Search results
Key learning points. What local records, including newspapers and diaries, can tell us about Notting Hill. What national records, including opinion polls and census reports, can tell about Notting Hill. Sources have different strengths and weaknesses.
Key learning points. There are three types of historical environment questions on Notting Hill. They require you to demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding of the key features of the period you have studied. You need to analyse and use sources to make supported judgements, using your knowledge of the context of Notting Hill.
Key learning points. Poverty was a problem across London after the end of the Second World War. Finding places to work and to live was challenging for Caribbean migrants, with few landlords willing to rent to them. As a result of a lack of available housing, overcrowding became a huge problem for Caribbean migrants.
Racist violence in the Notting Hill riots of 1958 was driven by gangs of white youths, known as ‘Teddy boys’, who particularly targeted black men who were in relationships with white women.
Oct 22, 2018 · Notting Hill became entwined with modern culture. The Beatles filmed part of A Hard Day’s Night in the streets of the local streets. Mick Jagger bought his famous red hussar’s jacket from ‘I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet’ in Portobello Road, starting a trend even copied by the Beatles.
4 days ago · One of the world's largest street music festivals has taken place in London. Around sixty bands in colourful costumes took part in the Notting Hill Carnival. Thirty-eight sound systems...
People also ask
How was Notting Hill influenced by modern culture?
Why was Notting Hill a good place to live?
Why did people move to North Kensington & Notting Hill?
Why was Notting Hill a slum?
Why was Notting Hill a melting pot of different cultures?
What makes Notting Hill Carnival so special?
Introduction. This guide aims to support your teachings of the events that ensued in the Notting Hill historic environment. However, the terms and notions discussed in this booklet can be applied to the teaching and understanding of Black British history by large.
