East London Afro-Caribbean child and mother in playground 1952 IN15416 Paul Talling – our best-loved

Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world

the likes of Dizzee Rascal

Number two of Thomas Rowlandson's eight 'Cries of London'

The front of the completed Notting Hill Gate Station with railway staff posing for the camera

East London Afro-Caribbean child and mother in playground 1952 IN15416 Paul Talling – our best-lovedEast 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.