From My Yard To Your Yard

From My Yard To Your Yard - A Windrush 75th Aniversary Podcast [Trailer Episode]

Welcome to the three-part series, “From My Yard To Your Yard” where my Father, Raymond Ezekiel Coke, recounts his journey from Rural Jamaica to London in the swinging 60’s and onto the 21st Century.It’s a potted history of the black experience in the UK, from the band of pioneers, who 75 years on, are now referred to as the "Windrush Generation".It’s raw, unfiltered and authentic but also delivered from My Yard to Your Yard with Peace, Love & Blessings!Please subscribe to catch every episode & share with your bredrin & sistren

From My Yard To Your Yard | Episode 1:The Ska Years

In 1962 Raymond Ezekiel Coke boarded a plane from Kingston Jamaica to come to London in the UK. In 2021 Clayton M Coke, Raymond’s son switched on a microphone & recorded his father's journey for posterity. A journey that many others from "The Windrush Generation" had also taken. From My Yard to Your Yard is the oral history of that journey but it’s also the history of being black, Caribbean, British, and that relationship with the Commonwealth & ultimately the UK.This podcast has been broken into 3 parts and each part signifies the type of music that my father would have been listening to at each stage in his life.Episode 1: The Ska YearsEpisode 2: The Reggae YearsEpisode 3: The Gospel YearsThe picture on the cover of this  podcast shows from [L to R]  Vincent “Tex” Sewell aka “Uncle Vin”, Raymond Ezekiel Coke aka my Father, William Albert Coke aka “Uncle Will”This picture was one of 3 only one survives and this picture was supplied courtesy of Christine Sewell, Uncle Vin’s daughter. Theme song “Hurricane Raymond “ [podcast edit]. Written, arranged & produced by Clayton M Coke For Dialogue London LimitedThe copyright & intellectual property contained in this podcast is attributed to Dialogue London Limited © 2023 

From My Yard To Your Yard | Episode 2:The Reggae Years

In 1962 Raymond Ezekiel Coke boarded a plane from Kingston Jamaica to come to London in the UK. In 2021 Clayton M Coke, Raymond’s son switched on a microphone & recorded his father's journey for posterity. A journey that many others from "The Windrush Generation" had also taken. From My Yard to Your Yard is the oral history of that journey but it’s also the history of being black, Caribbean, British, and that relationship with the Commonwealth & ultimately the UK.This podcast has been broken into 3 parts and each part signifies the type of music that my father would have been listening to at each stage in his life.Episode 1: The Ska YearsEpisode 2: The Reggae YearsEpisode 3: The Gospel YearsThe picture on the cover of this  podcast shows from [L to R]  Vincent “Tex” Sewell aka “Uncle Vin”, Raymond Ezekiel Coke aka my Father, William Albert Coke aka “Uncle Will”This picture was one of 3 only one survives and this picture was supplied courtesy of Christine Sewell, Uncle Vin’s daughter. Theme song “Hurricane Raymond “ [podcast edit]. Written, arranged & produced by Clayton M Coke For Dialogue London LimitedThe copyright & intellectual property contained in this podcast is attributed to Dialogue London Limited © 2023 

From My Yard To Your Yard | Episode 3:The Gospel Years

In 1962 Raymond Ezekiel Coke boarded a plane from Kingston Jamaica to come to London in the UK. In 2021 Clayton M Coke, Raymond’s son switched on a microphone & recorded his father's journey for posterity. A journey that many others from "The Windrush Generation" had also taken. From My Yard to Your Yard is the oral history of that journey but it’s also the history of being black, Caribbean, British, and that relationship with the Commonwealth & ultimately the UK.This podcast has been broken into 3 parts and each part signifies the type of music that my father would have been listening to at each stage in his life.Episode 1: The Ska YearsEpisode 2: The Reggae YearsEpisode 3: The Gospel YearsThe picture on the cover of this  podcast shows from [L to R]  Vincent “Tex” Sewell aka “Uncle Vin”, Raymond Ezekiel Coke aka my Father, William Albert Coke aka “Uncle Will”This picture was one of 3 only one survives and this picture was supplied courtesy of Christine Sewell, Uncle Vin’s daughter. Theme song “Hurricane Raymond “ [podcast edit]. Written, arranged & produced by Clayton M Coke For Dialogue London LimitedThe copyright & intellectual property contained in this podcast is attributed to Dialogue London Limited © 2023