Other people just wanted to see England, which they’d heard so much about. They all got on a ship, Empire Windrush, which left the Caribbean to travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean.
When Caribbean migrants stepped off MV Empire Windrush on 22 June 1948, many had nowhere to live. The lack of housing in London following World War Two meant even temporary accommodation was in ...
A shipwreck hunter who plans to recover the anchor of the HMT Windrush at “the bottom of the Mediterranean sea” has been appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year ...
Roy Grant moved from Jamaica to the UK 62 years ago, and is marking the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush arriving from the Caribbean in 1948. Events will be held across the UK. The Welsh ...