Windrush @75 Plaque unveiled

We were proud to unveil a special plaque to commemorate the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush yesterday at c2c’s Tilbury Town station. The plaque was officially unveiled by Cllr Qaisar Abbas, Deputy Mayor of Thurrock, Tunde Ojetola, Thurrock BME Group Director, Deputy Lieutenant of Essex, Sidra Naeem, c2c’s Customer Experience Director Abu Siddeeq, Jackie Doyle-Price MP and the Deputy Mayor of Basildon, Yetunde Adeshile.

The group were joined by a host of special guests including Gateway Learning Community, who treated those assembled to a rendition of a specially commissioned song, ‘Tilbury is the Place for Me.’ Check out the video from the day here.