A veteran Win immigrant duscusses playing for a cricket team in the UK after arriving from the West Indies, revealing that he wanted to play for a West Indian cricket team.
The Prince of Wales met Alford Gardner in an ITV documentary. READ MORE:This is the heartwarming moment Prince William plays cricket with a Windrush passenger who formed the first Caribbean cricket club in the UK in 1948.
The pair, who previously met on Windrush Day in 2022, then travel to Headingley cricket ground where William takes to the crease with the bat as Alford bowls to him - and he asks the pensioner to 'be gentle'. Speaking about the club in his home, Alford tells Prince William there were other cricket clubs in Leeds when he arrived in 1948, but says: 'I wanted a West Indian team!'
As Alford and the Prince of Wales arrived at the club, the cricket club founder was welcomed by friends and family, with the royal even making a speech to pay tribute to his contribution to the community. Joseph Mowlah-Baksh, 65, describes himself as an 'emotional wreck' as he speaks to former Spice Girl Mel B about living without a passport for 40 years
'From leaving school I always worked and that was my intention - to work till I retired,' he explains.
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