A new permanent monument honouring the Windrush generation will be unveiled at St Patrick’s Park, Broad Street Basin, in Wolverhampton on Monday 22 June.
The Landmark Windrush Monument Unveiling is a free public ceremony, starting at 5.30pm, and is open to residents, families, community groups and anyone with an interest in the city’s Windrush story. The public ceremony will be followed by a private evening reception.
Free public ceremony at St Patrick’s Park
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Event | Landmark Windrush Monument Unveiling |
| Date | Monday 22 June |
| Time | 5.30pm |
| Venue | St Patrick’s Park, Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton |
| Entry | Free, open to the public |
| Audience | General public |
The unveiling will take place on National Windrush Day, when Wolverhampton will mark the contribution of the Windrush generation to the city over the past 78 years.
According to the City of Wolverhampton Council source notice, the monument has been developed through a community-led partnership over several years. Residents were consulted on its location, themes and purpose before the work was brought forward for St Patrick’s Park.
Steel, poetry and family stories in the monument
The monument has been created by artist Luke Perry and depicts the bow of the Windrush ship, an anchor and rising chains. It also includes the poem “A Monument is a Testament” by Casey Bailey, cut into the steel.
Painted imagery by artist Victoria Murrain will also form part of the work, telling family stories connected with the Windrush generation. The combination of sculpture, poetry and painted imagery gives the monument more than one route into the history it is intended to hold: migration, labour, memory and family testimony.
The source notice says the monument recognises the Windrush generation’s contribution to Wolverhampton. That places the ceremony beyond a single unveiling moment; it is also a public marker in the city landscape, intended to be seen by future residents and visitors.
Community groups behind the Wolverhampton project
The project has been shaped by Wolverhampton’s Windrush Committee and a wider partnership involving Black Heritage Walks Network CIC, Black History and Heritage Wolverhampton, Churches 4 Positive Change, SIAN Computers, City of Wolverhampton Council and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
Speaking on behalf of Wolverhampton’s Windrush Committee, Bishop Ruben King of Churches 4 Positive Change said the monument honours people who crossed oceans and helped reshape Wolverhampton “with their hands, their hope and their unbreakable spirit”.
Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Paul Singh, said the city had played a significant role in the story of the Windrush generation and described the new monument as a lasting recognition of that legacy.
Wider Windrush Day activity in the city
The unveiling is part of Wolverhampton’s wider Windrush Day celebrations. The council notice says a successful £23,000 bid to the Windrush Day Grant Scheme was led by Black Heritage Walks Network CIC and will be delivered with Black History and Heritage Wolverhampton.
That funding will support community engagement, storytelling and educational activity. Planned work includes heritage walks for schoolchildren led by Black Heritage Walks Network CIC and a schools’ poetry competition, with winning entries to be etched into the monument.
The new public artwork follows other heritage projects in Wolverhampton, including a family genealogy programme, Wolverhampton City Archives becoming a FamilySearch affiliated library to improve access to Caribbean histories, and the unveiling of the Mel Chevannes statue, now permanently housed at the Civic Centre.
The public unveiling of the Windrush monument starts at 5.30pm on Monday 22 June at St Patrick’s Park, Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton.
Source: Wolverhampton Scraper
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This preview is based on the published City of Wolverhampton Council notice for the Windrush monument unveiling.
- Confirmed the public date as Monday 22 June.
- Confirmed the start time as 5.30pm.
- Confirmed the venue as St Patrick's Park, Broad Street Basin.
- Confirmed the ceremony is free and open to the public.
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