THE UNION Jack flag dominates a new 50p coin released to celebrate the Windrush 75th...
THE UNION Jack flag dominates a new 50p coin released to celebrate the Windrush 75th anniversary.
Valda Jackson, designer of the 50p coin said of the coin design: “It’s more than a celebration of one moment, it is an acknowledgment of the real, lived experience of generations of ordinary working people, and though we may have struggled, and we still struggle in so many ways, we and our descendants are, in fact, at home.
Rebecca Morgan, Director of Collector Services at The Royal Mint said: “The Royal Mint is committed to representing and celebrating diversity on UK coinage, and as we approach the 75anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush arrival in the United Kingdom, we are honoured to be marking this important anniversary in British history on an official UK 50p coin.
“When my parents set off from Jamaica in the 1960’s, my two older sisters and I were left with my grandmother and a young aunt. Three years on, we were sent to join them in England. “I am deeply sensitive to the many reasons, situations, concerns, the dreams, and the hope that compelled my parents and others to take the decision to leave their homes and travel such distance, to work and create for themselves and their children a future they could barely have visualised.
“We see examples in the magnificent terracotta, ivory or cast metal figures and heads from Benin or Ife. In them one sees serenity, repose, and dignity, where even on a scale much smaller than life size they are limitless in their reach and meaning.
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