Tapestry of Black Britons Opens at Manchester Central Library on November 11 in England, Running Free Through January 31, 2027
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester Central Library opened its presentation of Tapestry of Black Britons on Wednesday, November 11, pairing a wartime tapestry with a specially commissioned Manchester photo banner. The display, part of Manchester City Council's remembrance programme, is on the library's ground floor through January 31, 2027, with free drop-in access.
According to the library's programme, the display features Euton Christian, a serviceman whose life connected Jamaica and Manchester. The Windrush Foundation records that Christian was born in Jamaica and volunteered to serve Britain in 1944, learning to paint and spray vehicles during the war. The Jamaica Gleaner, reporting on his Manchester blue plaque honour in 2024, identifies him as a former Royal Air Force serviceman who returned to Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948, then settled in Manchester, where he lived, worked and raised a family, worked with the Jamaica Society of Manchester and served as a magistrate. A plaque was unveiled at his former home in Chorlton.
Paula Ogun Hector, the project's founder and the designer of the wartime tapestry, has built the wider project around African and Caribbean contributions to British history. The opening on Armistice Day places the display alongside other events marking wartime service and remembrance in the city.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：曼彻斯特中央图书馆（资料图）。，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Manchester Central Library (file photo). , via Wikimedia Commons.
