Ship that docked in Tilbury in 1948 with men, women and children onboard would become a byword for a generation
On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush approached the docks in Tilbury in Essex. Most of the people onboard – 1,025 known passengers and two stowaways – listed a previous address in one of the Caribbean islands, British Guiana or Bermuda, all then part of the British empire.
But while the journey must have been personally pivotal for many of them, none could have imagined that Windrush would become a byword for a generation arriving from the Caribbean, who would help shape their new homeland.
