The abuse my grandparents faced, I still remember the stories my grandad used to tell me, life was rough for them. They built a very close knit caribbean community who supported and loved each other in rural England, I have always been very proud of how they looked out for each other.
To be honest I attended Jamaica Indipendence with kenyan president found that there many Kenyan leaving in Jamaica and like wise the two countries never had visas was all fun
@Đark Destroyer In the Caribbean it was Barbados who first sent the letter to the UK with such an idea. You cannot change history. So bye my big fat jack ass.
@@cherylharewood2549 After the Windrush migrants( Who were never actually invited by Britain,contrary to popular myth),in the 50s,the Barbados government asked Britain to help Them out as Barbados was experiencing unemployment rates of up to 25% at that time.....that's where many of the bus drivers and train guards came from....
@Brother Jake's Konservative Evolution no one told them where to live how to live the weather was cold in June...plenty work indeed... no introductions..yet Jamaicans rose to the occasion from air raid shelter to succeed🦁
Never judge a book by its cover. I'm going to admit that when I heard the accent of the white lady who has been married 47 years to a black man, her demeanour put me immediately in mind of my racist neighbours. If I never knew any better, that "stereotype" could have made me judge her wrongly. So in hindsight I'd be no better a person than my racist neighbours had I judged this book by its cover. Kudos to her, that she stuck to her guns and didn't allow the racist negativity of her family to rob her of love, happiness and 47 years of a beautiful marriage.
it hurts me to see how my parent genertion were and still are being treated. I'm looking at a passport picture of a 25 year old man who made that trip. he is now an 84 years young man . My dad .....respect 100%
@Darrin Robinson ooohhh yeah, dont forget the bit about the african slave masters who enslaved and murdered other african tribes, selling them onto muslim in there millions as slaves.
@Darrin Robinson Oh, so I am trying to be a "smart ass?" Well, maybe. But try this for size: You posted 3 responses a mile long, which could have been expressed effectively or even more clearly with less that 1/5 of the words you (unnecessarily) used. So yes Darrin, "It's not if you can read it's what you read." Does that make me a smart ass? Maybe. Also, there is a big difference between communication and "effective" communication. When you figure out the difference let us know. As a hint, unnecessary wording makes the post monotonous. And anyone who will write "IF YOU WASN'T RADICAL" ... should not be the one to be calling someone smart ass. For even the smart ass knows the correct word should be "WEREN'T." Finally, the soundness or truth of a man's argument should be enough to speak for him ... not his insults. Your's truly "Smart Ass.
This is what happens when you impose yourself on a country that doesn’t want you fact of life. You say about the mother country but even white men were not allowed just to turn up in Australia And become citizensYeah was a process you had to go through to see if they would accept you. The blame must fall onto the British government to a degree we shouldn’t have taken them in but what we should’ve done was help him in Jamaica with the industry and a structure to bring it up to the modern world they would then be in a place they could call Home. Even after 75 years they are unable to call Britain Home it’s not there Home it never will be that Home. That’s not fair on any nation. Hopefully one day they will create their own civilisation that is something that they are proud off.
Slavery is still here the white people are more smarter than before that why they are they come up with farm work idea for black people if we are to work here in Jamaica for 6mounts we make more than what they paid it's just a mind set
I read some of the comments here. We left England in 1971. My parents came in the 1950’s. I thought it would be better than the United States, I guess not!
damn dude, im white and british and this makes me feel awful. obviously i was not around in this time and i didnt do these things personally but either way i think the younger generation are much less narrow minded and more accepting to everyone. I dont hate anyone, no matter their colour, religion or background, but as im growing older im discovering the awful things us brits did. and this is on my own, we dont learn everything in school about what we did in north america or to the aboriginees in australia and even jamaicans and africans. there are a few british jamicans in my area and they're such lovely people, very warm and kind, they dont seem to mind about how badly we treated them in the past. im just glad we can live together with one another in peace.
My grandad did the same thing. Left my dad and his siblings and also his wife in Jamaica and never returned. He passed away there and no one ever saw him again. I'm saddened because I never got to meet him and worse my dad wanted to see him again. His name was Sylvester Smith from Wild Cane St Ann. I wonder if anyone would recognize his name. I would love to hear about his life in ENGLAND. Heard he have a whole new family there as well.
