- Most of the Caribbean men has died fighting in the war 'We fought as men'
- West indians became well known as musicians and singers.
- Although the war had ended, people's reactions of the West indians had changed abruptly.
-'Isn't it about time they went back to their own country' as if british people were putting up with them living in Britain.
- A boat trip going off- route, one way ticket to Britain only costing £28 and 10 shillings - West Indians searching for a better life in Britain.
- Economic concerns were harsh in the Caribbean, a hurricane had made a wasteland of the sugar fields which the Caribbean were well known for.
-30,000 men were thrown back into the Caribbean with no plan so people came back to Britain as the Caribbean didn't give the opportunities people were expecting. After fighting in Britain for the war, the Caribbean seemed so small.
- 24th May 1948 Windrush set sail from a harbour in Kingston, Jamaica.
- 'Voyage into uncertainty'
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