“Britain was just starting to recover from World War Two back then. Thousands of buildings had been bombed, lots of houses had been destroyed and it all needed to be rebuilt.

In the Caribbean, lots of young men and women had served in the British armed forces because at the time, many Caribbean countries were still under British rule and not yet independent.

After the war, some of these people answered an advert to come to Britain where there were lots of different jobs to do.”

What is the Windrush Generation? - BBC Newsround

How the Windrush Generation transformed British arts and culture - BBC Bitesize

Empire and citizenship - Caribbean migration - Post-war migration from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia - KS3
History - homework help for year 7, 8 and 9. - BBC Bitesize

How the Windrush Generation transformed British arts and culture - BBC Bitesize

Windrush: Kids sit down with their grandparents to talk about the Windrush Generation - BBC Newsround

Windrush - Finding My Family: A Newsround Special - BBC Newsround

Baroness Floella Benjamin...A Windrush Story - Black History Month 2023