Do not forget the People of British Guiana (now Guyana,) who remained after the War and others who came and helped in the rebuilding of the U K.We are proud of being British
I think most Jamaicans would back at their times as colony with nostalgia, of course the english didn't treat them well in the 1800s, but by the 50s they were ok, there wasn't the type of racism that existed in America in Britain, people looked on them as being. The Windrush scandal today is not the feelings of the country, but of a small number of government officials, we all like the Jamaicans and west Indians here. The British treated them pretty fairly in the caribbean and much better than any french, spanish or even american would of!
We have been building Britian from slavery times and even to this day. Britian is our inheritance from the hard labour our ancestors and foreparents put into her. God paved the way for us to be here so we can reap their blood, sweat and tears. I will feel entitled to piece of this country because of this truth, no matter what anyone says.
Understand what you're saying but you don't wanna subject your descendants to these country were the majority of ppl don't look like them. Generally ppl phytologically assume they're better than someone that's darker than them.
This is an important part of history. It should be taught in schools. Caribbeans should be celebrated for their contribution to the building of Britain. In particular to how they built up areas of the UK after the world war when Hitler invaded Britain.
No it's not . Unwanted by the English working class . The white working class has suffered very badly because of this ! Dead and wounded everywhere now and getting worse .
@@grahamjohnson2559 My question is why you guys were not able to rebuild after the war? Also why did you need help during the war? I find folks with your view points to be the main reason why racism will never end. My great grandfather was British( I OFTEN WONDER IF HE WAS A RACIST DEEP DOWN TOO, WHEN I SEE COMMENTS LIKE YOURS) and he moved to Jamaica during the war married had kids and after the war went back hence our family tires to the "motherland". I JUST WISH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WOULD STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR TAKING YOUR JOBS AND HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT FOR WHAT THE WINDRUSH GENERATION CONTRIBUTED TO ENGLAND! I am also so happy that my grandmother left England and settled elsewhere, because of folks with your crazy views.She told me how many of you folks would not do the crappy jobs but are the first to cry that your jobs are going. I am also so happy that most folks are waking up and realizing that we got brainwashed with this motherland crap! In my humble opinion we got used and abused! HAVE SOME RESPECT!!!!!!
@@sonotthejoneses5109 i remember when princess diana died and jamaicans took it as if their own family member had died. I was a kid back then and til this day i am confused to why they were o emotional about it.
@@sonotthejoneses5109 Basically they were lazy and needed us to rebuild, now they have there finances sorted they want us gone. That's fine by me the UK is crap and a shit hole. The country will go lower down the ranks as China, India, Brazil grow their economies.
I am a Yorkshireman and disgusted with the British government’s action in illegally deporting Jamaicans ( among others) who went over there to live and work, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. In my first job was with a municipal bus service, with around 250 buses ( if my memory is correct.) From time to time the general manager and traffic manager would take the train 250 miles to Southampton in order to offer the job of bus conductor to Jamaicans &/or other West Indians as they arrived by boat. Many became drivers and later found other jobs and some became self-employed driving instructors. All those persons and their British born families have paid British taxes and have legally the same rights as any Englishman. It is crimInal for the government, over the last three or so years to try to deport some of those immigrants. These include some of those who had never left Britain and therefore never applied for a passport and some who could not find the travel documents from five or six decades ago. They have also deported some who were brought up in Britain and know nothing of Jamaica, but have committed a crime in Britain. Fortunately Jamaicans in England welcome by most of the population and have enhanced the country, as have those from other Caribbean countries.
Granddad served in the British infantry. He survived. I can't imagine why he volunteered except to say it was a different time and that is just how things went back then.
God Bless The Jamaican people who helped us defeat the Germans,the Jamaican people a very welcome here and ate a lovely people,your all very welcome here ,Blessings from Essex S&T
A family memeber said that Jamaica should not have gained independence , it isver sad to see that they believe in Western imperialism and not see the evils of it .
My grandfather and his brother went during one of the World Wars. My grandfather hated it and returned shortly after. His brother stayed. The tale of two brothers. Lol
how many people in the caribbean's knows these history if it's wasn't for this Documentary about what the caribbean's people do for the mother land English in those days. and now they have not been Recognized in the British society it's a Damn shame
Why didn’t the Queen speak out or defend the same people she begged to be in her country to rebuild England to what it is now. The treatment of the Windrush people and their descendants was and is disgusting.
Nice I enjoy that piece of history thoroughly. I am not bitter with the grudges, just think was short of enough communication on both part. Nice we could contribute,and both parties benifited. Amazingly happy to have this preserved,priceless.
