East London Afro-Caribbean child and mother in playground 1952 61.142/1 Illustration by Clare Elsom

Illustration by Clare Elsom

To break the strikes

An image of how a print would look if printed from the St Paul's section of The Copperplate Map which dates from the 1550’s and is the first known map of London

Eight children sitting on the curb of Shirland Road in Maida Vale

East London Afro-Caribbean child and mother in playground 1952 61.142/1 Illustration by Clare ElsomEast London Afro Caribbean child and mother in playground. The years between 1948 and 1962 saw the migration to Britain of several thousand Caribbean people. They were attracted by jobs in the health service, transport and catering industries. Most of them were men who were not joined by their wives and families until they had established themselves. So a Caribbean mother and child in London would have been a relatively unusual sight at this date.