They were not invited here by the British Government. The advertisement shown was from Jamaican newspaper The Daily Gleaner and was placed by the shipping company to fill empty places on the Windrush for its journey to the UK.
Not quite the whole truth, those on the Windrush were not invited to the UK, they just turned up. The Windrush was empty coming back from Australia, they stopped at Jamaica and had the bright idea of selling tickets to the UK to make a few quid, I'm afraid honest historians are becoming History, how ironic.
they never just turned up. my grandad still has the photos of the queen which says the mother country needs you!!!! and they recruited nurses and bus drivers from jamaica etc to come over how the hell they gonna just turn up!!! this isn’t kent or dinghy’s
@@aestheticsbyjasmine940 not true. There were even questions in parliament asking what to do about these people just turning up. What Jon Matthews says is completely true.
@@aestheticsbyjasmine940 The nurses and bus drivers recruitment was a decade later and was at the instigation of the Jamaican authorities in the face of a population explosion to attempt to ease mass unemployment and political violence there. They bribed potential applicants to leave their country with the promise (in the case of the bus drivers) paid passage to be repaid from their first year's wages. They dealt directly with London Transport and a few local health authorities; nothing whatsoever to do with the British Government.
This is the modern day narrative that we are all supposed to buy into; that Britain needed help, and the Windrush brought all these selfless people who just wanted to help Britain rebuild itself after the war. Theres not an ounce of truth in it. The truth is the situation in the Caribbean was rather dire in terms of mass unemployment and a rapidly rising birth rate, and the authorities there were worried about civil unrest. They approached Britain , and Britain felt an obligation to help.
These people were not invited. The country was in ruins. Our people were still on rations and their wasn't a shortage of labour. Many stowaways on the windrush jumped over the sides, swam to shore and were never seen again. The first place they were sent was the sole office. They signed on, then down to the housing office. It's been non stop since.
🤔...And you were there, were you? The country was in ruins. The country needed to be rebuilt. Manpower was in demand. For whatever reason the British government deemed it necessary to import foreign labour in the guise of West Indian migrants who where part of the Great ( not so great now...) British Empire. Again, we would believe that it was for the right reasons so they enlisted the Caribbean islands to entice people to The UK. Many ships came. People did not jump ship! Why would they? They had no knowledge of the dole office ( check your writing before you so eagerly write propaganda...) Look at the mess today. It is your government who created this mess! Cheap labour. Free housing, inner city deprivation... What Englishman, for that matter any man, wants to be paid peanuts and have to live in squalor??? That is what the West Indians had to face when they came. But for the best part, the majority in the face of hatred, racists and false people of the time, overcame the hardships and helped build up and put The Great back into Britain back and on the map as a force to be reckoned with in 21st century. What goes around certainly comes around... With Brexit, you sitting in your comfortable chair like the rest of us are going to experience change like you cannot imagine. But nothing compared to what the West Indians faced upon arrival here in the once Mighty Commonwealth. Get your fact straight or be a politician and make a constructive difference! Just look at your Lords. What a joke.
The English were stitched up. Our gov colluded with Oz gov and goaded 1/2 million English to leave BEFORE Windrush was even thought of. England had no "white only policy" like Australia because they wanted cheap labour - pawns for the moneyed class and the rentiers. Given this mass exodus of English i cant understand the claim of "shortage of housing" when windrush numbers were relatively small.
There was no man power shortage the government was enticing families to emigrate to Australia to make room for these people.. if a vote had been given to Britons they would have voted No.
@@richmck007 There was no encouragement by the British government to West Indians. History is being bent to suit a box ticking narrative. The encouragement was by the shipping line to make money from a returning near empty troopship. There was no shortage of indigenous labour. Vast numbers of British servicemen were being demobbed and looking for work. The only organisation that went on a recruiting drive was London Transport who went on a recruitment drive in Barbados after first recruiting Irish and Maltese people. They spoke English and drove on the left.
thank you 🙏🏽 the english didn’t wanna be bus drivers or cleaners so they recruited carribean people to come over then subsequently blamed them for taking jobs haha this shit is still going on today with polish people and romanians they used to do the jobs the english didn’t want too
They were not invited here by the British Government. The advertisement shown was from Jamaican newspaper The Daily Gleaner and was placed by the shipping company to fill empty places on the Windrush for its journey to the UK.
Not quite the whole truth, those on the Windrush were not invited to the UK, they just turned up. The Windrush was empty coming back from Australia, they stopped at Jamaica and had the bright idea of selling tickets to the UK to make a few quid, I'm afraid honest historians are becoming History, how ironic.
they never just turned up. my grandad still has the photos of the queen which says the mother country needs you!!!! and they recruited nurses and bus drivers from jamaica etc to come over how the hell they gonna just turn up!!! this isn’t kent or dinghy’s
@@aestheticsbyjasmine940 not true. There were even questions in parliament asking what to do about these people just turning up. What Jon Matthews says is completely true.
