On 21st June 1948, a ship called HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tibury in Essex after scheduled stops in Trinidad, Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba and Bermuda. Hoping to start a new life, many of the ship’s British Caribbean-born passengers sought work in the ‘mother country’ during a time when the United Kingdom faced a decimated economy and severe labour shortages. Windrush has become symbolic of its passengers and today encompasses the […]