My great-grandfather had a dual citizenship after he fought in the British army during WW2. He had a lot of land in JA so he never wanted to migrate but two of his eldest daughters went to England for school. My grandmother never wanted to go. She stayed until she finished her teaching degree at UWI then came to America instead. She goes to England all the time to visit her sisters & her nephews. She always said England was nice but there was more money in America. Lol. My family is scattered everywhere now- Canada, UK, NYC, Bahamas, and very few left in JA.
Hearing all these historical stories this world. this social ideologies and construct has left a corrupted and wicked lineage to be living in and to say we all have blood running through our bodies and we treat each other so terrible during those times.
Michael JoToya Jackson. The real name of the Documentary is "The Wind Rush" named after the ship that brought West Indians to GB after WWII. Look up on RUclips. A BBC documentary
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7) Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:12-13)
my grand feather served in 40s war. whan the was done he want back to jamaica.he had madal to show for it and them give him peace of land. he diden't like were the land was.he had his own land were he live in st elizabeth. bless.🏝🏖🌅🥃
I cannot imagine the mental and emotional trauma, the black immigrants experience, just for the be so-called economic prosperity. Racism will always exist in this satanic and diabolic world. Only God's Kingdom government can bring everlasting relief from pain and suffering we experience today. Matthew 6:9 My father told me that many of his relative left St. Mary in the early days for England, he nor his father had never heard from them, probably they have become victims of the cold and wicked system.
Do you think he's referring to machine or petrol? Are you really that ignorant along with the others who thumbed up your statement? Coconut oil. After you wash you moisturized with coconut oil or Aloe. Today coconut oil is used by Black and white Americans today for the same purpose we used it for back then. in Jamaica it was also the dominate cooking oil and it gives the food such an amazing flavour. Ignorance has no colour barrier. Said to see such ignorance Blacks can have towards each other.
A wah d rahtid this man, tap grieve me. How comes no migration back to Africa? Lost roots, thank goodness for what was brought and taught through tradition by our ancestors.
M Cameron because we are the Arawaks The Americas is our mother we were moved around island to island and to the mainland A lot of our ancestors were sent to Africa to colonize it this is where u get Sierra Leone and Liberia we gave those ppl language and culture we are America is the cradle of civilization Most of Africa is a desert
@@TymeBamm Egypt is the craddle for Civilization as so for slavery. Due to the disposition of slaves to the western world, "our" ancestors are scattered to now develop the other side of the world. My comment was a reaction to the derrogatory statement placed in the video yet it is still informative ( in general). Thank you for your elaboration.
@@MeeksCameron How is Egypt the cradle of civilization? when a 100 years ago that area wasn't call Egypt you gotta stop regurgitating the so called scholars theory do your genealogy and find out who you are ask your grandmother where was she from and ask her if her mother told her she came from Africa that's how you research
I did my genealogy research and know who I am and my lineage, so before you rebut there is no need to argue. I have read and I have not stopped from doing so. We all have different opinions and some to agree to disagree.
The real name of the Documentary is "The Wind Rush" named after the ship that brought West Indians to GB after WWII. Look up on RUclips. A BBC documentary
david Milton this reason why they're called "West Indians" is because when Columbus discovered the region he named it the West Indies. He thought he'd reach India but he was wrong, since then no one has been bothered to change it.
They were brought here to cover for troops abroad in the labour market . Never expected to stay. This was against the wishes of the English people. The experience with them has been an unpleasant and bloody one .
When will black ppl wake up this is not our land .. this is Native American people land . Smh we just don’t get it we will never overcome the oppressor till we build that connection back with Africa and not only that we must find what tribes we are rooted from .
So the Jamaicans were used to fly the planes to carpet bomb Europe knowing English men would not have been involved in such war crimes. I've never heard before about the Caribbean men being recruited for this engagement. What I see is one bloke say how he read Hitler said that Blacks and Jews live similarly, then when Jamaicans return it's as dire as it was from when they were recruited. Seems to me Hitler wasn't wrong then? Or what's going on. Meanwhile the English were being genocided in their homes, or packaged off to other colonies, Rhodesia, Australia, New Zealand, while Pakistanis, Indians and Caribbeans were recruited in. There's something not right with the British Empire... oh yes, opium! Look at Jamaica's problems now, where are the Empire leaders to protect Jamaica from Communism and drugs? Pfft!
It's disgraceful to know u came and fought oh they loved u then with their fake welcome and fake smiles has soon has they had no use for u they treated u like shit
Did these folk read Dickens the grim conditions during the industrial revolution or just read anything about the UK the Irish civil war Oh bwoy the importance of reading with understanding.
