I would like to thank the following who have been instrumental in the creation and staging of the exhibition:
Katy Barron for curating the exhibition.
Rossella Black at Lambeth Council and Brixton Library for enabling the exhibition to be staged in the Clapham Library.
Liz Buchanan, and all of her team, at the Clapham Library for their assistance during the exhibition.
Jeremy Keates at the Clapham Business Improvement District (‘Clapham BID’) team for funding the Public Art Exhibition along Clapham High Street.
Vincent Oliver for support in processing the image files.
Mal Soor for producing the exhibition graphics.
Diana Whitehead for promoting the exhibition and managing media relations.
…and my wife, Ruth, for her invaluable support and advice over many months.
This story truly could not have been told without the participation and support of the following. Every one of your contributions has been invaluable and I am deeply indebted to you. Thank you so very much for your support, your welcome, your openness, your encouragement and your many kindnesses:
Lesley Allen and all of the Stockwell Good Neighbours; Susanna Barnes; Mary Berkeley-Agyepong and pupils at Winterbourne Junior Girls' school in Croydon; Angelique 'Simone' Blackstock; Monica Blair; Colin Brown; Sandra Bynoe, Angela Henriques, Deborah Klass, and all of their colleagues at the Windrush Generation Legacy Association in Croydon; Selena Carty; Gilbert Clarke and his son, Alan, his daughter, Kay, and his daughter-in-law Elvan; Anne Daley and her grandson, Nathan, and her great granddaughter, Melika; Jayanne and Jordan Davis; Vianie Elliot; Alisa Flemming; Alford and Howard Gardner; Graham Gayle and pupils at Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton; Carmen Green; Hermine Grocia’s daughters, Margaret and Sandra, and her granddaughters, Kerryn and Krystyna; Nadine Lovelace and all of the Diamonds domino team; Jenief Marriot and her son; Vince McBean; Derek Medhurst; Ingrid Munroe and her daughter Stacey and granddaughter Carlicia; Julia Nimmons; Azizi Peters; Mark Richards; Elaine Roberts; Quincy Rowe and Natasha Paine; Lydia Smith and pupils at Elms Academy in Clapham; Merah-Louise Smith and her son Tony; Paul Smith; Mervin Stewart and the Brixton Immortals Domino Club; Pam 'Stargirl'; WASP domino club.
I am also most grateful to the following who donated some £14,000 to the ‘Kickstarter’ campaign which helped fund this story and the exhibition:
Anna; David Aird; Bermuda Apple; Steve Ashby; Sally Banks; Clive Bannister; Susanna Barnes; Hilary Barton; Jo Benson; Nick Bowman; Josephine Breese; Robin Brown; Susanna Brown; Pamela Brown-Peterside; Simon Butterworth; Ian Callaghan; Vanessa Calver; Jane and Peter Carmichael; Susan Casey; Nigel Chadwick; Tom Challenor; Tim Clement-Jones; Charles Coase; Steve Cooke; Tina Cooper; Teddy Coward; Maddalena Crosti; Geoff Cullinan; Sara Davidson; Race Davies; Amy Davies Dolamore; Cleo Douglas; Peter Day; Rani Dhanda; Mark Darbon; Naomi Dominique; Augusta Edwards; Thomas Egetemeyer; Jon Eggleton; Danielle Ferguson; Amy Forbes; Mandy Ford; Stuart Franklin; Richard Fries; Will Garrood; Jackie and John Goldstone; Asha Goodchild; Rosemary Green; Tracey Gregory; Nick Guppy; Sarah Hall; Maria Hamilton; Marc Hartog; Michael Hoppen; Phil Howard; Mike Hurford; Huxley Land; David Hynes; Marie Jaeger; Michael and Jonathan Jary; Mick Jenkinson; Chris Jepson; Farida Kaikobad; Katie Kelly; Gay Kershaw; Nicola Kingston; Heleen Koolhof; Richard Kwan; Anjela Lauren Smith; Matthew Lester; Simon Lewis; Rachel Lindholm; Simon Litherland; Anne Lord; Tristan Lund; Deirdre Mahlan; Bianca Marsden-Day; Howard Martin; Niki Martin; Val Mather; Alastair McDonald; Wallee McDonnell; John McGrath; Chris McIntosh; Mark McLaren; Scott Mead; Derek Medhurst; Ivan Menezes; Helen Michels; Eve Milner; Katie Milton; Susan Moehlmann; Siobhan Moriarty; Sarah Jane Morley; Peter Mudd; Brenda Nunez; Kim Osbourne; Chris Outram; Martin Parr; Becky Payne; Andy Payton; Rosie Pearson; Toby Pease; Dunstan Pedropillai; Constantia Pennie; Dorothy Penniecooke; Edwina Pike; Nick Reid; Janet Rettner; Simon Roberts; Rachel Robinson; Nick and Kay Rose; Ian Russell; Daniel Sandford Smith; Bex Sentance; Huma Sibtain; Jackie Slotte; The Creative Fund by BackerKit; Jane Tipping; Paul Tunnacliffe; Joanna Vestey; Davina Walter; Gareth Williams; Charles Wilmot-Smith; Philip Winn; Jennifer Withers; Leanne Wood; Yavuz Yilmaz.