up with two friends, Lizzy and Samuel the First, to set up his own “El Paso” sound system in 1969. With Smith as DJ, the El Paso sound system grew in popularity and caught the attention of producer Keith Hudson, who asked him to record for him, starting with “Marker Version”,hits soon following in the form of “Spanish Amigo”, “Shades Of Hudson” – Alcopne then moved to Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One where he decided on a change of name, ‘Al Capone’ being a nickname that had stuck with him since going to see a gangster movie with friends. This resulted in the “Nanny Version” single, which was another big Jamaican hit, and his recordings for Dodd were collected on his debut album, Forever Version, Producer Duke Reid then employed the DJ on a series of singles in 1971 and 1972 such as “Number One Station”, “The Great Woggie”, “Teach The Children”, and “Musical Alphabet”, and in the same era, Alcapone also recorded singles for Bunny Lee including “Ripe Cherry” and “Guns Don’t Argue”. In the period from 1970 to 1973, Alcapone made over 100 singles and released three albums for a range of producers including Hudson, Dodd, Reid, Bunny Lee, Lee Perry, Joe Gibbs, Prince Buster, Alvin Ranglin, Prince Tony Robinson, J.J. Johnson and Phil Pratt. He also began working as a producer, working with artists such as Dennis Brown, Augustus Pablo and Delroy Wilson, as well as self-productions. He was named Best DJ by Jamaican magazine Swing in 1972. After several international tours in the first half of the 1970s, Alcapone relocated to London, England in 1974 and after releasing four further albums between 1974 and 1977, became less active musically, particularly after the death of his mother in 1979, although still recorded occasionally. He returned to live performance and recording in the 1988 and appeared at the WOMAD festival in 1989. He returned to Jamaica in 1990 to record again with Bunny Lee, and also made an appearance on Adrian Sherwood’s Two Bad Card album. He released an album with Mad Professor in 1997, 21st Century Version. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Dennis_Bovell.jpg" style="width: 100%;">© Jan Prunk / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 &amp; GFDL Dennis Bovell Influential musician and record producer Dennis Bovell was born in Saint Peter, Barbados, and moved to south London at the age of 12. Dennis was a member of prominent 1970s British reggae band Matumbi, and has produced albums under his own name as well as the pseudonym ‘Blackbeard’. As a producer, songwriter and sound engineer Dennis revolutionised the sound of reggae and dub music in Britain. Dennis innovated sub-genres including Lovers Rock, which took its name from a record label founded in Brockley. He has collaborated extensively with poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, as well as artists from Janet Kay to Joss Stone. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dennis_Nrown.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Photo by Fin Costello / Staff via Getty Images Dennis BrownSinger, lyricist and musician Dennis Brown ‘The Crown Prince of Reggae’ lived in Brent between 1993 and 1999. Brown launched his professional career at the age of 11 and made a huge contribution to the evolution of reggae music, both in Jamaica and worldwide. Brown recorded more than 150 albums, with many international hits including ‘Money in my pocket’ and ‘Love has found its way’. <img width="1105" height="1600" width_o="1105" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/886c5ad39f1ef4f928ecfdcb42725fdd59a992f5668b77d8b17f7d694b130cae/Untold_Stories_Holding1.svg" data-mid="156574376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/886c5ad39f1ef4f928ecfdcb42725fdd59a992f5668b77d8b17f7d694b130cae/Untold_Stories_Holding1.svg" /> DesmondText to follow. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Diane_Shrouder_Johnson.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Diane Shrouder Johnson Diane Shrouder Johnson Diane was born in Brent and currently resides there. She was born to Jamaican parents the late, Great Arthur and Linette Shrouder. She is passionate about Legacy, Health and Wellbeing, Music, Intergenerational working and more! Diane has strong connections in Brent and farther afield. She is extremely passionate about reaching out to people whenever and wherever she can. Her work with Food banks including the Trussell Trust and other organisations is evident of this. Diane has worked with Jason Roberts Foundation and others to deliver successful events for both elders and young people. She volunteered for the Borough Of Culture 2020 where she was a Storyteller for "No Bass Like Home'', capturing stories for Brent Archives. In 2020, she became a Health and Wellbeing Community Champion Volunteer for the Brent Health Matters Programme. Which is a joined up approach from Brent Council, NHS and others to tackle inequalities. Together with Pastor Mario Phillip (Pastor of Willesden Seventh Day Adventist Church) Individuals from Communities, Faith groups and Community organisations, Diane was instrumental in creating "Community Action Team" CAT, some of this work has included sending a 40ft container to St Vincent and and one to Haiti. International Reggae Day UK, appointed her as the Reggae Tree Ambassador for the ReggaeTree in Harlesden. In February 2022 Diane worked on Brent Archive's "Conversations With Our Legacy" Project, where there were two events organised by BBMC. Diane is a member of the Learie Constantine Centre, a place that she has known since childhood. The new centre is due to open in December 2023. Her company "Serene Me" helps and supports individuals and organisations with their endeavours. She uses her skills, knowledge and experience to meet their needs. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Diane_White.