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- In the late 1950s, North Kensington (including Notting Hill) was an impoverished area of London, with high crime rates and a shortage of housing.
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Apr 15, 2022 · The riots took place in Ladbroke Grove and Notting Dale as well as Notting Hill proper, but the disturbances were quickly dubbed the Notting Hill riots. The area had a reputation for poverty and decay. The improvised weapons attested to Notting Hill’s shabbiness.
Oct 22, 2018 · The Second World War brought major destruction to the area as the Luftwaffe attempted to disable key local targets like the London to Bristol railway, the Clement-Talbot motor works in Barlby Road and the Ladbroke Grove gasworks, Bombs fell randomly destroying surrounding streets and causing death and homelessness.
Feb 28, 2024 · Notting Hill has long been a byword for gentrification. After its nadir in the 1950s and 1960s, with race riots and unscrupulous landlords, the west London district rose at dizzying speed.
- Joy Lo Dico
The impact of the 1958 Notting Hill riots tends to figure in histories of the political right, as a galvanizing force for anti-immigrant sentiment—or as radical catalyst in the transnational history of the Black Atlantic.
- Camilla Schofield, Ben Jones
- 2019
Oct 29, 2014 · In 1950, Notting Hill bcame synonymous with a series of notorius murders. At Pentonville Prison at 9 am on 15 th July 1953, John Halliday Christie was hanged for one of the seven women he admitted killing, that of his wife, Ethel.
By the early 20th century Notting Dale (as it was then known) was wholly working class and suffering from similar problems to other deprived areas across London: unemployment, crime and overcrowding. In the 1950s immigrants started arriving from the West Indies, something which caused tension among the existing white population.
By 1961, London's Caribbean population exceeded 100,000, with many residing in the Notting Hill area. [2] By the 1950s, a certain gang of white working-class teens known as "Teddy boys" was beginning to display hostility towards black families in the area.
