Danny Fairman grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and travelled to England on a boat with his 9 year old younger sister when he was 12 years old. Earl was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1954, and his mother immigrated to England in 1961, followed by him in 1966. At the time, BOAC was the sole airline travelling from Jamaica to England. While his mother was at work, he went to Kentwood School in Penge and enjoyed watching football and cricket on TV. Tony Davis, Frank Stellastow, Danny, and Earl all expressed a desire for more out of life. They claimed they felt like greyhounds in the league they played in and that they weren’t seen as innovative, so they decided to build their own teams based on their love of football and recruited guys from their place of employment, The Metal Box Company. The Metal Box was a global firm with locations in Jamaica and South Africa, which gave them confidence in their goal of playing in a squad that was naturally varied and made their players feel included. Although name of Ten Em Bee came from the merging between the Tenth Branch in the Metal Box company and the Brixton Beehive and in July 1975 Ten Em Bee was born.
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