Vanessa

My mum's from Barbados. She came over when she was 14 or 15 with her mum, and I don't think she really liked it at first. The same with my dad - he came over from St Kitts as a child with his parents and he used to write letters home to his grandma saying, 'Come and get me Grandma. I don't like it here'.

I don't ask much about my family's past - my mum tells me little bits but it's usually my grandma who loves to tell us about 'back home in Bimshire', which is what she calls Barbados. My gran likes writing lots of stories about when she was in St Kitts so I know quite a bit from that.

Vanessa Wenham

I've been to St Kitts once. When you get off the plane the heat hits you. It's just hot. And it's much more relaxed, even at the airport we were told not to hurry. In St Kitts you can go round the whole island in a car in about 2 hours; if you get lost you just have to look for the sea.

I would like to go back on holiday but not to live there although it was very exciting to visit: my dad pointed out his old school, we went to the museum with old photos of the island, and we visited my dad's old house. You get called 'English girl' all the time, but after just half a week in St Kitts I had the accent down to a tee.

I think as I get older and earn more money I'd love to go back to St Kitts but I want to see Europe first. My dream would be to buy a property in Barbados and one in St Kitts for my mum and dad so they could island hop between them.

Janita

My mum came to England from Nevis with her best friend when she was only 13, then my granddad came over 2 or 3 years after so she wouldn't feel alone. I haven't asked many stories about life back then in St Kitts but I get told them sometimes. Hearing the stories from my dad I realise he had a really difficult life compared to mine and I think mine's a bit difficult at the moment but it's nothing to what he's been through.

Janita Morton

I like telling people I'm from St Kitts even though my dad says 'No, you're British, you shouldn't be denying it'. But I'm not denying it, it's just a part of me, it's my culture, my heritage and the way in which I was brought up differently from most of my white friends.

If I was to go to their houses on a Sunday they wouldn't be listening to music, they'd be watching East Enders or something. But my house on a Sunday it's all revival music, gospel and, listening to the words, I feel it's a part of me. That's what I call my culture and heritage, it's mainly the music and the strong beliefs people have.

I haven't been to St Kitts yet but I'm hoping to go there next summer. I would like to see how it's different to the British society and culture we've got here, and how my family grew up, just to be a part of it myself, to feel like I'm home. To see all the family I have there would be a dream come true.