Stay updated with breaking news from Lord Beginner. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
For the 44 Guyanese on board, the muddy brown water may have been a consoling memory of home. For the much larger cohort of Jamaicans, numbering more than 500 as the Empire Windrush arrived on June 22, 1948, the sight of Tilbury Docks was likely to be a startling realisation that a new life, markedly different to the old, awaited. The vibrant seascape of the Caribbean must have felt a long way away.
Alford Gardner, 97, recalls his arrival in Britain 75 years ago, where the ‘damn cold’ was the only thing that bothered him
The passengers were workers who came here to find a better life, who responded to the post-WWII call of the mother country, and who deserve to be celebrated for all of their achievements
It's the 75th anniversary of the SS Empire Windrush docking in Tilbury - and there are some special events to mark the occasion
OnlyMagazine.ca is the home of our endeavours - publications, events, political review, and pop culture coverage.