As a child, being taken to the Caribbean celebration was a drag. But once sound systems arrived in the 1970s, it became an unmissable yearly pilgrimage offering a sense of freedom

As a child, being taken to the Caribbean celebration was a drag. But once sound systems arrived in the 1970s, it became an unmissable yearly pilgrimage offering a sense of freedom

The Notting Hill Carnival today brings an estimated £400million into the London economy - but its roots stretch back decades to a time when Britain’s Caribbean community faced…