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Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Musical arranger working with steel bands. Coming from Trinidad he has travelled widely and in 1984 moved to Switzerland. Source: 2004 Panpodium.

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands, Switzerland

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Theo Stevens

Theo Stevens

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Pan player from Trinidad. 1959 formed a small steel band with Tony Charles, Clifford Adams, Lawrence ‘Stretch’ Noel and Kenneth White. Taught pan p...

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Carlton 'Zigilee' Constantine

Carlton 'Zigilee' Constantine

A pioneer of the steel pan in Trinidad. Emigrated to the UK and formed his own steel pan band, participated in the early Notting Hill Carnival processions. Source: Pan Podium, Google Arts and Cult...

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Joyce Bacchus

Joyce Bacchus

Labour politician and Mayor of Brent in 2000, the year she was made MBE for services to the community. Born in Guyana, she moved to England and started her career as a fashion model, before moving...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South America

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Frank Rollock

Frank Rollock

Frank Sylvester Rollock was born and grew up in Trinidad. He followed his brother Roy to England in October 1959 and the next year they were playing the pans in Brixton Carnival. He played a number...

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Pepe Francis

Pepe Francis

Pepe Francis MBE from Trinidad, created the band, Ebony with 2 friends in 1969. He's taken part in Notting Hill Carnival since the beginning. Source: Pan Podium, Google Arts and Culture.

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Gerald Forsythe

Gerald Forsythe

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Gerald Forsythe OBE was the first tutor and manufacturer of pan in Britain.  He made the Mangrove Steel Band’s first set of pans. He started steel ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Education, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

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Tony 'Cowboy' Charles

Tony 'Cowboy' Charles

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. At the British Association of Steelbands (BAS) 7th Annual Awards, in 2005,  Tony 'Cowboy' Charles was presented with the award for 'contribution to...

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Clive 'Mash up' Phillips

Clive 'Mash up' Phillips

Grew up in Trinidad so has been involved with Carnival from the age of 6 or 7. Came to London in 1961 and lived in the Ladbroke Grove area, moving into All Saint’s Road in 1980, opposite the Mangro...

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Philmore 'Boots' Davidson

Philmore 'Boots' Davidson

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) left Trinidad in July 1951 to take part in the Festival of Britain. Davidson was one of the 11 ...

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