



Pathfinders – A Community Archaeology Project
Pathfinder’s community archaeology project tells the stories of the communities, places, and events related to the early and mid-20th century British Caribbean experience. This community archive project commemorates and celebrates the pioneering Pathfinders’ significant contribution to British culture.
Pathfinders is an archival monument of the past, present, and future stories, as told by the people for the people. This project will document authentic grassroots culturally nuanced stories. This enables people and communities to share authentic first-hand accounts of lived experiences that can enhance the prevailing historical narrative about post-war migration.


Pathfinders time period: 1939 – 1971. This timescale includes the official Windrush Generation period, 1948 – 1971.
Plus, because the majority of the MV Empire Windrush passengers from the Caribbean were World War II heroes, Pathfinders also includes the World War II period, 1939 – 1945.
Including these hero’s stories give a more comprehensive picture of the post-war migration story.

