The last West Indian immigrant arrival before the UK Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 came into force. Location: London, England - Walerloo Station from Southampton Docks 1962. Windrush.
The last West Indian immigrant arrival before the UK Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 came into force. Location: London, England - Walerloo Station from Southampton Docks 1962. Windrush.
The last West Indian immigrant arrival before the UK Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 came into force. Location: London, England - Walerloo Station from Southampton Docks 1962. Windrush.
The last West Indian immigrant arrival before the UK Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 came into force. Location: London, England - Walerloo Station from Southampton Docks 1962. Windrush.

Howard Grey

And The Windrush Arrivals

You can find Howard's photos on display at Coventry train station in celebration of Black History Month.

October 2023

Post-war Britain was a time of new ideas. American G.I.s introduced pop culture from across the Atlantic and the British Nationalities Act invited people from across the Commonwealth. Arriving in Britain to support the post-war recovery, new arrivals brought art, dance, music and ideas which would transform the future of youth culture. By spring 1962, the Commonwealth Immigrants Act brought in new restrictions for those arriving in the UK. Howard Grey went to Waterloo Station to photograph the last arrivals from the West Indies before the act was enacted.

Howard is working with the Railway Museum to track down the people in the photographs - you can get in touch at search.engine@railwaymuseum.org.uk. The full collection can be viewed at howardgrey.com/windrush.