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Description: | Thousands of West Indian recruits arrived in England in the 1950s and 60s. Many believed that they knew what to expect when they arrived, but most recall being surprised. The welcome was often as cold as the weather.
Reginald Rice flew into London for the first time in 1964. His flight was met by immigration officials who had organised transport and accommodation for the new immigrants.
Reginald recalls being given £5, which was to keep the recruits going in the weeks until they received their first wage packet. In 1964, £5 was the equivalent of just over £60 in modern money. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Migration and Citizenship Communities | Temporal: | 1960-1969 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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