'Bittersweet' Windrush 75th anniversary marked | East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.
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Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.
The King is among those taking part in dozens of commemorative events. But the anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush in June 1948 comes as campaigners continue the fight for compensation for those who came to the UK and were wrongly detained and deported.
Six people from the Windrush generation have shared their personal stories with ES magazine as part of a special project for the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush docking in Britain.
Funds will be used to locate the wreck and the 1.5 tonne anchor will then be lifted and brought back to the UK to go on permanent display
Windrush generation tell of initial struggles to settle in an uncertain Britain on 75th anniversary of arrival of first wave of Caribbean migrants