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Cave Valley Kitchens roots

Cave Valley, so called because of its proximity to the large system of interconnecting limestone caves that stretch through the north and west of the country, is located on the banks of the Cave River. The village falls within an old historic district, not far away from the Vera Ma Hollis Savannah, one of the major bases of activity for the first Maroons - those freed slaves of the Spanish Colonial era that took to the hills to wage guerrilla warfare against the English. ( If you want to know a bit more about these uprisings there is a very tame version within the box set The Long Story, currently showing on BBC iPlayer)

Natasha’s father Joselyn was born and raised in Cave Valley and became one of the now notorious Windrush generation that came to the UK after the second world war when there was a shortage of able men to fill the jobs. His first adventure began in New York where he lodged in tenement buildings, sharing a room with up to 50 men, who slept top n’ tail in shifts as no one would rent to black Jamaicans. From there he came to the UK. Joselyn initially went to Nottingham and Devon, but finding that the only work available was “down the pits”, he settled in Stoke-on-Trent, working for Hem Heath colliery. He spent his whole career as a miner. A staunch union man he became a well loved and respected member of the community (known by locals as Roy, as they could not pronounce his name) after his involvement in supporting the strikes and motivating his colleagues to improve their working conditions. Joselyn took redundancy when the pits closed in the 80s and at 84 he still cooks his favourite Jamaican dishes everyday.

Joselyn brought from Cave Valley his family recipes and local interpretations of now famous Jamaican dishes. He passed these recipes down to his children and now Natasha wants to share them with you.