At eight years old, Beulah Coombs left Jamaica and arrived in Manchester. https://hubs.li/Q0436w3S0 She became the only Black child in her primary school. She was called names. Asked if she lived in a tree. Her mother’s advice? “Just get on with it.” She did. She trained as a teacher. Received her degree from the Queen Mother in 1974. She became one of the first black teachers in the UK. And at 75, published her first book telling the story of her Jamaican uncle who fought in the First World War