Clive Lloyd House - what's the connection?

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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on April 18, 2024 at 8:39

I'd say it is named after the recently knighted cricketer.

I found this:

Tony Wade, The Adventures of an Economic Migrant, Ian Randle Publishers, 2007, p. 26
[he came from his homeland of Montserrat in the 1950s to a cold, unfamiliar and racially hostile England]

"Challenging discrimination in housing took several forms. Pooled private savings and voluntary self-help groups emerged to tackle some of the most acute community housing needs. Carib Housing Association, founded in 1979 and chaired by Lee Samuel became a driving force in steering the charity and chalked up remarkable successes in dealing with the worst forms of need.
In 1983 dilapidated properties in Kensington and Chelsea were restored and named the Allan Kelly House after a distinguished community worker. In 1985 its second home, the Clive Lloyd House, was opened and named after the distinguished cricketer. Six years later, June 1991 saw the opening in Brixton of the Lee Samuel House, named for the association's founder..."

Clive Lloyd House's entry on the housingcare.org site states  'Scheme for, or of particular interest to: elders of Afro-Caribbean origin', as does the entry for Lee Samuel House in Brixton.

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