Tag: Empire windrush

Records and research

The story of HMT Empire Windrush (1930–1954)

Thursday 15 December 2022

Next June will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush...

Records and research

The land of milk and honey?

Monday 29 November 2021

In the late 1940s many West Indians travelled to Britain seeking employment. This diaspora,...

Records and research

Empire Windrush – 70 years on

Thursday 21 June 2018

Seventy years ago, on 21 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, near...