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Lascar crewboys making tea for the British troops.

Lascar crewboys making tea for the British troops.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (MOL) DK2797NG


A girl in a beautiful pink flounced carnival costume at Leeds West Indian Carnival, 1998.

A girl in a beautiful pink flounced carnival costume at Leeds West Indian Carnival, 1998.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (LMG) LEEDM.P.2003.18.26

  

Lascars' - South Asian sailors

The word 'lascar' formerly used to describe seamen from South Asia is thought to derive originally from an ancient Persian word meaning a soldier or sailor. Thousands of South Asian seamen served in the British merchant fleet from the eighteenth century onwards when they were first employed by the British East India Company.

* 'Lascars' - South Asian sailors

Leeds West Indian Carnival


* Leeds West Indian Carnival

London's dockworkers

London's docks provided work for many in the city's Irish community throughout the 19th century but conditions were harsh and uncertain - most were employed casually on a daily or even an hourly basis. The 1889 dock strike brought about basic changes in employment with a guaranteed daily minumum of four hours' work.

* London's dockworkers

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