One of Southampton's first Jamaican immigrants has died - 58 years after coming to the city.

Joe Malcolm, aged 84, was one of the founding members of the West Indian Association, now known as the African Caribbean Centre, a thriving centre for the present day Caribbean community.

Centre manager Tony Broomes said:: "He was very well-liked and respected in the community - everybody knew him. I knew him for 23 years and I never saw him angry or heard a bad word said about him. He was a very jolly person, and he always had a smile on his face. His passing is very sad and he will be greatly missed."

Mr Broomes added that Joe was a key member of the Afro-Caribbean society, helping new people arriving in the city with any problems they might have.

Joe lived in the same house in Denzil Avenue, St Mary's, since he first stepped foot in the city in 1948.

He was one of nearly 500 Jamaicans who came to the country from Jamaica aboard SS Empire Windrush following the Second World War.

He paid £28 - the equivalent of two weeks' wages - for a ticket on the SS Empire Windrush.

A celebration of Joe's life is being held on Wednesday at 1pm at St Mary's Church in St Mary's.