Leaving their families back home - and the sunshine, people in Nottingham have acknowledged, praised and highlighted the Windrush Generation’s hard work and contribution to help making the UK what it is today. Thursday, June 22, marks 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK with hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean.
Events are taking place to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship carrying Caribbean families to the UK to help fill the need for more workers after the Second World War.
The Windrush Generation are people who arrived in the UK from mostly Caribbean countries between 1949-1971. Many served in the British Armed Forces in World World ll. The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex, bringing people from the Caribbean who answered Britain’s call to help fill post-war labour shortages.
