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Ashton 'Tailor' Charles

Ashton 'Tailor' Charles

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. "Trinidadian costume-maker Ashton Charles began creating traditional 'fancy sailor' costumes for children."

Source: The Standard.

NH Carnival ldn reported that Charles had died in or shortly before 2020.

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