Exhibition
Friday Late: Caribbean Journeys:
Organised by London Transport Museum
Inspired by our current exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce, join us for an evening of expert talks, live music, dance workshops, Caribbean street food and a chance to explore our galleries after hours. Follow the journey of the Windrush generation and how London Transport recruited workers directly from the Caribbean in the 1950s, the London they encountered upon arrival, and how their journeys shaped the London we know today.
What's happening?
Waistline Workouts with Coach Rho
- London Now, Connections, 7:30pm - 8pm and 8:30pm - 9pm
Rock it with Rho is bringing the spirit of Carnival to London Transport Museum with her infamous Waistline Workouts session. This class will get you ready for carnival with high energy Soca aerobics, waistline drills and techniques! Let’s Rock it - and get your waistline ready for the road!
Windrush Stories Living Room
- London Then, Luke’s Skills Space, 6:45pm - 9:30pm
Hear stories from the Windrush Generation in their own words, and learn about the impact London society had on their lives, in this session organised through the Raising Awareness of Culture and Ethnicity (RACE) Staff Network Group at TfL.
Herbert Kendall, Jamaican-born Station Master
- Caribbean Zone, Transportorium, 7pm and 8pm
Valentine Hanson plays Herbert Kendall, telling the story of how he was recruited by London Transport and travelled over from the Caribbean.
Windrush, the real diaspora and teaching Black migration in school
- London Now, 7:45pm – 8:15pm
Panel discussion with Samantha Williams, Founder of the This Is BookLove bookshop and charity BookLove & Beyond, and Helen Sanson, Associate Lecturer at the Open University and Founder of Forcera CIC.
This is Book Love
- London Now, Connections, 6:45pm - 10pm
The brilliantly colourful multicultural travelling book carnival and pop-up bookshop will be filled to the brim with inclusive and culturally representative books for adults and children; music from the Caribbean; flags; dolls and more. 20 pence from every book sold goes towards their BookLove and Beyond GoFundMe appeal, which puts free multicultural books into schools.
Metronomes Steel Orchestra
- Caribbean Zone, by Transportorium, 7pm - 7.30pm
- London Now, Connections, 8:30pm - 9pm
Dance along to traditional Steel Pan music with one of London’s finest steel orchestras.
Black Eats London
- Caribbean Zone, by Transportorium, 6:45pm – 10pm
Food Fusion 97 - Caribbean street food stall with Michelin-star trained chef Aleandro
Pure Cane and The Coconut Shack - soft drink stalls
Las Olas - Caribbean spiced rum bar
DJ Dubplate Pearl
- London Now, Connections, 7:30pm - 8:30pm and 9pm - 10pm
Dub and reggae DJ sets to transport you on a musical journey.
Carnival Parade
- London Now, Connections
Join in with the carnival parade led by dancers wearing costumes created by designer Shari Royer, whose pink headdress is on display in the exhibition.