Tag: Migration Records and researchThe story of HMT Empire Windrush (1930–1954)Thursday 15 December 2022Next June will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush...Records and researchNeither a British subject nor a British protected personTuesday 29 November 2022The First World War unleashed a significant ‘anti-alien’ backlash, focused initially on Germans living...Records and researchThe Empire Windrush and the post-war ships that came beforeWednesday 22 June 2022Seventy-four years ago today, The Empire Windrush landed at Tilbury Docks in Essex carrying...Records and researchFragmented lives: Migrant sex workers’ lives in the archivesTuesday 11 January 2022As a state archive, The National Archives holds many items relating to the experiences...Records and researchThe land of milk and honey?Monday 29 November 2021In the late 1940s many West Indians travelled to Britain seeking employment. This diaspora,...Records and research20sPeople: ‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’Tuesday 9 November 2021‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’ follows on from ‘Once British Always British’, two...Records and researchFrom Yemen to Yorkshire: Using mixed methods to investigate migrationFriday 21 May 2021The Yemeni community forms a small but important part of Sheffield’s population, with most...
