Wesley Gordon's brother Henry had come to England a year previously and lived in Howard Street. Henry borrowed a car and picked Wesley up from the airport. Wes had no problems finding work and his first job was as labourer on the city's new bus station. His wife also came from St Catherine in Jamaica in the same year 1960 but then they didnt even know each other.  | | Myrna worked as a nurse |
They met in Gloucester Park and married in 1964. Despite both having planned to stay for only five years, they now see Gloucester as home, and have no plans to return to Jamaica except on holiday. Myrna also came directly to Gloucester to stay with a relative - her cousin Pearl, who had sent her a letter giving instructions on how to get there from the airport. Good Samaritan
She recalls the first person from Gloucester that she met was a lady on the train from London. Her 'Good Samaritan' helped her get off at the right station, wouldn't let her get a taxi and insisted on giving her a lift. Despite it being the early hours of the morning, the lady waited to see if she had the right place. When it turned out that her cousin had moved, she took Myrna to her new address. 
I used to fill my hot water bottle and carry it under my coat. If I could have walked I would have gone back home. | | Myrna Gordon |
She found the March cold difficult to cope with and remembers not being happy at first. "I used to fill my hot water bottle and carry it under my coat If I could have walked I would have gone back home." Her first job was at Holm Hospital in Tewkesbury in a geriatric ward. She remembers being taken care of and called "my little girl" by the sister who knitted her a woollen hat. Her first wage packets were spent on buying warm clothes. Now very much a part of their local community, the Gordons opened their own off licence and general store in Millbrook Street in 1972. Myrna sadly passed away a few years ago but Wes still runs the store. | 
