The 1973 West Indian People’s Carnival Poster There are posters that advertise an event, and there are posters that accidentally preserve a turning point in history. This small, grainy 1973 West Indian People’s Carnival poster belongs to the second category. There are no glossy photographs, corporate logos or managed brand colours. Names are squeezed into narrow columns and the surviving image has faded. Yet its central message still lands with force: “Live Music Back to the People.” Below that declaration are the dates of the August Bank Holiday—Sunday 26 and Monday 27 [...]