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It is 75 years this week since the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, on 22 June 1948, which brought people from the Caribbean to help with Britain's labour shortages. In the years that followed half a million people came to England to fill gaps in construction, transport and health. In more recent years the term Windrush has also become associated with a home office scandal, which saw some of those people threatened with deportation or being denied the right to work or healthcare. But to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their decendents, a group were invited to Buckingham Palace to have tea with King Charles. Reporter Jo Hollis met up with two of them - Angela O Neill and Joanne Alexander, who run the 'Can't Blame the Youth' music and drama group in Leicester.
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