Decades 1 & 2 (1948-1967) Part 2

In 1948 the first of the Caribbean Pentecostal Churches was founded in London. It was the Calvary Church of God in Christ. Others soon followed such as the New Testament Church of God and Church of God of Prophecy in 1953.

2. In 1954 Pamela Margaret-Ball became the first Black woman (born in Jamaica) to be admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS.

3. In 1964 the first Credit Union in Britain was set up by a group of 10 faith leaders of Caribbean background. .

4. In 1966 Sunrise Bakery was founded in the West Midlands by Herman Drummond and William Lamont mainly in response to the limited access to local employment. This enterprise is now a family run business, and the UK’s