Portraits of 11 women that form part of an exhibition by photographer Jim Grover on the Windrush generation.
A special Windrush project has been launched in project with the aim of teaching young...
Unveiled in May, the new sundial dedicated to the Windrush Generation
On May 27, 1948 the Empire Windrush sailed from Jamaica for Trinidad before setting its sights on England. On June 22, the West Indians landed and...
We provide personal narratives, insight, comments and reflections highlighting the Windrush Generation who came to Britain to those born in the Mil...
Jim Grover’s photographs of the Windrush generation at home in south London are a joy. His project began in June 2017 in Grover’s local church. A parishioner invited him to see the clubs where he played “bones”. “It was a revelation to me,” says Grover. “I had no idea that Caribbean migrants met three times a … Continue reading "A Year With London’s Windrush Generation"
Rare photographs of Black Britons in the late 19th and early 20th century are on display at Rivington Place, London.
Windrush - Christopher Farr
By train, by plane or by automobile, our grandparents really knew how to travel in style.
This month marks 70 years since the arrival of the first of the Windrush generation, the Caribbean immigrants who came to the UK on HMT Empire Windrush. With a
The village of Windrush climbs a steep slope above the river with the church at it's highest elevation. Stone cottages are strung along the road between Sherborne and the Barringtons that has Windrush at it's midpoint. The church is famous for it's Norman south doorway which is elaborately carved with 'beakheads', one of the best in the country. The churchyard has a wonderful collection of bale and table tombs dating mainly from the 18th century. Henry Woodyer restored the church in 1873-4 rebuilding the chancel in a 14th century style. The building's origins lie in the 12th century and it retains a 13th century arcade, a 14th century south transept and an attractive Perpendicular west tower. www.bwthornton.co.uk
The village of Windrush climbs a steep slope above the river with the church at it's highest elevation. Stone cottages are strung along the road between Sherborne and the Barringtons that has Windrush at it's midpoint. The church is famous for it's Norman south doorway which is elaborately carved with 'beakheads', one of the best in the country. The churchyard has a wonderful collection of bale and table tombs dating mainly from the 18th century. Henry Woodyer restored the church in 1873-4 rebuilding the chancel in a 14th century style. The building's origins lie in the 12th century and it retains a 13th century arcade, a 14th century south transept and an attractive Perpendicular west tower. www.bwthornton.co.uk
Today the Costume Institute of the African Diaspora (CIAD) in London remembers the mooring at Tilbury Docks of the first Empire Windrush ship to the United Kingdom in 1948 with some great pictures of Caribbean immigrants in their best clothes and a post on Tumblr. The clothes captured in the shots encapsulate the hopes and expectations of thousands of…
The village of Windrush climbs a steep slope above the river with the church at it's highest elevation. Stone cottages are strung along the road between Sherborne and the Barringtons that has Windrush at it's midpoint. The church is famous for it's Norman south doorway which is elaborately carved with 'beakheads', one of the best in the country. The churchyard has a wonderful collection of bale and table tombs dating mainly from the 18th century. Henry Woodyer restored the church in 1873-4 rebuilding the chancel in a 14th century style. The building's origins lie in the 12th century and it retains a 13th century arcade, a 14th century south transept and an attractive Perpendicular west tower. www.bwthornton.co.uk
The village of Windrush climbs a steep slope above the river with the church at it's highest elevation. Stone cottages are strung along the road between Sherborne and the Barringtons that has Windrush at it's midpoint. The church is famous for it's Norman south doorway which is elaborately carved with 'beakheads', one of the best in the country. The churchyard has a wonderful collection of bale and table tombs dating mainly from the 18th century. Henry Woodyer restored the church in 1873-4 rebuilding the chancel in a 14th century style. The building's origins lie in the 12th century and it retains a 13th century arcade, a 14th century south transept and an attractive Perpendicular west tower. www.bwthornton.co.uk
The village of Windrush climbs a steep slope above the river with the church at it's highest elevation. Stone cottages are strung along the road between Sherborne and the Barringtons that has Windrush at it's midpoint. The church is famous for it's Norman south doorway which is elaborately carved with 'beakheads', one of the best in the country. The churchyard has a wonderful collection of bale and table tombs dating mainly from the 18th century. Henry Woodyer restored the church in 1873-4 rebuilding the chancel in a 14th century style. The building's origins lie in the 12th century and it retains a 13th century arcade, a 14th century south transept and an attractive Perpendicular west tower. www.bwthornton.co.uk
I served the wine on their brainwash holidays and I would have spat in their faces as I leaned in with the bottle if I’d had the guts to do it. If strength brings joy then their joy would bring nothing but hurt, to everyone, especially to those men left behind in Bastogne and on Sword Beach…
To mark National Windrush Day 2020, Hackney Council has revealed it has commissioned two sculptures that will honour the Windrush generation. Artists Thomas J Price and Veronica Ryan have designed artworks that will take pride of place in the London borough and the pieces will be unveiled in 2021.
