Calypsonian Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts), London, England, 1956. He had taken the stage name "Kitchener" as a teenager. Born in Arima in 1922, he had resolved that, despite a lifelong stammer, he was going to make his fortune as a calypsonian. "Lord" was a title awarded by his fans. He left Trinidad in 1947 and, after short stays in Aruba and Jamaica, moved to England in June 1948. He arrived in the UK aboard the MV Empire Windrush, the vessel that took the first substantial group of postwar West Indian immigrants to Britain. He was one of the 73 Trinidadians on the ship - the majority were Jamaican - and he stayed for 14 years. Kitchener introduced the calypso to Britain. His first weeks in England were spent singing to bemused audiences in pubs, but within six months he had broken into the London nightclub circuit with his own band. The key to his success was an ability to reach beyond the Caribbean diaspora - indeed, Princess Margaret reputedly bought 100 copies of his Ah Bernice to send to friends. With his earnings, he opened his own club in Manchester in 1958. But he retained his links with home. Throughout his stay, he sent songs back to Trinidad for the annual Carnival; and, in London, he was part of the milieu which gave birth to the Notting Hill carnival in the late 1960s. By the time he moved back to Trinidad in late 1962 - after T&T gained independence - he had become a revered link with the prewar calypsonian tradition. He took his homeland by storm. -Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images . . . #lordkitchener #aldwynroberts #calypsonian #calypso #ttmusic #tttalent #tthistory #vintagetrinidad . Reposted from @dominickalipersad https://www.instagram.com/p/CQz2sSApz0M/?utm_medium=tumblr