indistinct alford gardner. he laughs born in kingston, jamaica, 27th january 1926.d. i was born 1928. i was born in, at the time, british guiana. oh, gosh, it's very difficult. i have to sort of come away again in order to tell you what it was like, because it was just like home. how do you describe home, you know? my family was very orthodox methodist, and so i inherited that christian background, with discipline and hard work. it was a big family — 11- siblings of us and the parents. my father died early, - in the early '505, so i stay home with my mother to look after the younger ones. - i don't like remember some of it, but one thing i decide| to, i wasn't going to stealj to help the younger ones. i work and i work. my father sent me to learn... ..dressmaking. when i was small, i used to do, make my own clothes for myself. she laughs i did everything a boy should do. everything. at one time, i thought i could do... anything a boy could do, i did it. i didn't know that there was a life...to come. edna—mae henry. i was born injamaica. when i had the phone call abo