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Canteen assistant Mrs Lafinmakin pouring tea into a tray of cups for a waiting customer. Canteen equipment in background.

Photographed by Dr Heinz Zinram, 23 Feb 1971

Image no: 3783/2

Inventory no: 1998/84954

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20th Century London caption: Mrs Lafinmakin was a recruited from the West Indies. Like many young women who joined London Transport and immigrated to start a new life in the U.K., she found herself working in the canteens. Mrs Lafinmakin was a canteen assistant. This picture from 1971 shows her pouring tea for a customer.

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