A Group of Somali Sailors in the Backroom of Berlin's Milk Bar, 1950

[General Asad]

Vintage Tim Hortons

Story behind it:

All of these men would have lived in boarding houses owned by the shipping companies and ethnically segregated - Chinese, Maltese, Arab, Somali, etc - each entitled to 30 cubit feet of air space.

 

[General Asad]

Boarding house keepers had a lot of power, they would be de facto guardians to men new to the country, they were their post office, bank and social centre.

In Cardiff in 1951, one boarding house keeper, Sheir, was accused by Somali sailor, Khaireh, of not returning £200 he had left with him for safe keeping. As Sheir played dice in the street, Khaireh approached him from behind and shot him three times, killing him.

Despite saying he killed in self-defence Khaireh was convicted. He was found 'insane' and sent to Broadmoor rather than the gallows, before deportation to Somaliland the next year.

Sheir has been first secretary of the Peel Street Mosque and it was first thought that the killing had a political/religious motivation. The mosque was split into 2 factions, one more Sufi and one more hardline, & at one fractious meeting the police had had to intervene.

"According to the original caption, Kaid is a seamen, originally from Aden, who was torpedoed during the Norway campaign and spent 18 days on a raft, suffering terrible frostbite. He and one other man were the only survivors on the 38-strong crew." https://flashbak.com/fascinating-photos-of-the-muslim-community-in-cardiffs-tiger-bay-1943-416750/…

 

[Medulla]

Why are they so smooth with it some handsome niggas . Suits that actually fit do wonders for somalis

 

[General Asad]

Why are they so smooth with it some handsome niggas . Suits that actually fit do wonders for somalis

They look well nourished and laid back.

Healthy, smart, and attractive. Modern Men need to take note.

 

[Radical]

Great post

 

[Exodus]

Can you imagine the excitement of being a Somali in the '50s and '60s? Witnessing the birth of a democratic nation united under one flag, watching the world rapidly modernize; so much to look forward to

 

[General Asad]

Can you imagine the excitement of being a Somali in the '50s and '60s? Witnessing the birth of a democratic nation united under one flag, watching the world rapidly modernize; so much to look forward to

And look at us now. 40-50 years later. That time has come and gone, fleeting. The country has never been more divided and will likely never see unity or peace ever again. I feel sorry for the older generation . I wonder if these men are still alive?

 

[Macalin M]

One of these guys got killed for killing a white person even though it was a Jamaican that killed the white person.

I remember seeing this picture in my GCSE history book.

edit: I don’t know if it’s one of the guys in this photo but this photo was on the page where it talked about the events that lead to his execution.

 

[Figo]

I saw the thread about the Somali sailors on twitter. Thanks for sharing it on here.

 

[General Asad]

One of these guys got killed for killing a white person even though it was a Jamaican that killed the white person.

I remember seeing this picture in my GCSE history book.

I think @Arma made a thread on this but I can't find it.

 

[Macalin M]

I think @Arma made a thread on this but I can't find it.

https://www.somalispot.com/threads/why-ill-never-be-pro-blm-or-black.53777/#post-1471824

 

[General Asad]

Here is a video depicting Somalis in the 1950s

 

[Xasusi]

I only see a group of caucasian men

 

[CaliTedesse]

The war caused brain drain and more fuglyness in the Somali community kkkkkkk

 

[General Asad]

The earliest Somali seamen and merchants arrived in the early 19th Century.

 

[General Asad]

Historical Somali neighbourhood in east London

 

[General Asad]

Club Rio, a club in East London for Somali Seaman who settled in the city or were passing through.

 

[Sophisticate]

Vintage Tim Hortons

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Story behind it:

All of these men would have lived in boarding houses owned by the shipping companies and ethnically segregated - Chinese, Maltese, Arab, Somali, etc - each entitled to 30 cubit feet of air space.

They are better dressed than their contemporaries.

 

[Asrafael]

Some of y'all grandpas became an entire British naval seaman just so they can get a shot at tahriib

Somali deserters of HMS Wren

They probably called it HMS Arabia Express kkkk

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[AliUK]

Certain Somali stories from the UK back in the day are mad like this pub shooting story.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sh...shot-dead-gun-attack-sheffield-pub-460729?amp