'Two or three years ago Bernie Grant MP tried to get it stopped as he considered 'blacking up' was racist.'

The Caribbean Community is saddened by the passing on Sunday, 9 April, (2000) of Mr Bernie Grant, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, North London since 1987. Mr Grant, who died at the age of 56, was born in Guyana, and was one of the first three Black MPs in the House of Commons.

Would you black up and go into The West Indian Sports and Social Club, Moss Side, Manchester? Would you feel comfortable?