As the dead remember the past

If you ever visit St Paul’s in Bristol, where Ashley Road meets Grosvenor

Road you will notice a patch of grass. There you will see a bronze bust of a previous resident of the area.

This bust is of the black Jamaican born poet, actor and play writer, Alfred Fagan. He was resident of the area until he died in 1986 after migrating to England in 1955. We have included the following poem as we feel it encompasses the sentiment of Reparations Bristol.

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“If you ever visit the As the dead remember the past, So men of Freedom will ever force their will.For between the walls there is freedom. Me that lived the green fields is free to make music with the wind. So shall I.  With my people at heart My music and me – this is the truth for all.”

Alfred Fagan 1937-1986