Telford's Windrush generation marked 75 years of shaping the community of Shropshire with music, food and celebrations
Organisers from TAARC, Barbara Thomas, Natalie Headley and Heather Reid Thursday, June 22 marked 75 years since passengers on the Empire Windrush disembarked at Tilbury in Essex.
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