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By the end of the Second World War, Britain was facing a massive clear up operation, from damage inflicted by bombing through to the reconstruction of British industry on to a peacetime footing rather than wartime. There was a real need for workers, and a significant part of this need was met by immigrants from the former British Empire colonies.

In this clip a teenage boy named Elliot investigates the story of his grandfather, Philip, who stowed away in a ship from Ghana to arrive in London in 1949. After being imprisoned for two weeks he was released and allowed to look for work. He was surprised to find that there was poverty and even crime in England. Interviews with an academic expert put the experiences of Philip into context and explains why so many immigrants arrived.

The focus then shifts to Gloria, an immigrant from the Caribbean who worked in a nursery and became an active member of her local community. Like Philip, Gloria found that their expectations of Britain were higher than the reality. She also describes disappointment with the weather and the food. She also describes how many of the immigrants struggled to adapt and were very homesick. But the immigrants built a new identity and a new culture, represented by the Notting Hill carnival. This helped to improve the acceptance of the immigrants in Britain but they still faced hostility and discrimination. Philip married a white British woman and they describe how, as a mixed couple, they suffered terribly from discrimination in housing and other areas.