His parents arrived in the United Kingdom from Jamaica in 1957 and worked as coal miners in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, from 1965 to 1987.
ພໍ່ແມ່ຂອງລາວໄດ້ຍົກຍ້າຍໄປອັງກິດຈາກຈາໄມກາໃນ 1957 ແລະເຮັດວຽກເຫມືອງແຮ່ໃນ Gedling, Nottinghamshire, ຈາກ 1965 ຫາ 1987.