It’s difficult to refer to my father in the past tense, as he very recently passed away. Speaking at an event on Remembrance Sunday this year, I recalled the memories of my father.

There were many far ranging tributes from those who attended the funeral and who loved Maas Roy for the very special man that he was to everyone.

It was a glorious day on 2 December 2019 when a blue plaque went up to commemorate the achievements of Emma Clarke, the first black female fotballer in the UK.

What a great memorial event for Remembrance Sunday. My father and I were fully booked, we attended the Remembrance Service in Brixton in the morning and were guests of Dotun Adebayo the same evening live on BBC.

This notable day that established a Windrush Commemoration Committee was a fitting tribute to the Windrush generation. Here we read how Brixton was the first Windrush community.

In this article published in the Gleaner 17 May 2018 Maas Roy talks about Windrush, proudly wears his presidential award and displays a personally prized photo from 1954.

This article on Maas Roy was published by Jamaica Information Service and the Jamaican Observer. More recognition of Maas Roy’s marvellous achievements.

This post is a filler item from the BBC website about Yvonne Archer’s respect for the famous radiologist Marie Curie and features a brief audio.

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