The gloves, bowtie, shirt and collar worn by Mr Robinson to his wedding in 1958

Mr Robinson was one of many people who travelled from the Caribbean to England after the Second World War. He had travelled from Barbados in response to the British government's request for workers.

"England was crying out for a workforce. Tradesmen, they wanted, especially building trade. I'm a carpenter by trade, so we just decided to give it a try. We answered the mother country call and came."

Mr Robinson arrived in England on the 1st December 1956. Like many Barbadians who came to England, he first travelled by ship to Italy.  He then had to get a train to Calais before boarding a ferry to England. His first impressions when he arrived were not always favourable…

"We knew a lot about England because we learn it in school. We knew the history of England, but some of us were a bit disappointed when we came, 'cause what you read and what you see was two different things."

He married his wife, who he had grown up with in Barbados, at St. John's church in Leamington Spa in 1958. This is part of the outfit that he wore.

"It was the thing at the time – what we called wing collars. A lot of people used to wear detached collars. It was the English thing. At that time men used to wear gloves as well, especially at weddings."