War to Windrush

A fascinating temporary exhibition in the Imperial War Museum (June 2008 - November 1, 2009) on the 60th anniversary of the 1948 arrival of the Empire Windrush, an English military ship which arrived in England. On board were 600 passengers who spent months of savings to come from the British West Indies to start a new life in England. They were placed in towns where they were the 1st blacks, and sometimes suffered discrimination, it was cold for them and they had to work hard to live in the UK. The exhibition tells the story of some of them, with videos of the vessel's arrival, testimonies of passengers and for the English this was an important event.