Windrush Day: Who were the passengers heading to London?
According to Dr Price this was because the original purpose for the ship's journey was to stop at various ports to collect servicemen as it returned the UK."When arriving at Kingston, Jamaica, there was still plenty of space left on the ship, so the enterprising captain advertised cut-price tickets on the troop decks to anyone wishing to travel," he says.
"Although it was not exactly a 'regular' scheduled passenger ship it would appear that passenger tickets were sold and, as such, some passengers were using it simply as a convenient way to undertake their journey."A diverse range of passengers arrived in England on the Empire Windrush For those returning to Britain their destination would have been their homes, while temporary addresses like hotels were provided by those who were simply using the ship as part of a longer journey.
"Servicemen often provided the address of the base they were returning to," the senior lecturer adds.Many of those who arrived in the UK on 22 June 1948 were there to help fill post-war labour shortages
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