AND THEY GOT NOTHING NOT EVEN A PASSPORT ......THIS IS WHY I CAN'T WATCH THESE VIDEOS ...... THE MAN SAID THE ASK WHEN ARE THEY GOING BACK HOW HOW USED CAN ONE FEEL AFTER HEARING THAT
The abuse my grandparents faced, I still remember the stories my grandad used to tell me, life was rough for them. They built a very close knit caribbean community who supported and loved each other in rural England, I have always been very proud of how they looked out for each other.
But where did ure grandad used to live back than
Where do they mostly live in recent times
They weren't invited
I'm glad u could have a loving community that of think that stands out from the Brits to the Jamaicans is that pride and love
@@jamesjameson4566 you wasn't invited
The motherland is AFRICA.
The Africans would't treat you any better either. The notion of Africa as the Mother Country is a myth.
Was waiting for such a comment they Brain wash I leave in london Africa will be always be my home.
To be honest I attended Jamaica Indipendence with kenyan president found that there many Kenyan leaving in Jamaica and like wise the two countries never had visas was all fun
Are you living in Africa?
ISRAEL
God bless Jamaica and it's people.
Peace on earth, goodwill towards men.
My grandfather left Barbados and went to London in 1959 to work in the British Transport System. RIP Darnley Ward.
The idea to go and work in England was actually Barbados. Not Jamaica. 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧
@Đark Destroyer In the Caribbean it was Barbados who first sent the letter to the UK with such an idea. You cannot change history. So bye my big fat jack ass.
@@cherylharewood2549 After the Windrush migrants( Who were never actually invited by Britain,contrary to popular myth),in the 50s,the Barbados government asked Britain to help Them out as Barbados was experiencing unemployment rates of up to 25% at that time.....that's where many of the bus drivers and train guards came from....
THANK'S GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SERVICE TO THIS UNGRATEFUL COUNTRY.
Love your comment this bought a smile on my face
MaGoG MaRsMaN Tugorma you can say that again. And after they were finished they threw them out...
They used them as always and when they were done they were tossed aside . Nothing new just a different time
Agree
@Brother Jake's Konservative Evolution no one told them where to live how to live the weather was cold in June...plenty work indeed... no introductions..yet Jamaicans rose to the occasion from air raid shelter to succeed🦁
100%
I said the same thing.
I said the same thing.
Never judge a book by its cover. I'm going to admit that when I heard the accent of the white lady who has been married 47 years to a black man, her demeanour put me immediately in mind of my racist neighbours. If I never knew any better, that "stereotype" could have made me judge her wrongly. So in hindsight I'd be no better a person than my racist neighbours had I judged this book by its cover.
Kudos to her, that she stuck to her guns and didn't allow the racist negativity of her family to rob her of love, happiness and 47 years of a beautiful marriage.
it hurts me to see how my parent genertion were and still are being treated. I'm looking at a passport picture of a 25 year old man who made that trip. he is now an 84 years young man . My dad .....respect 100%
@Darrin Robinson ooohhh yeah, dont forget the bit about the african slave masters who enslaved and murdered other african tribes, selling them onto muslim in there millions as slaves.
@Darrin Robinson Quite frankly, what have you really said in that "book" of a response???
@Darrin Robinson Oh, so I am trying to be a "smart ass?" Well, maybe. But try this for size: You posted 3 responses a mile long, which could have been expressed effectively or even more clearly with less that 1/5 of the words you (unnecessarily) used. So yes Darrin, "It's not if you can read it's what you read." Does that make me a smart ass? Maybe.
Also, there is a big difference between communication and "effective" communication. When you figure out the difference let us know. As a hint, unnecessary wording makes the post monotonous.
And anyone who will write "IF YOU WASN'T RADICAL" ... should not be the one to be calling someone smart ass. For even the smart ass knows the correct word should be "WEREN'T."
Finally, the soundness or truth of a man's argument should be enough to speak for him ... not his insults.
Your's truly "Smart Ass.
This is what happens when you impose yourself on a country that doesn’t want you fact of life. You say about the mother country but even white men were not allowed just to turn up in Australia And become citizensYeah was a process you had to go through to see if they would accept you. The blame must fall onto the British government to a degree we shouldn’t have taken them in but what we should’ve done was help him in Jamaica with the industry and a structure to bring it up to the modern world they would then be in a place they could call Home. Even after 75 years they are unable to call Britain Home it’s not there Home it never will be that Home. That’s not fair on any nation. Hopefully one day they will create their own civilisation that is something that they are proud off.
this mental slavery at its best even now in 2019 slavery still here
White supremacy fucked up some black people brain...man said England is motherland 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
So sad 😞
Slavery is still here the white people are more smarter than before that why they are they come up with farm work idea for black people if we are to work here in Jamaica for 6mounts we make more than what they paid it's just a mind set
I just said the same thing
They fought for England then and for America now. So many of the guys I grew up with are now in the US military.
