



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.
Pathfinder specific time period: 1939 – 1973. This timescale includes the official Windrush Generation period, 1948 – 1971.
As the majority of the MV Empire Windrush passengers were either serving or ex-World War II veterans, the project also includes the World War II period, 1939 – 1945.
Including these year gives a more comprehensive picture of the post-war migration story.