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Why was it called the Windrush?

It is 75 years since the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, on 22 June 1948.

The ship brought 492 passengers to the UK from a number of Caribbean islands including Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to help fill post-War labour shortages. It's an event that changed the shape of modern Britain.

We gathered a group of young people from Leicester who wanted to learn more about the event from historian Tara Munroe.

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