Even African Americans fight for them
Still fighting for England & Canada now aswell
just to say glad there are still plenty of Jamaicans remaining in Jamaica and stayed loyal to their country
Lot of runaway slave to me
What does that mean? People are wrong if they migrate to find a better life?
My mother used to tell me stories, about how racist the British used to be.
Yes. Irish and Blacks refused a room to live.
What do you mean used to be, when did it change?
Still racist. Maybe just a little more covert these days..just a little
Not a lot has changed, it's just undercover!
I read some of the comments here. We left England in 1971. My parents came in the 1950’s. I thought it would be better than the United States, I guess not!
So , you used them, and now you want to refuse their descendants?
No patois, you notice, very interesting!!
My dad's brother flew in the RAF during the 2nd W.W. We're from Jamaica.
So you mean your uncle then?
@@leonhenry4861 Yes. I said my dad's brother because I wanted to be clear it was my Dad's brother and not my Mum's
@Ms overcomer Jamaica and America.
@@kwacou4279 yeah I got you bro. Did he ever regret that decision to fly for the British?
My Dad served in the RAF.
What a way to show their appreciation an gratitude by throwing them out decades later
i can tell stories of England, and experience a lot of what is shown on the telly. i was a part of this
So was this after the war they brought the Chinese in?
Wow i would love to have a talk with u
damn dude, im white and british and this makes me feel awful. obviously i was not around in this time and i didnt do these things personally but either way i think the younger generation are much less narrow minded and more accepting to everyone. I dont hate anyone, no matter their colour, religion or background, but as im growing older im discovering the awful things us brits did. and this is on my own, we dont learn everything in school about what we did in north america or to the aboriginees in australia and even jamaicans and africans. there are a few british jamicans in my area and they're such lovely people, very warm and kind, they dont seem to mind about how badly we treated them in the past. im just glad we can live together with one another in peace.
Great comment.
A chameleon remains a chameleon no matter what, it only disguise itself based on the situation and remains a chameleon till the end of time.
My late grandad faught in the war and managed to start a whole new family in England but already had one back in jamaica. Smh...
Damn my grandfather did the same thing. Left my grandma with 10 kids!
They though England was all
My grandad did the same thing. Left my dad and his siblings and also his wife in Jamaica and never returned. He passed away there and no one ever saw him again. I'm saddened because I never got to meet him and worse my dad wanted to see him again. His name was Sylvester Smith from Wild Cane St Ann. I wonder if anyone would recognize his name. I would love to hear about his life in ENGLAND. Heard he have a whole new family there as well.
@@TuffGongization what
Do not forget the People of British Guiana (now Guyana,) who remained after the War and others who came and helped in the rebuilding of the U K.We are proud of being British
The English didn't treat them well in their own country, why would the think it would be better on England soil?
chantilly lace so its their fault people were racist to them?
Because! Like us working class English! They were brainwashed!! 😉
maria610421 Are you on Crack? You Moron! Please put the pipe down!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
maria610421 please put down the Crack Pipe! It’s screwing you up!!!😉
I think most Jamaicans would back at their times as colony with nostalgia, of course the english didn't treat them well in the 1800s, but by the 50s they were ok, there wasn't the type of racism that existed in America in Britain, people looked on them as being. The Windrush scandal today is not the feelings of the country, but of a small number of government officials, we all like the Jamaicans and west Indians here. The British treated them pretty fairly in the caribbean and much better than any french, spanish or even american would of!
My uncle came over on the windrush 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Our Dad's longest Friend, Sydney Burke {LBC radio presenter} was on the Windrush, too. RIP Syd.⭐️
Still relevant to this day😔
We have been building Britian from slavery times and even to this day. Britian is our inheritance from the hard labour our ancestors and foreparents put into her. God paved the way for us to be here so we can reap their blood, sweat and tears. I will feel entitled to piece of this country because of this truth, no matter what anyone says.
Understand what you're saying but you don't wanna subject your descendants to these country were the majority of ppl don't look like them. Generally ppl phytologically assume they're better than someone that's darker than them.
