Boys at Tulse Hill School, 1968

Pupils at Tulse Hill School, Borough of Lambeth, south London, 1968 engaged in constructing the skeleton of a canoe, presumably in a woodwork lesson. Tulse Hill, which closed in 1990, was notable for being the first school in the UK to offer an examinable course in CSE Black History. The initiative was triggered and funded by Muhammad Ali who had visited the school and inspired the Head of History Nigel File, who also introduched a Black History Month

Afro Canoe Generation Immigration Lambeth May23 Mixing Progressive Pupil Pupils Schoolboy Schoolboys Tulse Windrush Woodwork

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