Category: Post war Britain
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Dreaming of the ‘mother country’
Originally posted on Outset Publishing: In June 1948 the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury Docks bringing hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean who were hoping for a new life in Britain. During the Second World War, thousands of Caribbean men and women had been recruited to serve in the armed forces. Some had been to…
Isabella Muir
Isabella Muir 