That's truth were the appreciation
You've built nothing
@phil stabler have you got a link to it. I am googling it but not much has come up.
This is an important part of history. It should be taught in schools. Caribbeans should be celebrated for their contribution to the building of Britain. In particular to how they built up areas of the UK after the world war when Hitler invaded Britain.
They should learn wherever they can.
Dem fi memba sey ah we come ya an show dem how fi clean !!!!!!! Dutty blumbart dem ah wicked
True words my sista guh deh
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Its sad to think they trying to deport all the Windrush generation
No it's not . Unwanted by the English working class . The white working class has suffered very badly because of this ! Dead and wounded everywhere now and getting worse .
@@grahamjohnson2559 My question is why you guys were not able to rebuild after the war? Also why did you need help during the war? I find folks with your view points to be the main reason why racism will never end. My great grandfather was British( I OFTEN WONDER IF HE WAS A RACIST DEEP DOWN TOO, WHEN I SEE COMMENTS LIKE YOURS) and he moved to Jamaica during the war married had kids and after the war went back hence our family tires to the "motherland". I JUST WISH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WOULD STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR TAKING YOUR JOBS AND HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT FOR WHAT THE WINDRUSH GENERATION CONTRIBUTED TO ENGLAND! I am also so happy that my grandmother left England and settled elsewhere, because of folks with your crazy views.She told me how many of you folks would not do the crappy jobs but are the first to cry that your jobs are going. I am also so happy that most folks are waking up and realizing that we got brainwashed with this motherland crap! In my humble opinion we got used and abused! HAVE SOME RESPECT!!!!!!
@@sonotthejoneses5109 i remember when princess diana died and jamaicans took it as if their own family member had died. I was a kid back then and til this day i am confused to why they were o emotional about it.
@@sonotthejoneses5109 Basically they were lazy and needed us to rebuild, now they have there finances sorted they want us gone. That's fine by me the UK is crap and a shit hole. The country will go lower down the ranks as China, India, Brazil grow their economies.
I am a Yorkshireman and disgusted with the British government’s action in illegally deporting Jamaicans ( among others) who went over there to live and work, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s.
In my first job was with a municipal bus service, with around 250 buses ( if my memory is correct.)
From time to time the general manager and traffic manager would take the train 250 miles to Southampton in order to offer the job of bus conductor to Jamaicans &/or other West Indians as they arrived by boat.
Many became drivers and later found other jobs and some became self-employed driving instructors.
All those persons and their British born families have paid British taxes and have legally the same rights as any Englishman.
It is crimInal for the government, over the last three or so years to try to deport some of those immigrants.
These include some of those who had never left Britain and therefore never applied for a passport and some who could not find the travel documents from five or six decades ago.
They have also deported some who were brought up in Britain and know nothing of Jamaica, but have committed a crime in Britain.
Fortunately Jamaicans in England welcome by most of the population and have enhanced the country, as have those from other Caribbean countries.
Granddad served in the British infantry. He survived. I can't imagine why he volunteered except to say it was a different time and that is just how things went back then.
God Bless The Jamaican people who helped us defeat the Germans,the Jamaican people a very welcome here and ate a lovely people,your all very welcome here ,Blessings from Essex S&T
A family memeber said that Jamaica should not have gained independence , it isver sad to see that they believe in Western imperialism and not see the evils of it .
My grandfather and his brother went during one of the World Wars. My grandfather hated it and returned shortly after. His brother stayed. The tale of two brothers. Lol
how many people in the caribbean's knows these history if it's wasn't for this Documentary about what the caribbean's people do for the mother land English in those days. and now they have not been Recognized in the British society it's a Damn shame
Great men... Hats off to them..
Why didn’t the Queen speak out or defend the same people she begged to be in her country to rebuild England to what it is now. The treatment of the Windrush people and their descendants was and is disgusting.
Being a young man living in Jamaica I was not aware of these problems my people were having in England.
Them island people calling England mother land wow, no my people Africa is our mother land.
@SoRaya your a lost soul my queen . Nothing on this Western Hemisphere is our mother land .. these are lands of the native people .
Nice I enjoy that piece of history thoroughly. I am not bitter with the grudges, just think was short of enough communication on both part. Nice we could contribute,and both parties benifited. Amazingly happy to have this preserved,priceless.
Who filmed this documentary? There is a lot of god information that I would like to cite for a research project.
