Do you know the Caribbean flags?

May Half Term: Routes and Roundels

Fuel your imagination at our Festival of Curiosity this half term as your family enjoy curious and creative problem-solving challenges and meet real-world engineers. Follow our STEAM-inspired family trail, join an interactive workshop or storytelling session, and much more!

Down Street: Churchill's secret station

Experience the Railway Executive Committee’s bomb-proof headquarters during World War II, the warren of tunnels where Churchill sheltered.

Plan your school visit

Find the information you need to plan and book your visit to London Transport Museum in Covent Garden or the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton, west London.

Our new exhibition, Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce explores and celebrates the generations of Caribbean people that have shaped London’s transport history and culture.

Almost 70 years ago, London Transport needed more workers after the Second World War. They went to Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica to recruit people who lived in the Caribbean to move 7,000km across the ocean to live in the UK.

In this game, we’re testing your knowledge of the flags of the Caribbean. Do you know which flag is which?

Discover more about Legacies

Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce

Open now, Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce exhibition celebrates the huge contribution people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and British culture.

Montage of Caribbean maps, flags and people

Exhibitions

How we made our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

By Laura Sleath, 28 January 2022, 2 minute read

Find out how we developed our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, working closely with an Advisory Board made up of people of Caribbean heritage, in this blog by Senior Curator Laura Sleath.

A Black man sits across from another Black man and a White men interviewing him for a job

London Transport’s Caribbean recruitment

After the Second World War, London Transport experienced labour shortages. To maintain a sufficiently large workforce, the organisation increasingly needed to look beyond London. Read more about London Transport’s direct recruitment from the Caribbean.