Commemorations and celebrations are taking place across the country to mark what has been described as a “bittersweet” 75th Windrush anniversary.
The King will attend a service for young people in Windsor, a carnival procession will take place in Brixton where many of the Caribbean community settled, and the Windrush flag will be flown in locations including at the Houses of Parliament.
A commemorative service will also take place at London’s Southwark Cathedral on Thursday, while events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship – the first to carry workers from the Caribbean who had answered Britain’s call to help fill post-war labour shortages – docked on June 22 1948.
