Doing Lambeth Walks

Join the Lambeth Tour Guides Association for Doing Lambeth Walks – a podcast about the people, places, and history of Lambeth. Each episode, we chat with expert Lambeth tour guides and special guests to explore topics ranging from espionage and intrigue to entertainment, culture, and everything in between. Whether you’re a local, a visitor or just curious about Lambeth, we’ll uncover the stories that make our part of London so unique.

In this episode, Lambeth Tour Guide and former Lambeth Councillor, Sonia Winfred, interviews Arthur Torrington of the Windrush Foundation. Windrush has become a sweeping terms for immigrants from the West Indies who came to the UK in the 40s and 50s. But the real Windrush generation are specifically connected to the ship which bore that name. What are the stories of the men and women who landed at Tilbury and why were some of them initially housed in a World War II bomb shelter beneath Clapham Common?

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