Dear List-members
We are wondering if you can help us.
My colleague and I are London-based Independent producers of educational resources. We are currently gathering eye-witness testimonies regarding the Second World War in the Caribbean theatre. The initial objectives for the material we are gathering are a book and online resource - for schools and colleges. [NB. we have fully researched archive sources to provide us with a strong understanding of this history].
We are hoping to make contact with veterans who served in the Caribbean theatre in WWII – with particular reference to 1942 & 1943.
We are wondering if you can help or advise our search for veterans who served in this theatre.
We are gathering testimonies from all perspectives - servicemen, civilians, U-Boatmen, merchant sailors.... Our search for contributions is all about providing Educators and Learners with as broad and diverse a perspective as possible: We want to gain an impression of the war at sea, we are also gathering memories of the West Indies as bases of operations; what impressions their civilian populations made; how the islands provided for torpedoed merchant seamen; memories of shore-leave...
To see the sort of educational resources we make, please visit our website, or alternatively, you can view a short trailer for our last project for schools and colleges - on the University of Washington's 'Black Past' website:
www.blackpast.org/?q=video/first-black-britons We look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Tony T
Rebecca Goldstone
Sweet Patootee Ltd
T/F: 01144 207 686 5101
W:
www.sweetpatootee.co.uk