THE people of the Windrush generation showed resilience as they helped rebuild post-war Britain, often in the face of adversity, a service to commemorate the 70th anniversary of their arrival has been told.
Prime Minister Theresa May, whose Government has been heavily criticised amid a scandal that has seen people who were invited here decades ago face deportation, was among those listening at a service in Westminster Abbey.
The Rev Canon Joel Edwards, addressing a congregation including members of the Windrush generation and their descendants, hailed the positive impact those who landed at Tilbury Docks on June 22 1948 and their offspring have had in the worlds of politics, business, music and food.
He said they had “gifted Britain”, providing trade union leaders, politicians and senior civil servants.
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