Just link to the timestamps in this until you find out who made it
My great-grandfather had a dual citizenship after he fought in the British army during WW2. He had a lot of land in JA so he never wanted to migrate but two of his eldest daughters went to England for school. My grandmother never wanted to go. She stayed until she finished her teaching degree at UWI then came to America instead. She goes to England all the time to visit her sisters & her nephews. She always said England was nice but there was more money in America. Lol. My family is scattered everywhere now- Canada, UK, NYC, Bahamas, and very few left in JA.
so sad being maligned after fighting 4 them
How my god. now we learn. Please.there of to be a part 2 and or 3
Me glad Jamaican a know Themselves,this could not happen in Our time.We know Africa is the Mother land.
Glory to all those brave soldiers who fought for us.
" Lest we forget ."
Spot on. Brave men.
Us who?
I can’t take many messages from this story...... give thanks to the generations b4 us
the white ship guy is such a decent gentlemen I hope his offspring are honoured who ever they are
Some of the things he said were lovely and truly modernist even for the time
great doc
Hearing all these historical stories this world. this social ideologies and construct has left a corrupted and wicked lineage to be living in and to say we all have blood running through our bodies and we treat each other so terrible during those times.
Thanks for telling this story i enjoy .
Ulric cross was Trinidadian. The air guard base at Piarco is named after him.
Is there a part 2....? Because it cut off at the end.....!!!
Michael JoToya Jackson.
The real name of the Documentary is "The Wind Rush" named after the ship that brought West Indians to GB after WWII. Look up on RUclips. A BBC documentary
Michael MoNtoya Jackson
My father Kenneth Bolton joined the Royal Air Force!
my grand father fought in world war 2
Some serious cases of Stockholm syndrome
West Indians were used..we still aren't treated properly. When W.W3 start they will come for us again..
Jelousy is the root of beautiful melanin peoples problems.
wow. never. known THANKS. good. Documentary
The Queen of England tef my people out of Africa
No, slaves were captured and sold by their own black brothers,
that is the truth, it was a slaveTRADE, and all people were in business
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What did the slavers use to purchase them with?
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What is the name of the book,it would be informative.
Is there a part 2 to this documentary as it stops abruptly? If so would love to see the rest of this documentary where can I find part 2?
Great stuff!
Very interesting documentary.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:12-13)
my grand feather served in 40s war. whan the was done he want back to jamaica.he had madal to show for it and them give him peace of land. he diden't like were the land was.he had his own land were he live in st elizabeth. bless.🏝🏖🌅🥃
I cannot imagine the mental and emotional trauma, the black immigrants experience, just for the be so-called economic prosperity. Racism will always exist in this satanic and diabolic world. Only God's Kingdom government can bring everlasting relief from pain and suffering we experience today. Matthew 6:9
My father told me that many of his relative left St. Mary in the early days for England, he nor his father had never heard from them, probably they have become victims of the cold and wicked system.
May we have the rest of the documentary?
This is the Windrush documentary, here is part 1: ruclips.net/video/YGTm_Gsvyzw/видео.html
Kerry D: Thank you for sharing this link.
Question what were they fighting for anyway ?
It was this little thing called World War 2...........
@@TRUTHTEACHER2007 But what was they fighting for?
@@FHIPrincePeter you don't know what started World War 2?
Every war starts n ends the same. U fight for Gold Oil Leadership & Diamonds (gold) i think
@@Hi-mf3dd basically control of Africa? Maybe?
Just sad how bad black people were treated not only in the United States, but all around the world.
Trust in The Lord God for He is good and His mecry endoreth for all genarations be blessed in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen.
wow so, in other words, they helped build England hmmm poor souls and not much different now attitude wise
wow, interesting documentary
I am fine my father is name I is Carlton Anthony Brown born on March 27th I n buff bay Portland Jamaica in 19 62 for England
It. Was. a. Disgrace. then. and. Still is. today.
23:28 Is that little boy picking through the pocket? ha ahh haaa ah ha cute picture
I have never heard of black people washing with oil and I am black...????
Do you think he's referring to machine or petrol? Are you really that ignorant along with the others who thumbed up your statement? Coconut oil. After you wash you moisturized with coconut oil or Aloe. Today coconut oil is used by Black and white Americans today for the same purpose we used it for back then. in Jamaica it was also the dominate cooking oil and it gives the food such an amazing flavour. Ignorance has no colour barrier. Said to see such ignorance Blacks can have towards each other.
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You could answer without taking your anger out on others.
@@kwacou4279 all you had to do was inform,not with all that unnecessary sarcasm dam🙄
@3:41 he a real one for that big ups
Now jamaican cant even go england
In view of the treatment given to the Windrush generation and their offsprings , apart from some 'coconuts', lots of people have wised up!
