A Jamaican in Lincolnshire - From the wartime RAF to a Life in Boston

The memoir of Ralph Ottey, covering his childhood in Jamaica, his wartime service in the RAF and his life and career in Lincolnshire

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction

Part 1: Little London, Jamaica and Me, 1924-1944
1. Growing up in Little London
2. My family and home life
3. Leaving school and preparing for war

Part 2: In the Royal Air Force, 1944-1948
4. To England for training
5. Learning a trade
6. To Lincolnshire I go
7. Love and the Gliderdrome
8. Preparing for civvy street
9. To Jamaica and back

Part 3: Life in Boston from 1948
10. You'll never get a job here
11. Cricket, cricket, cricket
12. The early years of my wholesale career
13. Into the 'Swinging 60s'
14. Jamaican homecoming
15. Wholesale expansion
16. All change again
17. Retirement and after

About the author

Ralph Ottey

Summary

The memoir of Ralph Ottey, covering his childhood in Jamaica, his wartime service in the RAF and his life and career in Lincolnshire

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Ottey
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2024
• EAN: 9781910653111
• ISBN: 978-1-910653-11-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society: Occasional Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History