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Nadia Nervo, Brent Museum and Archives Diane White (Akabu) In 1981 a group of seven female musicians formed a band called African Woman - the world's first widely-known all female reggae band. They were Shelomi Coke, Diane White, Caroline Williams, Paulette Coke, Valerie Skeete, Barbara Grossett and Vyris Edghill. Their debut album 'African Woman Abroad' was released in 1982. In 1985 Valerie Skeete and Vyris Edghill took another avenue and recorded a soul track, "Watch Yourself" under the name of Akabu, released via the American-based Tommy Boy label. Subsequently it was decided to merge the two ventures, incorporating both reggae and soul under the name Akabu. In 1988 the self-titled album 'Akabu' was released on their own Viva Records label. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Dion_Cousins.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Dion Cousins Dion CousinsText to follow. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Don_Letts.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Yui Mok / PA Images / Alamy Don LettsDon Letts is a DJ, filmmaker and musician. He has lived in Kensal Rise for 30 years. Born to Jamaican parents, Letts introduced reggae to the British punk scene. Letts worked as a DJ at the UK’s first punk club, The Roxy. He made his first film, The Punk Rock Movie (1978), filming live acts at the club, including The Clash and X-Ray Spex. Today he hosts Culture Clash Radio on BBC Radio 6 Music. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Donald-Palmer.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Copyright: British Library Board Donald PalmerDonald Palmer, born in 1962 in London, is Senior Lecturer in Immunology in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department of the Royal Veterinary College, London. His research is concerned with the role of the thymus in the ageing of the immune system. Donald’s parents emigrated from Jamaica in the early 1960s. Following secondary education in a comprehensive school in south London, Donald completed an Ordinary National Diploma in Medical Sciences at South London Technical College and then read Medical Sciences at the University of Bradford, 1980-1983. Donald completed an MSc in Immunology at King’s College, London, 1986-1989, and then a PhD investigating the genetic regulation of Beta-2-microglobulin in the Division of Transplantation Biology, Clinical Science Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, 1989-1992, in Brent. In 1998, following post doctoral work at Cancer Research UK and Imperial College, London, Donald was appointed a Research Lecturer at Imperial College, with a Medical Research Council Career Development Award. In 2002, he moved from Imperial College to the Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Immunology. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Dread.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Portrait by Colin Yates, Brent Museum and Archives Dread Broadcasting CorporationDread Broadcasting Corporation: Popularly known as DBC, it was the very first black owned, black music pirate station in Britain. It was founded by, the recently departed, Lepke, a music fan, and broadcast on medium wave for a few hours at weekends from his house on Aboyne Road, NW10 in Neasden. In addition to presenting, Lepke’s Sister Miss P, became an integral part of running the station. Despite poor strength and reception, due to the topography of its Neasden location, the station achieved a legendary status due to its strong brand image and musical menu of reggae, R&amp;B, soca, calypso, jazz and African music, which could not be heard elsewhere. It also offered accessible radio advertising for small businesses. Miss P was soon poached to work on BBC Radio 1. Other notable names that worked on DBC include Neneh Cherry and the author Lloyd Bradley. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-E Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:20:28 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-E BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156575113" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156575114" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Ekow_Eshun.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Stephen Chung / Alamy Ekow Eshun Ekow Eshun attended Kingsbury School and is a Ghanaian-British writer, editor and curator. Eshun studied politics and history at the London School of Economics. He is Chairman of Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, and Creative Director of the arts space Calvert 22 Foundation. <img width="1105" height="1600" width_o="1105" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87714155ceffcce097c8e12308cf440aa49bed1cb62c5ac3353e1dc58c9b4227/Untold_Stories_Holding2.svg" data-mid="156575108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87714155ceffcce097c8e12308cf440aa49bed1cb62c5ac3353e1dc58c9b4227/Untold_Stories_Holding2.svg" /> Emma Louise BucknorText to follow. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Ernest_Ezeajugh.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/ernest-nnaama-ezeajughi-1960/ Ernest Ezeajugh In 2019 Ernest N. Ezeajughi was elected Mayor of the London Borough of Brent, population 331,000. He was born in 1960 in Awgbu Town in southern Nigeria, Anambra State, the son of Sir Simeon Okeke Ezeajughi, an educator and prominent politician. After attendance at Aguata High School, Ezeajughi matriculated at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) at its main campus in the city of Awka where he was active in student government and studied medical microbiology before graduating in 1998. Upon completing a mandatory one-year term with the Nigerian National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) he worked in his family’s business, Koval Linkworld Agencies Ltd. Ezeajughi left for Brent, England, in 2004 to reunite with his wife. He acquired his Master of Science degree in environment health management at Kings College London, then was employed at several organizations, among them the Royal Mail, Public Health England and the Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Still attracted to politics, he became a founding member of the British chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) party and was its chairman from 2010 to 2012. In May 2014, Ezeajughi, also a member of the Labour Party, won a seat on the Brent Council representing Stonebridge ward. Reelected in 2018, months later he was elected Deputy Mayor of Brent. He has indicated that his affinity for politics is owed to the influence of both his Nigerian father and South Africa’s legendary Nelson Mandela. The father of four children, Ezeajughi continues to live in Wembley with his wife, Ijeoma. