Main content
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
In 1959, Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party in St Pancras Town Hall in London, planting the seeds for the famous carnival.
On 30 January 1959, the late Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party in St Pancras Town Hall in London, planting the seeds for the famous carnival.
She wanted to bring Caribbeans across the UK's capital together for dancing, singing and steel bands.
Rachel Naylor hears from her best friend, Corinne Skinner-Carter.
(Photo: A woman having a good time at Claudia Jones' Caribbean carnival, at St Pancras Town Hall in London, 1959. Credit: Daily Mirror via Getty Images)
Last on
Sat 8 Oct 202223:50GMT
BBC World Service Australasia
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Fri 7 Oct 202207:50GMTBBC World Service
- Fri 7 Oct 202211:50GMTBBC World Service
- Fri 7 Oct 202217:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Fri 7 Oct 202221:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 8 Oct 202202:50GMTBBC World Service except Australasia
- Sat 8 Oct 202223:50GMTBBC World Service Australasia
Featured in...
![]()
Black history—Witness History
Listen to and download our programmes
Podcast
![]()
Witness History
The story of our times, told by the people who were there
