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Image shows children and young people dressed in a colourful array of costumes in the procession of Leeds West Indian Carnival. The participants assemble in Potternewton Park each August Bank Holiday before the procession leads off along Harehills Avenue, down Roundhay Road in Harehills, along Barrack Road and back along Chapeltown Road. The festivities culminate in Potternewton Park where there is music, entertainment and traditional Caribbean food on sale at various stalls. The West Indian Carnival is the oldest in Europe and began in 1967. One of the original organisers, the Carnival Chairman, Arthur France is also responsible for designing some of the fantastic creations worn. He came to Britain from the Caribbean Island of Nevis and introduced the Carnival as a positive way of improving community relations and as a celebration of black culture, artistry and performance.
Photograph courtesy of Max Farrar. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Leeds West Indian Carnival Harehills Avenue Chapeltown Road Potternewton Park Roundhay Road Barrack Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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