The Windrush generation shaped modern Britain, so what does its 75th anniversary mean to them?
Community affairs correspondent
She was one of thousands of people who made the move from the Caribbean between the late 1940s and early 1970s, known as the Windrush generation. "We have worked hard to put this legacy forward - that is a mark that our children can look back and say, 'our forebears did that'." "Before I did nursing, I applied for a job in the West End - not knowing anything about racism, because of course we came from the mother country," she said."My [maiden] name was 'Brookes'. I applied for the job, I went for the interview, and the lady put me in a room and she never came back to me. I sat there for about six hours, and then the shop was closing, and I left.
"To tell you the truth, I had a breakdown," he said. "The pain is still there - even though I've received my passport, after more than 55 years."
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