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Karl Irving

Quaker City founder

Karl Irving, born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, founded Quaker City in Handsworth, Birmingham, in 1964. It played ska, then reggae, competed for the Gold Cup at Digbeth Civic Hall in 1979, and its boxes went on the first UK sound system trip to Africa, to Gambia, the same year.

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Quaker CityHandsworth, Birmingham
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Handsworth, Birmingham. Founded in 1964 by Karl Irving from Montego Bay; started with ska, then reggae. Competed for the Gold Cup at Digbeth Civic Hall in 1979, and its…

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