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Edmund Martin Noble was born into an upper middle class black family in Jamaica in 1917. His mother became pregnant with him by a young man who wanted to marry her, but because his father had no means of supporting them, his grandparents would not give consent. So his father went off to seek fame and fortune in the United States and would return when he had a sufficient amount of money. Unfortunately he met an untimely death before this could be accomplished.
Edmund was brought up mainly by his grandmother whom he adored. He then went on to live with his mother and younger sister and enrolled at a Catholic Fee Paying School, but when the school authorities discovered that he was the illegitimate son of a domestic worker, he was then asked to leave. He has struggled throughout his life trying to live down the stigma of his illegitimacy, and has been very successful in doing so. He served in the RAF during and after the Second World War, and since leaving the Air Force in 1951, he has worked as a G.P.O telephone Operator, Stockroom Supervisor in the fashion trade, Traffic Warden, Civil Service Security Officer and has run his own car hire business.
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| After retirement in 1982, he was a founder member in 1985 of the Clapton Common Day Care Centre for pensioners and the disabled, and served as a secretary until 1988. He was a Trustee and Vice Chairman of Age Concern Hackney from 1986 to 1989. | |
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He has written a number of books: |
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"Jamaica Airman" His war memoir about the unmentioned Jamaicans who served in the Army, Air Force and as Forestry Workers. |
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| "The
Invited Intruder"
is the first fictional novel to be published about his experience as a black
man living in the post war British Society. It tells of Oscar, a black Jamaican,
who is trying to build a relationship with a white English girl which leads
to countless problems. Oscar must fight for justice and dignity in the face
of the prejudice of powerful people. His struggle takes place whilst
he is trying to establish a successful and happy family life in a society
that is so hostile. |
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"Reflections"
A collection of Poems and Short Stories. |
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| "The Burden of Illegitimacy: A struggle against prejudice and bigotry" His well written autobiography. | |
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"An Abridged History of Jamaica 1494 to 1962" A brief history of Jamaica from the Discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1494 to the granting of Independence in 1962, with brief glimpses of Barbados and Trinidad. |
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| Edmund today is in semi-retirement and is a happy and successful man. | |
| Eddie's 10 Points of advice to young Blacks in Britain |
