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Life Lessons: 81-year-old Enid Cork on moving to the UK in the 60s, support from the local church and working with Mercy Ships
Enid Cork arrived in the UK from Jamaica aged 17 and hit the ground running. She hasn’t stopped, and here shares from her full life
I was born on 1 January 1944, in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, to Anna and Samuel Sherman. As a sickly child, I was sent to live with my uncle Papi and his family, where my health improved. My school and church were nearby, and I enjoyed running up the hill to attend both.
My favourite subject in school was English, and I enjoyed Sunday school and choir practice. I was confirmed at St Stephen’s Anglican Church in Nain, aged 14, and became a godmother to a neighbour’s daughter.
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