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Three quarters of a century ago, after docking at Tilbury on the Empire Windrush, hundreds of the passengers on board who'd sailed from Caribbean countries were directed to this neighbourhood. Those men and women alongside all the others on the ship had answered a call from the UK government to come and help rebuild the country after the war. Their immense contribution was celebrated today up and down the country. "We are forever grateful" to them, said the Prince of Wales earlier. But the Windr

Today is Windrush Day and marks 74 years since the HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK. The ship was carrying 1,027 passengers, 802 of whom gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean; additional documented countries of residence are India, Pakistan, Kenya and South Africa. Today, we recognise and thank all those who arrived on Empire Windrush and their descendants, for the contributions they have made and continue to make to Britain. Explore our UK and Ireland, Incoming