London B&B Location in Chelsea - Your Thoughts
May 29th, 2008, 06:55 AM
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That is a very good location -- Actually IN Notting Hill. and if you are there on a Saturday - it is just around the corner - well, a couple of corners - from Portobello Rd.
(I have more experience w/ Portobello Road than the probation office, but I HAVE been in that Oxfam Shop)
(I have more experience w/ Portobello Road than the probation office, but I HAVE been in that Oxfam Shop)
May 30th, 2008, 08:24 AM
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<<Again "notting hill" is an elastic description that ranges from Notting Hill itself (which is like the film, but the real one has some black people in it) to Ladbroke Grove (well dodgy).>>
'black' people? please explain...
'black' people? please explain...
May 30th, 2008, 10:07 AM
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In the case of "Notting Hill" it was particularly egregious:
http://www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk/
http://www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk/
May 31st, 2008, 04:41 AM
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It's Europe's largest outdoors event.
It's actually a tiresome ordeal because of the crowds.
Notting Hill used to be a black area of London. We even had race riots there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_race_riots
The Carnival was set up the next year as a response.
It's an interesting area in Britains social history. It was Peter Rachman's domain (A man who has given us a word - Rachmanism - for slum landlords). It's also where John Christie lived ( a notorious serial killer).
If you're interstedin how Notting Was before it got rich, see the film 10 Rillington Place starring a young Richard Attenborough as Christie. It's shot in 1950s Notting Hill - a very different place than it is today.
It's actually a tiresome ordeal because of the crowds.
Notting Hill used to be a black area of London. We even had race riots there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_race_riots
The Carnival was set up the next year as a response.
It's an interesting area in Britains social history. It was Peter Rachman's domain (A man who has given us a word - Rachmanism - for slum landlords). It's also where John Christie lived ( a notorious serial killer).
If you're interstedin how Notting Was before it got rich, see the film 10 Rillington Place starring a young Richard Attenborough as Christie. It's shot in 1950s Notting Hill - a very different place than it is today.
