A SPECIAL flag-raising ceremony was held in Bradford's Centenary Square today to celebrate Windrush Day.
It marks 72 years since the Empire Windrush ship arrived at Tilbury docks in London in 1948, carrying hundreds of people from the Caribbean who came to make a new life in Britain and perform a vital role in helping to re-build the country after the Second World War.
Proudly raising the #WindrushDay flag in Bradford this morning. Designed in Bradford. Today flying across the country including the @mhclg + @ukhomeoffice. Celebrating the huge contribution of the Windrush generation to the life of Bradford and the UK. pic.twitter.com/3eAKwmRPKB
— K England (@kersten_england) June 22, 2020
These passengers blazed a trail for thousands more who would travel from across what was then the British Empire to make a vital contribution to the recovery of an exhausted nation.
Windrush Day was inaugurated in 2018 to celebrate the rich diversity that Commonwealth citizens brought to the country and to mark the major contribution they and their descendants have made to British society, culture and economy.
The Windrush flag was designed in Bradford.
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