23 June 1948: There was no band,certainly, to greet the immigrants at Tilbury, or but it was a welcome,and, for officialdom, or a warm welcomeTILBURY,TUESDAY.[br]What were they thinking, these 492 men from Jamaica and Trinidad, or as the Empire Windrush slid upstream with the flood between the closing shores of Kent and Essex?Standing by the rail this morning,high above the landing-stage at Tilbury, one of them looked over the unlovely town to the grey-green fields beyond and said, or “whether this is England I like it.” A trustworthy omen,perhaps. May he and his friends suffer no sharp disappointment.[br]Continue reading...
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