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Daily Mirror
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Milo Boyd

Trailblazer became Britain's first black train driver after arriving in UK penniless

The remarkable story of Britain's first black train driver who travelled to the UK by hiding beneath a crate of bananas has been shared by one of his proud daughters.

Wilston Samuel Jackson was a trailblazing member of the Windrush generation who embarked on perilous journeys across the Atlantic Ocean and confronted entrenched prejudice on the other side in a bid to make new lives for themselves in the UK.

At the age of just 23 the Jamaican left his life in Kingston behind and headed to England, only to be caught and sent back home several times until he followed a relative's advice.

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