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Britain’s first black train driver commemorated at Kings Cross
Relatives of Wilston Samuel Jackson, Britain's first black train driver, stand underneath a plaque to commemorate Jackson after it was unveiled at King's Cross in London
THE remarkable life and career of Britain’s first black train driver has been commemorated with a plaque at Kings Cross station.
Born in Jamaica, Wilston Samuel Jackson started his long and successful career maintaining trains in 1952 before working his way up to driver a decade later.
Speaking at the unveiling of the plaque at Kings Cross yesterday, his daughter Polly said her father had never been late or missed a day.
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