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Leslie Stephen "Teacher" Palmer,, is a Trinidadian community activist, writer and teacher, who migrated in the 1960s to the UK, where he became involved in music and the arts in West London. He is credited with developing a successful template for the Notting Hill Carnival, of which he was director from 1973 to 1975, during which time he "completely revolutionised the event and transformed its structure and content almost beyond recognition." He is also known by the name of "The Wounded Soldier" as a kaisonian.
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- ↑ "70,000 people turned out for Sunday's 13th Harborne Carnival".
- ↑ "one of Britain's biggest street carnivals". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.
- ↑ "Thousands turn out for Harborne Carnival".
- ↑ "the biggest celebration of its type outside London".
- ↑ "second only to London's Notting Hill". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.