Nick Booth, the trust's collections and learning director, said: "Our main purpose is to collect, preserve and interpret ...

Windrush Day was named for the Empire Windrush, a ship that brought hundreds of Caribbean immigrants to the U.K. in June 1948 to help fill a labor shortage following World War II. Until the early ...

HMT Empire Windrush became a symbol of a wider mass-migration movement. People in the Caribbean were invited to the UK to help rebuild post-war Britain. There were 1,027 people on board and more ...

plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter Sign up The Empire Windrush, a cruise ship turned troop carrier, was on its way from Australia to England via the West Indies.

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.

A shipwreck hunter searching for the lost anchor of the HMT Empire Windrush said he wants to “highlight the story of pioneers” who helped create a multicultural Britain. US-born David Mearns ...

As immigration rights continue to be attacked, it’s never been more poignant to reflect on the contributions of the Windrush generation on Windrush Day 2022. Today (22 June) marks the fourth ...

The tree palm was planted in Chatham street roundabout HMT Empire Windrush became a symbol of a wider mass-migration movement. People in the Caribbean were invited to the UK to help rebuild post ...

The impact made by post-World War Two immigrants from the Caribbean has been marked by a tree-planting ceremony. Families of the Windrush generation in Reading planted a tree at the Chatham Street ...