Clovis Salmon, known as 'Sam The Wheels', first generation of migrants from West Indies to settle in UK, London in November 1954, living in Brixton.
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Jeff Gilbert / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5760 x 3840 px | 48.8 x 32.5 cm | 19.2 x 12.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
18 July 2020Location:
Railton Road, Brixton, South London, England, United KingdomMore information:
Clovis Salmon was born in 1930s Jamaica. He was among the first generation of migrants from the West Indies to settle in the United Kingdom, arriving in London in November 1954. Having run his own bike shop in Jamaica, he joined Holdsworth Cycle Co. as a bicycle repair man, and became locally known as ‘Sam the Wheels’. His archive of Super 8 celluloid films includes church and community events, activism, local struggles and the aftermath of the 1981 Brixton Riots.