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Description: | Gloria Bailey was recruited by London Transport in Jamaica in 1954. She came to London with her husband to work on the buses.
Like many of her contemporaries from the West Indies who came to work in London after the Second World War, Gloria had never visited Britain before. But there was a family connection. At that time, Jamaica was still a part of the Empire ruled by Britain. As a result, many Jamaican men had fought for Britain during the First and Second World Wars.
Gloria's father had been a soldier in the First World War and had visited London during his time in the army.
Here Gloria speaks about the reasons behind her decision to come to London. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Migration and Citizenship Work | Temporal: | 1950-1959 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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