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Memoirs of a successful Jamaican immigrant family - the Henriques - which settled in England in 1919. Cyril Charles Henriques - with a French, Greek, Haitian and Jewish background - was a successful Kingston merchant who brought his large family to Britain to pursue his fortune and ensure his children's welfare. With the natural zest of a Caribbean people, the children grasped the great opportunities opened to them, offering a mosaic of talents to their new country. Several became prominent in their chosen professions: Carryl invented the phonostethograph; Cyril George became President of the Court of Appeal in Jamaica: Pauline was the first black woman magistrate in the UK; and Fernando was an eminent academic and writer on class and multi-racial studies Their own and their children's writings brought together in this book make a lasting contribution to understanding the history and development of today's multi-cultural and multi-cultural societies.