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 the promotion of steel pan music, art, culture and heritage'. And in 2013 he was presented with: 'BAS 2013 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award'.
Aged 10 he started playing the steelpan in 1948 in Trinidad. Came to the UK in 1959. Founder member of the UK Pan Tuners Guild.
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Tony 'Cowboy' Charles
Claimed to be the world's largest blue plaque - and we ain't arguing. Three ...
Medical practitioner and biologist. Born Innes Hope Pearse in Purley, Surrey. She worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with George Scott Williamson who she later married. Together...
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in London and to provide accomodation to pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, in particular Chaucer's pilgrims, who set off...
Back in the 1960s this was the place where would-be future pop icons hung out.  We've found references to: Marc Bolan, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, Small Faces, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix,...
A sheltered housing block of eight flats. The plaque says they were originally founded in 1731, although Pathways who manage the accommodation, give the establishment date as 1679. Lost Hospitals ...
Bernice McNaughton MBE JP moved from Trinidad to London in 1961. Born in Trinidad. 1961 she came to London, Shepherd's Bush initially, and worked for nine years with the Foreign Languages Division...
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