Welcome
An Association for our community led by our community
Let's make our community and the wider community a better place for all!
Why LESLA? Why Now?
LESLA is for the Long Eaton Settlers aka the Windrush Generation,their descendants, friends & allies
A Little History
Long Eaton is a fantastic little town known for its lace making and railway wagon manufacturing. It is steeped in a lot of history with historical buildings and a few notable people too. The small population grew in line with growth as a country, and with more growth, came more people.
It became home to a small community from various Caribbean islands.
The Long Eaton community welcomed and accepted them with open arms. In turn this Afro-Caribbean community connected with the wider Long Eaton community, making wider friends, raising children together, connecting with neighbours on the streets they lived on, at the pub, through work and other social interactions.
We as founders of LESLA from that Windrush generation embrace that sense of community our parents, friends and neighbours had, and as residents past and present of Long Eaton, wish to make a difference in the small town that had a big impact on us.
Community is in our Roots
It was the overwhelming sense of community which connected everyone, and it is this value,that is at the core of LESLA. A core value which we will continue to live and breathe in all we do.
This is why all we do is for EVERYONE with the Windrush Generation at the Heart!
The Name - The Windrush Story Matters
This is why we have established the Long Eaton Settlers Legacy Association (LESLA) a voluntary community group to bring back that sense of community, educate and inform others about the contributions of Windrush generation and their descendants.
It is a name chosen to represent, the original Windrush generation who chose to settle in Long Eaton between 1948 -1971 and the indelible legacy that continues to thrive through their descendants and the generations to come.
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FOR EVERYONE...LESLA is for the Afro-Caribbean Long Eaton Settlers, their descendants, wider family direct and indirect, their friends and their allies, because Community has and always will be In Our Roots.