@@aestheticsbyjasmine940 The nurses and bus drivers recruitment was a decade later and was at the instigation of the Jamaican authorities in the face of a population explosion to attempt to ease mass unemployment and political violence there. They bribed potential applicants to leave their country with the promise (in the case of the bus drivers) paid passage to be repaid from their first year's wages. They dealt directly with London Transport and a few local health authorities; nothing whatsoever to do with the British Government.
Never asked since 1948
Why did they need workers? Didn’t they have a literal army of workers about to be released?
Thanks! Helped with my revision. :)
My father was a steward on the Empire Windrush. Wonder how I could find out what years he served on her?
The British people were never asked.
This is the modern day narrative that we are all supposed to buy into; that Britain needed help, and the Windrush brought all these selfless people who just wanted to help Britain rebuild itself after the war. Theres not an ounce of truth in it. The truth is the situation in the Caribbean was rather dire in terms of mass unemployment and a rapidly rising birth rate, and the authorities there were worried about civil unrest. They approached Britain , and Britain felt an obligation to help.
Amazing
Je suis en classe et merci bcp
A very sad day
How exactly 🤨🧐
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Ce génie
My teachers put this link on Microsoft OneNote.
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@@oskybug2830 hey Oscar
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@@ekekekekek..sfs98 hey man I’m just tryna tell you a fish is drowning in Gucci abbreviations right now
Beginning of the end
I agree
These people were not invited. The country was in ruins. Our people were still on rations and their wasn't a shortage of labour. Many stowaways on the windrush jumped over the sides, swam to shore and were never seen again. The first place they were sent was the sole office. They signed on, then down to the housing office. It's been non stop since.
🤔...And you were there, were you? The country was in ruins. The country needed to be rebuilt. Manpower was in demand. For whatever reason the British government deemed it necessary to import foreign labour in the guise of West Indian migrants who where part of the Great ( not so great now...) British Empire.
Again, we would believe that it was for the right reasons so they enlisted the Caribbean islands to entice people to The UK.
Many ships came. People did not jump ship! Why would they? They had no knowledge of the dole office ( check your writing before you so eagerly write propaganda...)
Look at the mess today. It is your government who created this mess!
Cheap labour. Free housing, inner city deprivation... What Englishman, for that matter any man, wants to be paid peanuts and have to live in squalor???
That is what the West Indians had to face when they came. But for the best part, the majority in the face of hatred, racists and false people of the time, overcame the hardships and helped build up and put The Great back into Britain back and on the map as a force to be reckoned with in 21st century.
What goes around certainly comes around...
With Brexit, you sitting in your comfortable chair like the rest of us are going to experience change like you cannot imagine.
But nothing compared to what the West Indians faced upon arrival here in the once Mighty Commonwealth.
Get your fact straight or be a politician and make a constructive difference!
Just look at your Lords. What a joke.
The English were stitched up.
Our gov colluded with Oz gov and goaded 1/2 million English to leave BEFORE Windrush was even thought of.
England had no "white only policy" like Australia because they wanted cheap labour - pawns for the moneyed class and the rentiers. Given this mass exodus of English i cant understand the claim of "shortage of housing" when windrush numbers were relatively small.
There was no man power shortage the government was enticing families to emigrate to Australia to make room for these people.. if a vote had been given to Britons they would have voted No.
Dude look at London it’s too late and Amit it
@@richmck007 There was no encouragement by the British government to West Indians. History is being bent to suit a box ticking narrative. The encouragement was by the shipping line to make money from a returning near empty troopship. There was no shortage of indigenous labour. Vast numbers of British servicemen were being demobbed and looking for work. The only organisation that went on a recruiting drive was London Transport who went on a recruitment drive in Barbados after first recruiting Irish and Maltese people. They spoke English and drove on the left.
Tilbury is not in London
True, but Tilbury Docks are part of the Port of London. Title updated to reflect this.
@@historypod Thanks for telling me
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I am
Should never have been allowed to dock p
Because u lot didnt want to work
V d not for the peanuts you lot wanted to work for. Dumbass
@@serenagreen2600 Are you talking about black people ?
@@atomicknight7690 jesus christ
Idiot...most of the country were white British workers. Thousands of Brits went to Australia to work.
thank you 🙏🏽 the english didn’t wanna be bus drivers or cleaners so they recruited carribean people to come over then subsequently blamed them for taking jobs haha this shit is still going on today with polish people and romanians they used to do the jobs the english didn’t want too