I think the numbers of Black Britons prior to the second World War were smaller than you can visualize Azizi, particularly in some areas of the country. I had never seen in the flesh to the best of my memory any 'non-white' at all until I was in my mid teens. Films and newsreels provided me with all I knew of other races. This was in Nottingham, now a city with large numbers of all races.

Nottingham was not unusual: the case may have been different in ports where different nationalities and races mingled via the sea.

Even today the distribution of black and brown skinned races is patchy. Fylde my current home (as mentioned by Grab above) has a very small non white population: not so Bradford, Preston, Burnley, Liverpool etc.

The ten-yearly census has comparitively recently identified citizens by racial type/origin so accurate figures and comparisons are difficult to obtain.

Stu