Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
It put me in my district home. i came here the saturday and the monday i get- a job straightaway. assembly, car batteries and lorry batteries. - that s the onlyjob i had in newport. i i had in newport. worked i had in newport. worked there i had in newport. worked there three i had in newport. worked there three months short i worked there three months short of i worked there three months short of 27 i worked there three months short of 27 years. that s the onlyjob i had in newport. i and that s where i lived first. this 29 mill parade was here. yeah. yeah, they knocked them all down. - when i was in london,
It put me in mind of my district home. i came here the saturday and the monday i get a job straightaway. assembly, car batteries and lorry batteries. and that s where i worked here, for three months short of 27 years. that s the onlyjob i had in newport. and that s where i lived first. 29 mill parade was here. yeah. yeah, they knocked them all down. when i was in london,
Black and white. it put me in my district home. i came here the saturday and the monday i get a job straightaway. assembly, car batteries and lorry batteries. and that s where i worked here for three months out of 27 years. and that s where i worked here for three months short of 27 years. that s the onlyjob i had in newport. and that s where i lived first. 29 mill parade was here.