11.04- 11.11 heart breaking.
A wah d rahtid this man, tap grieve me. How comes no migration back to Africa?
Lost roots, thank goodness for what was brought and taught through tradition by our ancestors.
Truuuu
M Cameron because we are the Arawaks The Americas is our mother we were moved around island to island and to the mainland A lot of our ancestors were sent to Africa to colonize it this is where u get Sierra Leone and Liberia we gave those ppl language and culture we are America is the cradle of civilization Most of Africa is a desert
@@TymeBamm Egypt is the craddle for Civilization as so for slavery. Due to the disposition of slaves to the western world, "our" ancestors are scattered to now develop the other side of the world.
My comment was a reaction to the derrogatory statement placed in the video yet it is still informative ( in general).
Thank you for your elaboration.
@@MeeksCameron How is Egypt the cradle of civilization? when a 100 years ago that area wasn't call Egypt you gotta stop regurgitating the so called scholars theory do your genealogy and find out who you are ask your grandmother where was she from and ask her if her mother told her she came from Africa that's how you research
I did my genealogy research and know who I am and my lineage, so before you rebut there is no need to argue. I have read and I have not stopped from doing so. We all have different opinions and some to agree to disagree.
Where's the rest of the video?
So the main areas of settlement mention between 21:59 to 22:21.
Where is the rest!!!!!!!!!!!
The real name of the Documentary is "The Wind Rush" named after the ship that brought West Indians to GB after WWII. Look up on RUclips. A BBC documentary
is there a part two
My school was called windrush lol
Pay attention.
How many times are they referred to as "Indians" ?
West Indian.
david Milton this reason why they're called "West Indians" is because when Columbus discovered the region he named it the West Indies. He thought he'd reach India but he was wrong, since then no one has been bothered to change it.
They were brought here to cover for troops abroad in the labour market . Never expected to stay. This was against the wishes of the English people. The experience with them has been an unpleasant and bloody one .
When will black ppl wake up this is not our land .. this is Native American people land . Smh we just don’t get it we will never overcome the oppressor till we build that connection back with Africa and not only that we must find what tribes we are rooted from .
Too many are afraid to identify with Africa, dare I say ashamed even?
So the Jamaicans were used to fly the planes to carpet bomb Europe knowing English men would not have been involved in such war crimes. I've never heard before about the Caribbean men being recruited for this engagement. What I see is one bloke say how he read Hitler said that Blacks and Jews live similarly, then when Jamaicans return it's as dire as it was from when they were recruited. Seems to me Hitler wasn't wrong then? Or what's going on. Meanwhile the English were being genocided in their homes, or packaged off to other colonies, Rhodesia, Australia, New Zealand, while Pakistanis, Indians and Caribbeans were recruited in. There's something not right with the British Empire... oh yes, opium! Look at Jamaica's problems now, where are the Empire leaders to protect Jamaica from Communism and drugs? Pfft!
The music weren't their taste, eh? Now, reggae is an integral part of England. You are welcome, England.
So are knives, drill and weed
It's disgraceful to know u came and fought oh they loved u then with their fake welcome and fake smiles has soon has they had no use for u they treated u like shit
Umm what kinda ending is that?
Are you kidding me? In the middle of the documentary and the video ends ????
Now they want to ship your asses back so you can't collect your retirement.
Did these folk read Dickens the grim conditions during the industrial revolution or just read anything about the UK the Irish civil war Oh bwoy the importance of reading with understanding.
Did You Here That Word Immigrants. And Yet Still Was A British Colony. Or Commonwealth Did Alot Of JAMAICANS Know That Their! Or English Citizens.
Big up Guy's Hill....lol
Right? I grew up for the first 10 years of my life in Windsor Castle Guys Hill area. Parents worked in Highgate and Port Maria.
It's weird how they trick them my sir name is cross wonder if Ulric cross is my family
I wonder how we africans came from Africa but calling UK our mada land
How about going back to Africa then, I don’t see too many West Indian aspiring to do that do you?
AND THEY GOT NOTHING NOT EVEN A PASSPORT ......THIS IS WHY I CAN'T WATCH THESE VIDEOS ...... THE MAN SAID THE ASK WHEN ARE THEY GOING BACK HOW HOW USED CAN ONE FEEL AFTER HEARING THAT
Brain wash our four parents smh
"west Indians"... it sounds so stupid.
Dare to say "carribean Nubians" 😄