Vintage Voices: Oral History Project

Devon C. Thomas

Managing Director, Griot

Date and Place of Birth: 29th February 1952, Jamaica

Topics: Fascinating story of a life that records Brixton’s recent history.

Interviewer: Marilyn Rogers 09.05.17

Jean Barker

Council worker and activist

Date and Place of Birth: November 1946, Lewes for 10 days, then home to Battersea

Topics: Activism, Lambeth Social Services, Vauxhall Gardens Tenants Association, Carnival.

Interviewer: Caroline Funnell 10.05.17

Wendy Sullivan

Painter/Poet

Date & Place of Birth: 18th May 1938, Lavender Hill

Topics: Arts, Life, Poetry, Activism

Interviewer: Jo Spilman 17.05.17

Marilyn Rogers

Community Artist and Educator

Date and Place of Birth: 25th April 1952, Neath, South Wales.

Topics: Brixton Arts Collective, home and family life.

Interviewer: Jo Spilman 08.05.17

Jacqueline Ezekew

Day Centre social worker (retired)

Date and Place of Birth: 24th March 1943, Lancashire

Topics: Family and work

Interviewer: Jo Spilman 20.05.17

Annick Alet

Office Administrator

Date and Place of Birth: 19th February 1952, Guadeloupe (French West-Indies)

Topics: Coming to Brixton in 1985, working life in local government, volunteering, music.

Interviewer: Marilyn Rogers 11.05.17

Heather Dennis

Retired

Date and Place of Birth: 11th June 1946, St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth.

Topics: From 1946 Brixton to present day. A great description of surviving and enterprise, children. Excellent Brixton stories.

Interviewer: Jo Spilman 19.05.17