- Lynval Golding was born on July 24, 1951 in Saint Catherine, Middlesex, Jamaica. He is an actor and composer, known for Mystery Men (1999), Love & Other Drugs (2010) and SLC Punk! (1998).
- Moved to Coventry, England, when he was eighteen.
- [Originally appeared in The Big Issue #1414, 18-24 June, 2020] I am one of the Windrush generation. I came over from Jamaica in 1964. My father was part of the generation Winston Churchill called over. I cried when I had to leave my mother behind.
- [Originally appeared in The Big Issue #1414, 18-24 June, 2020] My sister and I had one passport. I only got a British passport when The Specials took off. My Jamaican passport caused so much hassle going through customs. So I got my British Citizenship then, but I always thought I was British anyway.
- [Originally appeared in The Big Issue #1414, 18-24 June, 2020] We were brought up to believe England was the motherland.
- [Originally appeared in The Big Issue #1414, 18-24 June, 2020] I've fought all my life to say my life matters.
- [Originally appeared in The Big Issue #1414, 18-24 June, 2020] Windrush Day was long overdue to show respect for the sweat, blood and tears West Indians put into this country. It took 70 years to get recognition for my father's generation for the work they did. And after all that, people were threatened with deportation. Kids who were five or six when they came to England, that is what they had to go through. Shame, shame, shame.
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