Is This Windrush Memorial Really Necessary?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-06-22/memorial-to-windrush-generation-at-waterloo-station/

/// “The Windrush generation helped lay the foundations for the country we know today, which is richer and stronger as a result of their hard work and dedication to the UK,” Mrs May said. ///

[Mamyalynne]

O_G, the Prime Minister set up a committee.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/windrush-commemoration-committee

[sanmac]

No, I don't think that the memorial is warranted, and neither are some of the petty sniveling comments on this thread.

[fender62]

is it near a bus depot...

[agchristie]

No doubt it will eventually be another target for vandalism.

Some don't respect war memorials, Churchill, etc so it's just another target.

[anotheoldgit]

I wonder if some other countries have erected a memorial to celebrate the landing of the British on their shores?

Just a thought.

[sanmac]

AOG, this might be considered to be one:" The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts, was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor.[1] This 252-foot-7 1⁄2-inch-tall (77.0 m) campanile is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States[2] and is part of the Provincetown Historic District."

[fender62]

sanmac, i doubt the descendants of the original natives put that up,
wampanoag's ..

[Khandro]

This is canting, virtue-signalling bullsh. and an insult to the people who really "laid the foundations" - my parents and Grandparents who served in the wars and worked to re-establish the country in the aftermath.
Singling out a proportionately minute group of West-Indians is moronic and in the present day climate, a bit it 'racist' isn't it??

[sanmac]

Fender62, AOG mentioned "other countries".

[Old_Geezer]

Oh. Probably guilt assuagence then. Not that both sides weren't irresponsible.

[andres]

The people in the Caribbean just after the war didn't have much work in their own country . We needed workers to help re-build Britain. So it was a two way thing to offer them the chance to work. The idea being that they would earn enough money to help them re-build their lives and return home after a year or so. Instead most of them decided to stay here. Although we should be grateful to them I don't think it necessary to put up a monument.

[Khandro]

Unfortunately, they had little skills, trades or education and so they could do only the most menial work. There were some good people among them and also some bad - (Moss Side Manchester was not the most salubrious part of town.)
People who were not there, like Theresa May, should not start romanticising history.

[david small]

I agree with Khandro on this one.

[campbellking]

Fair few qualified nurses came over and certainly contributed to the development of the NHS.

[fender62]

i guess imports from somalia have enriched us...are there any in actual paid work..and not on tax payer handouts, oh and they like knives.

[237SJ]

I think that the Windrush generation contributed a heck of a lot to this country so yes, I do think the memorial is justified. (not sure about the cost though)

[10ClarionSt]

Ridiculous event. Ridiculous comments from theresa may. The foundations for the country we know today were laid by the WW2 generation. That woman is a complete sycophantic, nutcase. As is anyone who thinks likewise.

[237SJ]

10Clarion - I think you need to study your history

[woofgang]

at least all the nastiness is in one thread tonight

[campbellking]

10,000 West Indians served in World War 2