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Errol_Donald.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.erroldonald.com/ Errol Donald Accomplished creative director and cultural consultant with a passion for cultural exchange, education and youth advocacy. Founder and Director of Mindspray, a creative platform established to preserve, celebrate and share cultural narratives, and currently hold leadership posts within the academic, cultural and creative sectors. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Easmond.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Esmond Buchanan Director of EAB Enterprizes in Wembley who are&nbsp; a local washing machine repair company. They provide washing machine repairs, dishwasher repairs and domestic appliance repairs. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-F Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:23:44 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-F BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156575297" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156575298" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Fitzroy_Lee2.png" style="width: 100%;">https://www.mtcsolicitors.co.uk/fitzroy Fitzroy Lee Fitzroy Lee, a specialist criminal law solicitor with MTC Solicitors. <img width="1105" height="1600" width_o="1105" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87714155ceffcce097c8e12308cf440aa49bed1cb62c5ac3353e1dc58c9b4227/Untold_Stories_Holding2.svg" data-mid="156575294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87714155ceffcce097c8e12308cf440aa49bed1cb62c5ac3353e1dc58c9b4227/Untold_Stories_Holding2.svg" /> Fitzroy TaylorText to follow. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Flirta_D.png" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives Flirta D Introducing Flirta D, the London based pioneering Grime MC <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_Floyd-Steadman.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Floyd Steadman Floyd Steadman went to Kingsbury High School, Wembley. He had a difficult childhood and grew up in care. Told he should train to ‘work with his hands’, instead he insisted on taking A levels so he could become a teacher. As one of the few Black players in English club rugby, he was named Saracens captain at the age of 23 and played a leading role in the club’s progress during the 1980s. After retiring from rugby, he became an inspiring teacher. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Fr_Stuart.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/vocations/mentor-directory/stuart-melchor Fr Stuart Melchor My name is Stuart Melchor and I currently hold the position of Curate at St Joseph the Worker, Northolt. I was brought up in Harlesden, North West London. My parents were part of the Windrush generation where Christianity was an integral part of life meaning that I was brought up in the Church. Typically as a teen and a young man I broke away at the earliest opportunity. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;"> https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-G Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:27:22 +0000 Brent Untold Stories https://untoldstoriesbrent.cargo.site/Brent-Heroes-G BRENT HEROES Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent. <img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" data-mid="156575540" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/146711f4e3df4845070bd014400d131a42d507c9778ae3ecdfe31d5f3f9ab439/Untold_Stories_View_Trail_3.svg" /><img width="624" height="87" width_o="624" height_o="87" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" data-mid="156575541" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/a9e4e3bf08e0cbdae2d6d2051e071e8822cfcf2862a0336d46ebf2d8ed67795a/Untold_Stories_Nominate.svg" /> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_General_Levy.jpg" style="width: 100%;"> Photograph by Orlando Gili, Brent Museum and Archives General Levy General Levy is a reggae/jungle DJ who was born in Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal. He achieved hits on the reggae scene, such as 'Heat' and The Wig', and major label ffrr/London released a re-jigged version of his second album entitled 'Wickedness Increase'. He's best known for one of jungle music's first crossover singles, 'Incredible', which made the top 10 in 1994. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Untold_Stories_George_The_Poet.jpg" style="width: 100%;">Mark Waugh / Alamy George the Poet George the Poet is a London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. His innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and a social commentator. <img width="1105" height="1600" width_o="1105" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/886c5ad39f1ef4f928ecfdcb42725fdd59a992f5668b77d8b17f7d694b130cae/Untold_Stories_Holding1.svg" data-mid="156575538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/886c5ad39f1ef4f928ecfdcb42725fdd59a992f5668b77d8b17f7d694b130cae/Untold_Stories_Holding1.svg" /> Gloria Maitland Text to follow. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Updated_UntoldStories_Keith_Gussy.jpg" style="width: 100%;">https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/22005320.football-coach-wembley-recognised-community-champion/ Gussy Young Keith Gussy Young who is a full time warehouse manager has worked for Brent School’s football for 30 years, and Middlesex schools football. He is also a talent scout for Tottenham Hotspur, going to watch young players and taking them to trials. The dedicated youth worker has run youth clubs in the borough for 18 years and co-runs Roots Fm, a local community radio station based in Harlesden. <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1624714/Back-to-Top.svg" style="width: 50%;">