Northamptonshire has been marking 75 years since the first of the Windrush generation arrived in the UK. The Windrush flag was raised at Northampton's Guildhall. Another ceremony will take place at Swanspool Gardens in Wellingborough this evening. 🔗
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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. "It means a lot - because it's about memory, and it reminds you of how Windrush came about," she said. "I came here in 1962," Ms Grandison recalled. "I thought I was coming for five years, and then would go back home to practise as a nurse. But 60 years later, I'm still here!"Image source,Joycelyn Styles, who arrived in 1962 aged 12, vividly remembered what a shock the climate was and says she has still not quite got used to it.
This meant they were later denied employment, housing and benefits to which they were entitled. Many were also deported.After an injury left him out of work in 2008, he was told he could not claim benefits.Mr Samuels was also threatened with deportation, and detained three times while trying to return to the UK from trips abroad.
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