Karen Kellar
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Karen was born in Wolverhampton in 1955 to parents of the Windrush Generation. She was brought up in a caring family with strong values by her mother. As the eldest, Karen was well used to defending her younger siblings from racism in public and at school.
Karen remembers being told by a white child that “my dad didn’t fight (a world war) for you! “ Inspired by male family members she remembers seeing in military uniforms, Karen decided she could prove her personal worth and her British identity through service. In July 1975, Karen was recruited to the RAF as a chef and in her enjoyable career cooked for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s at Chequers, her official country residence.
Although Karen experienced discrimination, she says she never let it get her down.
Media Archive – Karen’s Story
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