Today is June 22nd, Windrush Day

"WELCOME HOME!" was the Evening Standard headline, as the paper sent a plane to greet the Windrush in 1948. That headline was because a third of the 400 Windrush passengers were RAF servicemen from the Caribbean, returning to Britain post-war
My friend @pvernon has done a tremendous amount over the years to establish Windrush Day. We worked with him to coordinate the 2013 call from a civic & faith coalition, inc Windrush passengers, for government to recognise Windrush Day as an annual event. http://www.britishfuture.org/articles/windrush-day-an-opportunity-to-give-thanks/">https://www.britishfuture.org/articles/...
I spoke to Windrush passenger and RAF veteran Sam King about his experience. He went on to be Mayor of Southwark. He felt it was victory in the Lords Test of 1950 two summers later that showed the West Indians had really arrived. Sam died in 2016 RIP. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/windrush-docks-in-britain-65-years-on-today/">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opende...
Correct link to Patrick Vernon - @ppvernon - a persistent driving force of Windrush campaigns, both to secure historic recognition and address contemporary injustices, for many years https://twitter.com/ppvernon/status/1274970427677343747">https://twitter.com/ppvernon/...
Small Island is streaming on YouTube from the National Theatre until Thursday. We watched it at the weekend: a tremendously powerful production - and a perfect way to mark Windrush Day today too https://twitter.com/NTLive/status/1273725113817497601">https://twitter.com/NTLive/st...
https://twitter.com/historytime99/status/1274965716207390721">https://twitter.com/historyti...
Pathe newsreel of the Windrush& #39;s arrival (46 seconds)

Lord Kitchener, a passenger on the boat, sings "London is the place for me" at 2 minutes in on the Pathe report https://youtu.be/QDH4IBeZF-M ">https://youtu.be/QDH4IBeZF...
We talk of Windrush as the beginning of post-war immigration. The 1948 headline captures why it is better understood as a new chapter within the longer history of Empire & Commonwealth, service & contribution which made Britain the country we are today https://capx.co/zaNt0 ">https://capx.co/zaNt0&quo...
You can follow @sundersays.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: