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It was 1948, and Byron, a 28 year old pawn broker bought a one way ticket for passage on the SS Windrush, final destination Britain. He left a wife and three children back home to make his fortune in war torn Britain. Rumour had it that London’s streets were paved with gold and with £10 in his pocket, a fire in his belly and determination etched on his mind he intended to stake his claim on the motherland.

Who was Byron and what was the secret to his success. A black man arriving in a country with its racial undercurrents and becoming a best friend to every immigrant looking for a safe haven in London? How was he able to keep 6 women from killing each other whilst raising his 17 children?

This true story follows one of the 1027 passengers who made the momentous journey from Jamaica to London and follows him as he travels through the Golden Fifties, the swinging 60’s, the groovy 70’s, the nostalgic 80’s the naughty 90’s through to the Millennium. Byron was the nice guy with a slightly warped moral compass, but everybody liked him and all his women were well taken care of. Sisters’ weren’t his usual tipple, but it happens, and just so long as they didn’t find out, no harm no foul.

When his full and eventful life came to its natural end, each of his 17 children were to inherit a considerable sum of money but one of his women wanted it all, and her bitterness showed its face in the most catastrophic of ways as she was prepared to stop at nothing to get what she wanted. The events that followed could never have been predicted… But Karma will take what’s owed, not a penny more, not a penny less.