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News; Celebrity; Film
Description
THE SS Windrush which left Kingston, Jamaica, on May 24, 1948, and arrived at Tilbury Docks, in Essex, on June 21, 1948, was a pivotal passage in more ways than one. Not only did it offer the promise of new opportunities for Caribbean people who were facing hard economic conditions, it also signalled the start of a new era in British history. Having paid a fare of £28, the 492 official passengers – and a few stowaways – arrived in the Mother Country to help rebuild post-war Britain by filling labour shortages in state-run services like the NHS and the London transport system.
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voice-online.co.uk
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Publisher
File
