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1. literarylondon.org › the-literary-london-journal › archive‘Neighbours are the Worst People to live beside’ The 1958 ...

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   What we now understand as the 1958 Notting Hill riots began on Bramley Road outside the Latimer Road Tube Station on the evening of Friday 29 August when a Swedish woman, Majbritt Morrison, married to a Trinidadian, was attacked by a crowd after she tried to help a West Indian man being attacked.

2. www.thenational.academy › teachers › programmesLocal context of Notting Hill - Oak National Academy

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   I can describe the conditions in Notting Hill in the 1950s and explain the problems Caribbean migrants faced and initiatives introduced to support them.

3. www.thehistorypress.co.uk › article › a-briefA brief history of Notting Hill - The History Press

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   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.

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   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.

   • Author: Camilla Schofield, Ben Jones

   • Publish Year: 2019

5. www.allinlondon.co.uk › features › the-history-ofThe History of Notting Hill - All In London

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   But it wasn’t just its grey, depressing appearance; the lifts hardly worked, the smell of urine permeated the bock, and there were reports of vandalism, burglaries, and even rape and suicide. Cheap, attractive houses encouraged young professionals and families to move to Notting Hill in the 1980s.

6. www.thenational.academy › teachers › programmesLesson: Notting Hill - sources and historical context ...

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   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.

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   How was Notting Hill influenced by modern culture?

   • 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.

   A brief history of Notting Hill - The History Press

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   Why is Notting Hill called Portobello Road?

   • Until the early 1800s, Notting Hill didn’t have much to offer except piggeries and pottery warehouses. Portobello Road gets its name from Portobello, a farm named after the Caribbean town of Puerto Bello in memory of the British captain responsible for capturing it (hence the Admiral Vernon antiques arcade).

   The History of Notting Hill - All In London

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   Why was Notting Hill a good place to live?

   • The area was close to central London and it was cheap so it suited the emerging alternative lifestyles of the time. The narrative of The Other Side ends here but the character of Notting Hill was starting to change again although the old divisions between the top of the hill and the other side continue to this day.

   A brief history of Notting Hill - The History Press

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   Why did people move to Notting Hill in the 1980s?

   • Cheap, attractive houses encouraged young professionals and families to move to Notting Hill in the 1980s. Former multi-occupancy dwellings were restored to single-family homes or turned into flats, and as the income of the inhabitants rose, shops, restaurants and bars became upmarket.

   The History of Notting Hill - All In London

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   Was Notting Hill a 'community'?

   • This article treats Notting Hill after 1958 as an important locale of new progressive thinking and action. It seeks to consider the political work that the idea of “community” did in Notting Hill, allowing us consider how the politics of antiracism relates in complex ways to the reformulation of progressive politics in postwar Britain.

   “Whatever Community Is, This Is Not It”: Notting Hill and the

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   Who wrote 'Notting Hill today'?

   • 159 Patricia Philo, “Notting Hill Today,” Kensington Post, 24 November 1967, as cited in Green, Digging at Roots, 202–3. 160 O'Malley, Politics of Community Action, 49. 161 Green, Digging at Roots, 200.

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8. www.thenational.academy › teachers › programmesThe influence of Caribbean cultures on Notting Hill

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   Why was the Notting Hill Carnival an important development in the 1960s? It showcased a mix of Caribbean and British food, costumes and music. Correct answer: It showcased Caribbean food, costumes and music to new audiences.