‘It’s a joyful space’: National Trust tells story of Birmingham’s Windrush generation

Mykal Brown’s back room, recreated here, was also the HQ of Wassifa sound system. Photograph: Andrew Fox/The Guardian

Gazing around a recreation of his childhood home in 1970s Birmingham, Mykal Brown said he was overcome by waves of nostalgia.

“It’s emotional for me because when I look at different things, I remember things,” said Brown, whose parents Erick and Vera (known as Miss Dotty) travelled to Handsworth in Birmingham from the Caribbean as part of the Windrush generation.