Bert Carless
Jamaican-born politician, worked in Birmingham, England (lived 1933-2003)
About Bert Carless
Lived 1933 – 2003 (aged 69–70). Bert Carless was a mechanic and politician.
Egbert Sylvester Carless OBE was a politician in Birmingham, England.
Carless was born in June 1933. After working as diesel mechanic at a Jamaican sugar refining plant, he migrated to the United Kingdom, arriving in 1956.
He was also chair of the board of governors of the city's Handsworth College, and oversaw its transition to be part of City College (now South & City College Birmingham. He was also made an Honorary Alderman of the city of Birmingham, in 1994.
He died as a result of cancer on 14 August 2003. He had five children.
A street in Perry Barr, Birmingham was named "Bert Carless Way" in around 2021.
In December 2023, Carless' achievements were marked by the erection of a blue plaque in his honour, in a building at the Handsworth College campus.
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Jamaican-born politician, worked in Birmingham, England (lived 1933-2003)
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Bert Carless died on 14 August 2003.
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Bert Carless was a mechanic and politician.
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