On 21 June 1948, MV Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury following a three-week voyage from Jamaica. The following day, 22 June, its passengers, amongst them 492 Caribbean migrants, first set foot on British soil. That ship and its passengers, each of whom paid £28 10 shillings for the ticket to start a new life in Britain, have gone down in history. Iconic black and white footage of the nattily clad passengers disembarking has cemented the moment in history, the arrivals’ symbolic status marking the start of ‘The Windrush Generation’ – the mass migration of people from the Caribbean to fill post-war labour shortages in the UK.
75 years later, the Royal Mail is); education/Saturday schools (1st class, Tomekah George, ); music/carnival (£1, Bokiba, ); working life/everyday life in the UK (£1, Emma Prempeh, ); political activity/peaceful protests (£2, Emma Prempeh, ); sports £2, Bokiba, ); food/markets (£2.20, Kareen Cox, ), and sound systems/dancehall scene (£2.20, Alvin Kofi, ).
