The Sphere magazine featuring Empire Windrush arrivals
Page from The Sphere reporting on the arrival of 450 Jamaican men at Tilbury Docks on the former troopship, Empire Windrush, on 22 June 1948. The men, many of them Royal Air Force ex-servicemen had arrived seeking work and were the first significant number of West Indian immigrants in Britain. Other news items on this page include Queen Elizabeth receivin American teachers at Hatfield, the P&O liner Ranchi sailing as an emigrant ship to Australia, and a British-built liner for France, the passenger and cargo steamer, Commandant Quere undergoing a demonstration trial at Southampton
Picture No
13972878
Media ID
46791607
Size
3539px x 5247px
(4.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page from The Sphere, 3 July 1948, p.20
Date
1948
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