Adanya is looking for inspiration for her Windrush project at school when she finds her grandpa's old suitcase. As she opens it she is whisked through time and space to visit her Grandpa as he moves to Britain, travelling on the Empire Windrush. In this episode we see her Grandpa at work and where he buys the food that makes him think of home. 

Adanya is looking for inspiration for her Windrush project at school when she finds her grandpa's old suitcase. As she opens it she is whisked through time and space to visit her Grandpa as he moves to Britain, travelling on the Empire Windrush. In this episode we see her Grandpa at work and where he buys the food that makes him think of home.

The Windrush Generation are people who came from the Caribbean to Britain over 70 years ago to help the country rebuild after the second world war and who have made a tremendous contribution to the culture around us.

This the story of how a generation brought their culture to Britain a few years after the end of the second world war.

The Windrush Generation are people who came from the Caribbean to Britain over 70 years ago to help the country rebuild after the second world war and who have made a tremendous contribution to the culture around us.
This the story of how a generation brought their culture to Britain a few years after the end of the second world war.

The Windrush Story

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