The Royal Mint is marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of passengers on the Empire Windrush ship with a new commemorative 50p coin. The coin’s designer, artist Valda Jackson, was born ...

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Prince William said Britain was a better place thanks to the "Windrush generation", as the nation on Thursday celebrated the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first ...

*Windrush Day is observed every year on 22 June in Britain. It commemorates the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex on 22 June 1948, when Caribbean passengers came to Britain to ...

A new set of stamps is being issued marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of MV Empire Windrush to the UK. Eight new stamps featuring illustrations created exclusively to celebrate the occasion, ...

A new commemorative 50p coin will mark the 75th anniversary of passengers arriving in the UK on the Empire Windrush ship. The coin, designed by artist Valda Jackson, depicts two people from the ...

Amid the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush from the Caribbean in 1948, much has been made of the warm welcome that once greeted those migrant men and women in ...

When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in Essex on June 22, 1948 it was carrying a crowded cargo of around 500 West Indian settlers dressed in their Sunday best. Britain is marking the 70th ...

After the Second World War ended, Britain desperately needed workers to rebuild the country the transport system and the newly created National Health Service were especially short-handed. And so, ...

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LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Britain will hold a series of events, processions and exhibitions on Thursday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first Caribbean migrants, paying ...

The design of the 50p coin, which is available to buy from the Royal Mint’s website, depicts two smartly-dressed people from the Windrush generation. The Royal Mint is marking the 75th anniversary of ...