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'I have no regrets - I am proud to be black'

It is 75 years this week 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.

Many settled into a new life in Leicester, to work in all sorts of industries including transport, construction and the NHS.

Reporter Jo Hollis talks to Lorna Price, Georgina Taylor, Edgar Anthony, Bernard Francis and Kashita Charles to hear their memories, at a project run by the Kaine choir.

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