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Windrush Square

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22: 44:, occupying an area in front of the Brixton Tate Library. After changing its name to Tate Gardens, it was again retitled and given its current moniker in 1998. The square was renamed to recognise the important contribution of the African Caribbean community to the area, marking the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the 59:
the largest group thus far of post-war West Indian migrants (over 800 declared their last residence in the Caribbean), 236 of whom had no abode on arrival and were temporarily housed in the deep-level air raid shelter in
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as the United Kingdom's first national memorial to African and Caribbean service personnel who fought in the First and Second World Wars – was unveiled in Windrush Square.
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in Brixton, was the nearest employment exchange to the shelter. Many of these migrants eventually found accommodation in the area.
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open space. The land is protected from development as it was formerly part of
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Brixton
South London
HMT Empire Windrush
Jamaica
Clapham Common
Coldharbour Lane
Black Cultural Archives
Grade II-listed
Georgian building
Raleigh Hall
African and Caribbean War Memorial
Nubian Jak Community Trust
pedestrianised
Rush Common
Brixton Oval
"The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts up a Fight in the Age of GPS"
"Windrush Square: The historical centre of Brixton"
"Brixton Windrush Square opens"
"The story of the Windrush"
Royal Museums Greenwich


The story of the Windrush
"London Borough of Lambeth | A short history of Brixton"
the original
"A history of Windrush Square"
"Black Cultural Archives is coming home 24 July 2014 – Black Cultural Archives moves back to Brixton and into a new heritage centre"
"Brixton's Windrush Square to be home of the brave"
"Brixton memorial will honour African and Caribbean troops"

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