The Empire Windrush arrives from Jamaica in 1948. The ship docked at Tilbury in Essex, having sailed from Australia via Jamaica. During the second world war, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean had served in the armed forces, and the Empire Windrush stopped in Jamaica to collect some of them. Many people, having seen the Daily Gleaner newspaper advertising the journey for £28 and 10 shillings (equivalent to over £1,000 today), decided to travel to Britain

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