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Windrush

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Windrush a former troopship, the ‘Empire Windrush’, which in 1948 brought the first organized party of Caribbean immigrants, many of whom were former British servicemen, to Britain; the term Windrush generation is now used allusively to refer to this group and the period of their arrival.

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Windrush

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Windrush Glos. Wenric 1086 (DB). Named from the River Windrush, a Celtic river-name possibly meaning ‘white fen’.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	ADRENALINE WINDRUSH; Stars rev up to honour Caribbean pioneers.(News) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/6/2007
	The LSU Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens: A Living History Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2011
	WINDRUSH WAVE THAT CHANGED BRITAIN FOR THE BETTER. Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 6/21/2001