This was a turning point in history, the world order was changing – humanity had just survived the horrors of World War II and Great Britain was limping itself on a path of recovery.
Great Britain turned to the citizens of the Caribbean to lead the reconstruction process and to fill the labour shortages. In return they were promised "a better life" as citizens of the commonwealth living in the "mother country".
Job advertisements in newspapers such as The Daily Gleaner promised the realization of that dream, for which the applicants paid £28.10s to travel to Great Britain.
On May 24 1948, the SS Empire Windrush set sail from Kingston, Jamaica with 492 official Caribbean migrants, drawn from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda. The
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In 1941, Baugh enlisted in the Royal Engineers of the British Army and from his service he gained exposure to different pottery styles. Baugh said he was inspired when he saw the use of Persian Blue colour on one of his deployments in Cairo, Egypt. This colour was similar to one he achieved when mixed copper oxide and glass and the discovery of Persian Blue was very encouraging as he continued to hone his work in ceramics.
Cecil wanted to know everything there was to know about ceramics to enhance his teaching skills on his return to Jamaica. Baugh, though, was not satisfied with the extent of his knowledge, and wanted to go to England.
In 1948, he paid for his passage, sailing aboard the Empire Windrush. Among his goals was securing internship with the famed Bernadrd Leach, who was regarded as the "Father of British Studio Pottery". Unable to immediately achieve this, he first spent three months working with Margaret Leach, in Monmouthshire. He managed to obtain a one-year fellowship under the guidance of Bernard Leach and by 1949, he was demonstrating on BBC television the walk around technique of traditional Jamaican