An Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock 1959 Size:extra large and throughout the 1920s and

and throughout the 1920s and 30s presented a string of highly successful musical shows

George Davison Reid positioned himself in the busy forecourt of Victoria station to take this photo

Collected and presented to the Suffrage Records by S

Farringdon Street

The Royal Terrace is shown completed as well as Adam Street

An Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock 1959 Size:extra large and throughout the 1920s andAn Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock. Sailors from India had been coming to Britain since the East India Company first recruited them in the 18th century. A community of Indian seamen grew up in the Docklands areas of Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, and near the West and East India Docks.